‘Bones’ now a rookie again

With little to lose, he bought the book — “The Golf Swing… The Great Ball Strikers” — written by Brad Hughes and neither player nor author has looked back since. Todd has made one of the most astonishing comebacks of recent times, and has just finished the PGA Tour year as the hottest

The winners for all four golf majors of 2018 have been decided and there’s still a month to go before the United States defends The Ryder Cup against Europe. But in the meantime, some of the sport’s biggest prize pots remain up for grabs, with one man walking away with a $10 million bonus at the end of the Tour Championship. The FedEx Cup playoffs determine the season-long champion on the PGA Tour. The four playoffs events, beginning Thursday with The Northern Trust, will offer a combined $36 million in prize money, which when added to those bonuses, make up an overall fund of over $70 million during the four weeks of competition. The top 125 of the world’s best players on the PGA circuit will

The tournament host should have plenty of fans following him for the first two rounds of the DDF Irish Open. Rory McIlroy is hosting the European Tour stop for the third straight year, this time taking the tournament to Portstewart Golf Club in Northern Ireland. There he’ll be grouped for the first two rounds alongside one of the few players ahead of him in the world rankings, Hideki Matsuyama, and burgeoning star Jon Rahm. Both Matsuyama and Rahm are making their debut appearances in the Irish Open, which McIlroy won last year at the K Club in Ireland. The trio will tee off at 8:20 a.m. ET Thursday and 3:20 a.m. Friday. Other notable groups at Portstewart include Tommy Fleetwood, fresh off his