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Sky Sports nominated for BAFTA for coverage of 2025 Ryder Cup
Sky Sports have been nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for the production of their coverage of the 2025 Ryder Cup, which was dramatically won by Europe over the USA at Bethpage State Park last September. Sky covered the Ryder Cup for the 15th time and their coverage was part of their most watched ever weekend across all channels, with 5 million tuning in across the three-day tournament. Sunday’s singles session attracted the highest-ever peak audience for golf on Sky Spo

Matt Hooper
Mar 254 min read


Bolton set to bid for the 2035 Ryder Cup, as Cup comes home to England for first time in 33 years
The Ryder Cup will celebrate its centenary next September when Adare Manor in Ireland hosts the event, 25 years after the Belfry hosted the event for the fourth time. With the 2031 Ryder Cup set to be played at Camiral near Barcelona. Spain, the Ryder Cup will have been played outside of England for more than 30 years by the time 2035 comes around. Today, the Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham announced that Greater Manchester, and specifically Hulton Park in Bolton, will

Matt Hooper
Mar 187 min read


Luke Donald joins the icons of golf as a three-time Ryder Cup captain
Englishman set to emulate Tony Jacklin, Bernard Gallacher, Dai Rees, Walter Hagen and Ben Hogan to be a captain of a Ryder Cup team on three or more occasions Luke Donald / Getty Images Luke Donald has been named as the European Captain for the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland. The biennial contest will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year and Donald will have the chance to mark the occasion with his own piece of history as he attempts to become the fi

DP World Tour
Mar 54 min read


DP World Tour grant releases to play on LIV Golf, but Rahm not included, plunging his future into doubt
In another potentially momentous moment for the future of men's professional golf the DP World Tour has announced that 8 members have been granted conditional releases to play on LIV Golf for the 2026 season.

Matt Hooper
Feb 213 min read


2025 Ryder Cup: Final Day Singles Live blog
SHANK Coverage of the 45th Ryder Cup Matches, including original content and content supplied by the Ryder Cup Media Hub, Ryder Cup Media Centre and PGA of America pool WOWZER, WHAT AN AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF GOLF, EUROPE HAVE WON THE RYDER CUP, JUST! DRAMA OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. THAT CONCLUDES SHANK'S COVERAGE OF THE 2025 RYDER CUP, AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DUNHILL GOLF IN ST ANDREWS, I WILL BE AT THE OLD COURSE FOR SUNRISE ON MONDAY, AND SHANK WILL HAV

Matt Hooper
Sep 28, 202510 min read


2025 Ryder Cup: EUROPE LEADS THE U.S. 11 ½ - 4 ½ HEADING INTO SUNDAY SINGLES
To put things in perspective, should you be someone who dreams big dreams and believes miracles can happen, take note that we’ve already...

Ryder Cup
Sep 28, 20254 min read


2025 Ryder Cup: Day Two Live blog
SHANK Coverage of the 45th Ryder Cup Matches, including content supplied by the Ryder Cup Media Hub, Ryder Cup Media Centre and PGA of America pool ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE SCENES AT BETHPAGE, THE EUROPEAN FANS HAVE TAKEN OVER. REMARKABLE DAY AND REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE FROM EUROPE, TOMORROW CAN BE ABSOLUTELY HISTORIC. SHANK'S LIVE BLOG WILL BEGIN AT 3PM AND GO THROUGH TO THE VERY END, WITH ORIGINAL CONTENT AND CONTENT FROM THE RYDER CUP MEDIA HUB AND PGA OF AMERICA 2328 BST TYRR

Matt Hooper
Sep 27, 20257 min read


2025 Ryder Cup: EUROPE LEADS THE U.S. 5 ½ - 2 ½ AFTER FIRST DAY
It remains a priceless aura of the Ryder Cup, when the late-afternoon session on Friday becomes so maddeningly delicious that you nearly...

Ryder Cup
Sep 27, 20253 min read


2025 Ryder Cup: Day One Live blog
SHANK Coverage of the 45th Ryder Cup Matches, including content supplied by the Ryder Cup Media Hub, Ryder Cup Media Centre and PGA of America pool 2322 BST Well, what a first day we have had at Bethpage State Park. Europe lead by 3 heading into Saturday, 9 points away from making it 5 wins on American soil since 1987. SHANK's day two live blog will begin on www.shank.golf at 4.30pm on Saturday. SHANK will cover the end of the Foursomes before fully covering the Fourballs on

Matt Hooper
Sep 26, 202513 min read


2025 Ryder Cup: United States Wins 13th Junior Ryder Cup in New York
New Jersey Native and Captain’s Pick Rayee Feng Secures Winning Point Members of Team United States stand for a picture during the fourth...

Ryder Cup
Sep 26, 20253 min read


Scotland's Next Ryder Cup
The Home of Golf should target 2039 for a serious Ryder Cup bid, and start planning now Credit: Scottish Government The Old Course has staged virtually every big or significant professional and amateur men's event it possibly can since the 19th century, except for one. The 1979 Colgate PGA Championship, 1949 British Masters, 2018 Senior Open, the Alfred Dunhill Cup 1985 to 2000, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2001 to 2025, and of course The Open on 30 occasions, most r

Matt Hooper
Sep 25, 20253 min read


2025 Ryder Cup: Rahm and Hatton to lead Europe off on the first morning at Bethpage
The opening Foursomes match of the 2025 Ryder Cup will feature a repeat of the LIV Golf Team Championship final, as Legion XIII teammates Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton will take on Crushers GC captain Bryson DeChambeau and PGA TOUR star Justin Thomas. Day one Morning foursomes - add 5 hours for UK time Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton v Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas 7.10am Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick v Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley 7.26am Rory McIlroy and Tommy F

Matt Hooper
Sep 25, 20252 min read


BBC secures Ryder Cup and DP World Tour highlights through 2029, but where's the live deal?
BBC and the DP World Tour have today announced an extension to their broadcast partnership through until 2029, with BBC to broadcast 90-minute daily highlights from the Ryder Cup in 2027 and 2029, as well as daily highlights from the Genesis Scottish Open, BMW PGA Championship and DP World Tour Championship. A BBC press release said: The Ryder Cup will be available on free to air platforms as BBC Sport secures TV highlights, audio commentary and digital clips on the BBC Sport

Matt Hooper
Sep 19, 20254 min read


Michael Strahan, Eli Manning, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pau Gasol Headline 2025 Ryder Cup All-Star Celebrity Match
Ryder Cup Europe and the PGA of America will present the 2025 Ryder Cup All-Star Celebrity Match on September 24, 2025, at Bethpage Black....

Ryder Cup
Sep 15, 20257 min read


SHANK to return to X
After a 7-month boycott of the platform, tonight I can confirm that SHANK is returning to having an active account on X. On February 6 I chose to leave the SHANK account dormant in protest at the role the owner of X was playing in the US government, and interfering with the democratic processes of other governments around the world. During the last 7 months the owner of X has left his role at the US Government, and is now no longer able to directly influence policies which ca

Matt Hooper
Sep 3, 20251 min read


The Greatest Show in Golf is coming
SHANK's coverage of the 2025 RYDER CUP 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞'𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝗽. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗯, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗳. The Ryder Cup is The Greatest Show in

Matt Hooper
Sep 1, 20252 min read


SAP Becomes a Worldwide Partner of the Ryder Cup
SAP will become a Worldwide Partner to the 2025 and 2027 matches The Ryder Cup will leverage SAP technology to enhance the fan experience ...

DP World Tour
May 21, 20253 min read


Ryder Cup 2012: Golf's Greatest Day
The Ryder Cup was the event that inspired me to take up the game at the age of 10 in 1993, with the hole in one by Nick Faldo at the Belfry on the Sunday providing the spark that began my 19-year addiction to this marvelous game. And I have absolutely no doubt that the incredible happenings at the 2012 Ryder Cup will provide a similar spark to thousands of 10-year-old boys and girls across Europe. Europe drew on the inspiration of Seve Ballesteros to generate momentum for an

Matt Hooper
Oct 3, 20124 min read
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