I flew to Mexico for a golf lesson from a Frenchman. That’s where Jean Van de Velde, the affable golfer who once nearly had both hands on the Claret Jug but let it slip away in dramatic fashion is ...

There are few places in the world more serene than the oceanside resort of Punta Mita. Set on a tiny peninsula in Nayarit, Mexico, and framed on three sides by the magnificent Pacific, it is at once a ...

Frenchman Jean van de Velde will forever be known for the three-shot lead he squandered on the 18th hole of the Open Championship at Carnoustie in 1999, but now he’s content in his full-time job as a ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – No French player had won on the modern PGA TOUR until this year’s Farmers Insurance Open, when Matthieu Pavon played a bold third shot from thick rough on Torrey Pines’ par-5 ...

PHILADELPHIA (KRT) -- Chalk up another self-inflicted, disastrous triple bogey for Jean Van de Velde. When the Royal and Ancient Golf Club announced Oct. 13 that it was going to throw open the door to ...

Leader hopes to become first Frenchman since 1907 to claim the Claret Jug. He made difficult shots from pot bunkers look easy. He made putts that stretched from here to France. Each time, Jean Van de ...

Oh, that way madness lies. Let me shun that. No more of that. Pause. Breathe. Compose. Forget about the hundreds behind you, purposefully packed and bundled, closer to you than should be allowed, ...

VERSAILLES, France -- Local favorite Jean Van de Velde fired a 7-under-par 64 on Thursday to lead during the suspended first round of the Open de France. First-round action on the Albatross Course at ...

I was there when ... the Frenchman became an adjective for all future episodes of golf infamy. You know, ‘That was a collapse of Van de Veldian proportions.’ Or, ‘He experienced a momentary lapse of ...

MADEIRA, Portugal -- This time there would be no final-round collapse. Just a near-collapse. On Sunday, Jean Van de Velde survived a double bogey on the 18th hole to win the Madeira Island Open by one ...

Jean Van de Velde blows a three-stroke lead on this date in 1999 when he triple-bogeys the 72nd hole at Carnoustie, setting the stage for Paul Lawrie to be the first Scotsman to win the British Open ...