Golf

Keegan Bradley is assured of making another Ryder Cup team, this time as the U.S. captain. The PGA of America announced his selection on Monday after months of talking with Tiger Woods about taking the job.

SILVIS, Ill.

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Davis Thompson won his first PGA Tour title Sunday with a a 7-under 64 to set the 72-hole scoring record at the John Deere Classic and leave all the drama to second place.

MUNICH (AP) — Ewen Ferguson won the BMW International Open by two shots on Sunday for his third European tour title — and clinched a spot in the British Open taking place in his native Scotland this month.

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Davis Thompson made birdie on half of his holes Saturday on a soft and defenceless TPC Deere Run, matching his career low with a 9-under 62 for a two-shot lead going into the final round of the John Deere Classic.

MUNICH (AP) — Bernhard Langer has bid farewell to the European tour on home soil in Germany 50 years after the two-time Masters champion made his debut.

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Aaron Rai of England went from a close call last week in Detroit to another chance at his first PGA Tour victory, playing another bogey-free round of 8-under 63 on Friday to share the lead with C.T.

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Hayden Springer posted the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history Thursday to join a rapidly expanding list with an eagle-birdie finish in the John Deere Classic for a 12-under 59.

One of the best indications that golf was starting to catch on as an Olympic sport came from a player who never even made it to the podium.

Justin Rose went to great lengths to secure a spot at Royal Troon and it paid off Tuesday when he posted rounds of 66-68 to be among 16 players who qualified at four links courses for the British Open.