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New York Times
7 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Times
U.S. Ryder Cup team: J.J. Spaun, Ben Griffin can bring hope to Bethpage
You might have found yourself watching the final rounds of the U.S. Open and wondering where the stars were. Understandable. But there were far more names you'll need to know this fall than you realized. For all the chaos Oakmont Country Club inflicted on the best golfers in the world, it was the most telling week in a long time. It was the week that clarified a wide-open Ryder Cup roster race. Advertisement When my colleague Gabrielle Herzig and I did Ryder Cup projections in April, it was pure guessing on the U.S. side. There were perhaps six sure things followed by countless struggling stars and streaky golfers capable of turning back into pumpkins any day now. Zero clarity. Suddenly, though, the usurpers are proving to be the real deal. They're flat out earning spots. But it's not just them. Some of those Ryder Cup veterans playing so poorly that they didn't deserve picks after the Masters? They're showing life. It's about to get interesting. Let's just get out of the way that Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Collin Morikawa will be on the team, most likely as automatic qualifiers. Then, let's make clear that even for all their major struggles, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay are on. They are both modern Ryder Cup stars with a combined 12 wins (plus Presidents Cup success), and Thomas is back up to No. 9 in the world on DataGolf while Cantlay is 15. They're in. J.J. Spaun jumps 10 spots to No. 3️⃣ in the U.S. Ryder Cup Rankings after his @usopengolf win! Full Rankings ➡️ 🇺🇸 — Ryder Cup USA (@RyderCupUSA) June 16, 2025 Lastly, unless things go quite awry, Russell Henley is likely to be picked or qualify automatically. Aside from the fact he's No. 10 on DataGolf, No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking and coming off three top 10s in his last five majors, his performance at the last Presidents Cup (3-1 record) proved he's made for this setting. He's a plug-and-play Swiss Army knife who appeared to be the perfect pairing with Scheffler. On a team without many good putters, Henley is fantastic on the greens. That's seven names. But the story of Oakmont is actually the grinders who've gone from fringe candidates to probably on the team. Start with J.J. Spaun, the U.S. Open winner who is now No. 3 in the rankings and likely to automatically qualify. Advertisement Don't even start saying it. No, he will not make the team just because he won a major, like Brian Harman two years ago. Nope. Spaun was already 13th in Ryder Cup points before his incredible performance. Last June, it looked like the 34-year-old could lose his tour card. Everything since then? Objectively, one of the best players in the world. Third place at Sony. Fifteenth at Torrey Pines. Tied for second at the Cognizant. He took Rory McIlroy to a playoff at The Players with some sincerely clutch golf. I didn't see any other Americans within two shots that week. Add in the T6 at Charles Schwab and now this life-changing win, and Spaun is No. 18 in the world in DataGolf and even better if just factoring in 2025. He's on the team, no matter what. You might not have known the name Ben Griffin a year ago. Now, you simply cannot ignore him. Even before his recent heater, he had three top 10s by March and was trending in the right direction. But my goodness, what is happening? A team win at the Zurich Classic, followed by a T8 at the PGA Championship, a win at Colonial, second place at the Memorial — going toe to toe with Scheffler — and now a T10 at the U.S. Open. He's up to eighth on points, but it's more than that. Rocking the aviators (for medical reasons) with a big, charming personality, Griffin simply has the panache to thrive at Bethpage in front of the New York crowd. Barring a strong collapse, I will truly be surprised if he's not on the team. As of March, it would have been pretty reckless to take 2023 teammates Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka or Sam Burns to Bethpage. Spieth was coming off wrist surgery and still hadn't shown much. Koepka's game was nonexistent for the better part of two years. And Burns was missing cuts and went months without a top-20 finish. Suddenly, they all have life. Burns led the U.S. Open through 64 holes and finished second the week before. He's arguably the best putter in the world (again, that matters for the U.S.) and is back up to No. 11 on DataGolf. Plus, I know we roll our eyes at it, but he is very good friends with Scheffler and has a good relationship with most of the room. At this point, I think Burns is in. Spieth finished 23rd at Oakmont after a T7 at the Memorial. He has seven top 20s this year. And let's be honest with ourselves. Spieth and Koepka have a different rubric for making the team. They are some of the best of their generation. Spieth, at least, is perhaps the biggest leader in that room. I don't think Spieth needs to be a top-10 player to make it. He just needs to show he's back to being pretty good, and right now, he's the best golfer he's been since 2021. For the moment, we'll assume that the injury which caused him to withdraw from the Travelers Championship on Thursday is not longterm. Advertisement Koepka has a ways to go. Again, he hasn't just struggled. He's been outright bad. So while it was super encouraging to see his T12 at Oakmont, he'll need to play well at the Open Championship and even play better on LIV. He's No. 72 in the world right now on DataGolf. Plus, he no-showed hard at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome. If we hypothetically say that's 11 names, including Burns and Spieth but not Koepka, then who gets the final spot? That crop looks better than it did two months ago. Andrew Novak, Griffin's partner in crime at Zurich, was golf's hottest player before Griffin took the title. Maverick McNealy is streaky, sure, but when he's on, he's absolutely filthy. That's something in match play. Daniel Berger's comeback tour has been worth following, but he'd likely need a win or a big performance at Royal Portrush to break through. Harris English continues to play solid golf and was on the winning 2021 team. Akshay Bhatia has a chance, too. Oh, and we haven't even mentioned the captain. Keegan Bradley has maintained he wouldn't pick himself and would only play if he were an automatic qualifier. The problem is he's playing quite well. And he's mainly playing well at tougher tests like Bay Hill, Sawgrass, Muirfield Village and Quail Hollow. He's the 10th highest rated U.S. player in the DataGolf rankings. My goodness, the irony of the U.S. leaving out a better player because he's the captain is just too good. Maybe the most fun wild card to follow is the electric yet infuriating Cameron Young. He hasn't been the golfer who showed such immense promise in 2022 for a long time, but he's found something. At two incredibly tough courses, he just racked up consecutive T4s at the Memorial and the U.S. Open. He's also an absolute bomber. As much as I think course fit stuff than be a little overblown with Ryder Cups, Young's distance at Bethpage Black is the type that matters. There is still so much golf to be played between now and September, but it's no longer an abstract board of names. We have a strong feeling now about who should make it. And no, Patrick Reed will not be on this Ryder Cup team. (Top photos of J.J. Spaun, left, and Ben Griffin: Andrew Redington, Patrick Smith / Getty Images)
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Travelers Championship live updates: Leaderboard, scores from TPC River Highlands
Travelers Championship live updates: Leaderboard, scores from TPC River Highlands It's the final signature event of the PGA Tour season, and one that should see low, low scores. The Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands has a great field following the U.S. Open as players look to lock down a huge payday. Here's a look at the opening round of action from Connecticut. Travelers Championship 2025 first-round tee times 1st tee8:00 AM – Brian Campbell, Bud Cauley8:10 AM – Nick Taylor, Kevin Yu8:20 AM – Joe Highsmith, Tom Kim8:30 AM – Min Woo Lee, Harry Hall8:40 AM – Mackenzie Hughes, Matti Schmid8:50 AM – Tony Finau, Christiaan Bezuidenhout9:00 AM – Wyndham Clark, Matthieu Pavon9:10 AM – Jason Day, Max Homa9:20 AM – Austin Eckroat, Byeong Hun An9:35 AM – Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger9:45 AM – Adam Hadwin, Max Greyserman9:55 AM – Tom Hoge, Tommy Fleetwood10:05 AM – Adam Scott, Cameron Young10:15 AM – Viktor Hovland, Robert MacIntyre10:25 AM – Ludvig Aberg, Sam Burns10:35 AM – Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley10:45 AM – Ryan Fox, Ben Griffin10:55 AM – Harris English, Lucas Glover11:10 AM – Daniel Berger, Sam Stevens11:20 AM – Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland11:30 AM – Rickie Fowler, Michael Kim11:40 AM – Maverick McNealy, Ryan Gerard11:50 AM – Russell Henley, Nick Dunlap12:00 PM – Patrick Cantlay, Sungjae Im12:10 PM – Cam Davis, Alex Noren12:20 PM – Taylor Pendrith, Eric Cole12:30 PM – Thomas Detry, Si Woo Kim12:45 PM – Brian Harman, Akshay Bhatia12:55 PM – Sepp Straka, Aaron Rai1:05 PM – Shane Lowry, Denny McCarthy1:15 PM – J.T. Poston, Matt Fitzpatrick1:25 PM – Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama1:35 PM – Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa1:45 PM – J.J. Spaun, Scottie Scheffler1:55 PM – Jordan Spieth, Luke Clanton2:05 PM – Andrew Novak, Jacob Bridgeman How to watch the 2025 Travelers Championship This is the TV channel, streaming and radio schedule, with Golf Channel, CBS, ESPN+, Paramount+ and PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM all teaming up for the coverage. All times listed are ET. First round, Thursday, June 19 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ 12-6 p.m., SiriusXM PGA Tour radio 3-6 p.m., Golf Channel, NBC Sports app Second round, Friday, June 20 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ 12-6 p.m., SiriusXM PGA Tour radio 3-6 p.m., Golf Channel, NBC Sports app Third round, Saturday, June 21 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ 1-6:30 p.m., SiriusXM PGA Tour radio 1-3 p.m., Golf Channel, NBC Sports app 3-6:30 p.m., CBS, Paramount+ Final round, Sunday, June 22 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ 1-6 p.m., SiriusXM PGA Tour radio 1-3 p.m., Golf Channel, NBC Sports app 3-6 p.m., CBS, Paramount+ What is the purse, prize money at Travelers Championship? The Travelers purse is $20 million, with $3.6 million going to the winner in addition to 700 FedEx Cup Past Travelers Championship winners Scottie Scheffler (2024); Keegan Bradley (2023); Xander Schauffele (2022); Harris English (2021); Dustin Johnson (2020) Is there a cut at the 2025 Travelers Championship? No, there is not a cut at the Travelers Championship. All 72 players will play all four rounds.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Can Rory McIlroy bounce back after a disappointing dip in form? The golfer is NOW 12/1 to win the Travelers Championship starting today
There is a Place Boost and further Price Boosts on offer for the today's PGA Tour event, as Connecticut's TPC River Highlands plays host to the Travelers Championship. Firstly, the Place Boost is valued at 12/1 and requires Rory McIlroy to win the Travelers Championship (PLACES: WAS 6 NOW 8). After winning the Players Championship and the Masters in March and April respectively, McIlroy has had a dip in form in recent weeks that saw him finish 47th at the PGA Championship and 19th at the US Open last weekend. Can the Northern Irishman bounce back and secure a win? Or, will his run of disappointing performances continue? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, the Price Boosts require Scottie Scheffler to win outright at 3/1, Scheffler and McIlroy to both finish top five including ties at 5/1, and Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa to both finish top 10 including ties at 5/1. Scheffler won the PGA Championship and the Memorial Tournament in May, while Morikawa has finished top ten in three of his last five outings. Sky Bet Place Boost for Travelers Championship: Rory McIlroy to win outright (PLACES WAS 6 NOW 8) 12/1 Sky Bet Price Boosts for the Travelers Championship: Scottie Scheffler to win outright WAS 11/4 NOW 3/1 Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy to both finish top five including ties WAS 9/2 NOW 5/1 Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa to both finish top 10 including ties WAS 9/2 NOW 5/1
Tom's Guide
2 days ago
- Sport
- Tom's Guide
How to watch Travelers Championship 2025: live stream PGA Tour golf online, TV channels, schedule
The PGA Tour will converge on TPC River Highlands this week, as top-of-the-tree Scottie Scheffler seeks to defend his title and walk away with the grand prize of $3.6 million. You can watch Travelers Championship 2025 live streams from anywhere with a VPN. ► Date: Thursday, June 19 to Sunday, June 22.• U.S. — Golf Channel via Sling / CBS / Paramount+ / ESPN+• U.K. — Sky Sports• Watch anywhere — try NordVPN 100% risk free The starting field in Connecticut is a veritable who's who of the PGA Tour, with Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and Masters champion Rory McIlroy all set to star. As well as a share of the $20 million purse and FedEx Cup points up for grabs, it's also a chance for players to stake their claim for a place in the Ryder Cup that follows in September. American J.J. Spaun will be hoping to capitalize on the form that saw him clinch the US Open last weekend, although his opponents should expect a much easier ride than they experienced at the third major of the season. Spaun ended the only player under par at Oakmont, while the last two victors of the Travelers Championship (Scheffler and Keegan Bradley) both won it with 72-hole scores below -20. Below is a complete guide to where to watch 2025 Travelers Championship live streams, together with U.S. broadcast schedules and daily tee times. 2025 Travelers Championship live streams will be shown on different channels across the world, but what if you're not in your home country and want to watch it on your usual service? The answer is to use a VPN, or virtual private network. A VPN will let you tune into your home coverage from wherever you are — meaning that if you're abroad, you can use one of the best VPN services to watch the golf live as if you were in your lounge. Our favorite right now is NordVPN — and you can find out why in our NordVPN review. There's a good reason you've heard of NordVPN. We specialize in testing and reviewing VPN services and NordVPN is the one we rate best. It's outstanding at unblocking streaming services, it's fast and it has top-level security features too. With over 7,000 servers, across 115+ countries, and at a great price too, it's easy to recommend. For a limited time only, new subscribers in the US and Canada can also get up to $50 of Amazon vouchers. Get 70% off NordVPN with this deal Using a VPN is incredibly simple. 1. Download and install a VPN - as we say, our top choice is NordVPN. 2. Connect to the appropriate server location - open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location. 3. Go to the broadcaster's stream - head to your home broadcaster's site or app and watch as if you were at home. TV coverage of the Travelers Championship is shared between several broadcasters and streaming platforms in the U.S. The most comprehensive coverage can be found online via ESPN+, which costs $11.99/month or $120/year and can be bundled in with Disney+ and Hulu. TV coverage is split between the Golf Channel and CBS as follows (all times in ET): • Thursday: Golf Channel (3 p.m.-6 p.m.) • Friday: Golf Channel (3 p.m.-6 p.m.) • Saturday: Golf Channel (1 p.m.-3 p.m.), CBS (3 p.m.-6:30 p.m.) • Sunday: Golf Channel (1 p.m.-3 p.m.), CBS (3 p.m.-6 p.m.) If you already have those channels as part of your cable TV package, then you're all set. If not, try a cord-cutting TV service such as Sling TV, which comes with two plans: Sling Orange and Sling Blue, both starting at $45.99/month. To get the Golf Channel you'll need the Sports Extra add-on, which is an additional $11/month. Both plans come with an up to half-price discount for your first month. Fubo is a pricier but more comprehensive cord-cutting service that includes the Golf Channel and CBS among its 200+ channels. Subscriptions to the Pro Plan cost $84.99/month but you can take advantage of $20 off your first month and its 7-day free trial. Golf Channel streams will be simulcast on and the NBC Sports App, while the CBS streams will also be on Paramount+, and CBS Sports App. If you have one of these subscriptions but you're not at home when the golf is on, use NordVPN to access your usual stream from anywhere. Residents of Canada will need TSN+ to catch the full four days of the Travelers Championship. The streaming service grants access to everything TSN has to offer on an $8/month or $80/year subscription basis. Those traveling outside the Great White North can access their usual TSN stream by using NordVPN. All four days of the Travelers Championship will be shown live on Sky Sports in the U.K. across its Main Event and Golf stations. Sky Sports subscribers can watch the golf on the go on mobile devices via Sky Go, which has dedicated apps for iOS, iPadOS and Android devices, along with Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Looking to sign up? Head to Sky TV deals and packages for today's best prices. Or if you don't want to commit to a full Sky package, Now Sports Memberships offers no-contract plans starting at £14.99 for a day pass or £34.99 monthly. To access your usual streaming service from outside the U.K. you'll need to download a good VPN, as detailed above. The live Travelers Championship action from Connecticut is being shown on Fox Sports 503 on TV and Kayo Sports online in Australia. Kayo costs from $30/month, after your choice of either a 7-day free trial or first month for $1. Not in Austraila right now? Try NordVPN to unlock your domestic streams from anywhere. Like most PGA tournaments, the Travelers Championship is played over four rounds of stroke play. Unlike some, however, there is no cut at the halfway stage. That means all players who start the tournament will play all 72 holes. The 2025 Travelers Championship field will battle it out for a share of a $20 million purse. The overall winner on Sunday will take home a top prize of $3.6 million. Click to see all tee times ▼ 8 a.m. – Brian Campbell, Bud Cauley 8:10 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Kevin Yu 8:20 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Tom Kim 8:30 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Harry Hall 8:40 a.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Matti Schmid 8:50 a.m. – Tony Finau, Christiaan Bezuidenhout 9 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Matthieu Pavon 9:10 a.m. – Jason Day, Max Homa 9:20 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Byeong Hun An 9:35 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger 9:45 a.m. – Adam Hadwin, Max Greyserman 9:55 a.m. – Tom Hoge, Tommy Fleetwood 10:05 a.m. – Adam Scott, Cameron Young 10:15 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Robert MacIntyre 10:25 a.m. – Ludvig Aberg, Sam Burns 10:35 a.m. – Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley 10:45 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Ben Griffin 10:55 a.m. – Harris English, Lucas Glover 11:10 a.m. – Daniel Berger, Sam Stevens 11:20 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland 11:30 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Michael Kim 11:40 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Ryan Gerard 11:50 a.m. – Russell Henley, Nick Dunlap 12 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Sungjae Im 12:10 p.m. – Cam Davis, Alex Noren 12:20 p.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Eric Cole 12:30 p.m. – Thomas Detry, Si Woo Kim 12:45 p.m. – Brian Harman, Akshay Bhatia 12:55 p.m. – Sepp Straka, Aaron Rai 1:05 p.m. – Shane Lowry, Denny McCarthy 1:15 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Matt Fitzpatrick 1:25 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama 1:35 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa 1:45 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Scottie Scheffler 1:55 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Luke Clanton 2:05 p.m. – Andrew Novak, Jacob Bridgeman We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.
Fox News
2 days ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Xander Schauffele defends 'fair' US Open conditions at Oakmont: 'Everyone had to play the same course'
Plenty of golfers had their fair share of displeasure at this past weekend's U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. Shane Lowry outwardly proclaimed, "f--- this place" after missing a putt, and on Sunday, despite J.J. Spaun's late charge to take home his first major, only three people finished under par in the final round. One of those three players was Xander Schauffele, whose +6 overall was tied for 12th in the tournament. The conditions were brutal from the jump, but the two-time major champ thought the course was "very fair." "Everyone had to play the same course," Schauffele told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. Schauffele admitted there were "weird breaks" that occurred throughout the weekend when golfers toed the line with danger. However, "You don't have to hit it in the bunkers or the rough – you can just hit it in the fairways." "I thought the course was fair. I thought it was more playable because it rained a little, and the fairways and greens were more forgiving," he added. "You had to golf extremely well, which is what you're supposed to do to win a U.S. Open. You saw J.J. take control out of that rain delay, which is what you're supposed to do to win and be a major champ there." Schauffele will be one of several major champs at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, this weekend for the Travelers Championship, where the last seven winning scores have been -22, -23, -19, -13, -19, -17, and -17, a polar opposite to U.S. Open scores. The 2024 PGA and Open champion won the Travelers in 2022, and while everybody wants to shoot lower, Schauffele said having both types of golf is a good balance. "A mixture of both is nice. It's healthy. I've never shied away from the U.S. Open challenge, and I've never shied away from -25 winning a tournament," Schauffele said. "If you had to play Oakmont in U.S. Open conditions every week for 20 weeks, you'd wear yourself out, and vice versa. If you had to play a course where 25-under is winning for 20 weeks, you'd also wear yourself out. I think having a split and a little variety is nice for us." This year's Travelers has exactly what Schauffele wants as he aims to catch fire ahead of The Open, the FedEx Cup, and the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in what's been a "weird" season for him. "They definitely have done some things to make TPC River Highlands more difficult," Schauffele said. "Used to be lower rough, fairways used to be wider, they changed a couple holes to make it more difficult and less scoring-friendly… You're rewarded for really good shots, but there's water on a lot of holes, there's deep rough on some short-sided pins, a guy next to you can be shooting low, but you can be at even par not feeling great. I wouldn't call it a layup – you still have to be playing really good golf." However, it will be a stark difference from what went down in western Pennsylvania. "It'll be weird to be able to make seven or eight birdies in a round versus at Oakmont." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
