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Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of a collision between the two Mercedes cars on Sunday to steal a shocking victory at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Aussie has won three of the last six races and is 64 points behind Nico Rosberg, the championship leader. After Ricciardo’s first win, in Canada, it was clear that he had the makings of a future champion—but not this year; the Mercedes cars were...
Published: August 25, 2014
Despite finishing tied for 22nd at The Barclays, Rory McIlroy is still in a good position to contend for the FedEx Cup title. Hunter Mahan’s two-stroke win at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey vaulted him to the top spot in the standings. The event was the first in the FedEx Cup playoffs, and thus, it carried major weight in the points standings. Coming in, McIlroy was No. 1 on the...
Published: August 25, 2014
Sunday at The Barclays was a great day for Hunter Mahan. It might have been an even better day for Tom Watson. Mahan won the sixth title of his career at The Barclays, shooting a 65 in his final round to launch him into first place in the FedEx Cup playoffs. It was his first win in two years, and it took him from his lowly spot at 25th in Team USA’s Ryder Cup standings to a strong contender for...
Published: August 25, 2014
With The Barclays wrapped up, the FedEx Cup 2014 marches on to the Deutsche Bank Championship. Playoff events net big points for those in the FedEx Cup standings. Case in point: This week’s winner, Hunter Mahan, jumped from 62nd to first in the standings thanks to his two-stroke victory at The Barclays. Last week’s points leader, Rory McIlroy, was knocked from his perch by the strong...
Published: August 24, 2014
Part of what makes the FedEx Cup playoffs such a draw is keeping the best players on the course at a time they might otherwise take some time off. Pay them and they will show. The Barclays, the first leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs, went to Hunter Mahan, who leapt up the FedEx Cup leaderboard from 62nd to first with his win. It was also a proving ground for some looking to advance to the second leg in...
Published: August 24, 2014
Tom Watson, the captain of the United States Ryder Cup team, could not have been pleased with how things turned out at the Barclays this week. Oh sure, he was thrilled with Hunter Mahan’s victory, including how well he putted over the course of the four rounds. That makes him the frontrunner to nab one of the three captain’s choices Watson will announced Sept. 2. Beyond that, not much intel...
Published: August 24, 2014
War has been declared at Mercedes, it seems, after the dramatic clash between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in the early stages of the Belgian Grand Prix. There are shades of the aftermath of the qualifying session for May’s Monaco Grand Prix here, with a divide of opinion over whether Rosberg intentionally wronged his team-mate. According to Hamilton, Rosberg did mean to give him a puncture,...
Published: August 24, 2014
Hunter Mahan contended in multiple majors last season before losing ground amid a disappointing 2013-14 campaign. The talented, exceptional ball-striker redeemed a lot of those travails on Sunday, firing a six-under 65 in the final round to win The Barclays. There were signs that Mahan was rounding into form ahead of the FedEx Cup playoff opener, as he’d previously finished in the top 10 at...
Published: August 24, 2014
There was as much action off the field as on it this week for Americans playing abroad, including an announcement from U.S. Soccer that Tim Howard will be taking a sabbatical from international competition and potential transfer moves for fellow United States men’s national team players Geoff Cameron and Brek Shea. On the field, there were goals for Herculez Gomez, Conor O’Brien and Ventura...
Published: August 24, 2014
This had been coming. Since the third race of the 2014 Formula One season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, it has been a question of when, not if, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg would come to blows. Only millimetres separated the two Mercedes cars in the Sakhir desert, with Rosberg and Hamilton racing in close proximity in Spain, Monaco, Austria and Hungary. It was clear that, one day, their Silver Arrows...