RORY McILROY says Team Europe must change their Ryder Cup selection process because they did not have their strongest team in America. The world No 2 wants to see rules that stopped England’s Paul Casey playing scrapped in favour of a purely rankings-based system. And he wants to do away with captains’ picks entirely. Casey, […]
LEE WESTWOOD says he let Darren Clarke down after failing to score a single Ryder Cup point. The Brit, 43, asked to be benched after playing poorly in an opening session where Europe were whitewashed 4-0 by America. Ryder Cup veteran Westwood slumped to painful 18th-hole defeats in his next two outings. And he came […]
EUROPE may have looked shaky on the greens over the weekend, but Gareth Bale proved he’s a dab hand with a putter. Taking time out ahead of his country’s World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Georgia, the Welsh wizard took on an indoor putting green at the Vale Resort. Bale, who plays off an impressive handicap of […]
RORY McILROY and Ian Poulter have defended Darren Clarke’s captaincy after his team suffered their biggest Ryder Cup mauling for 35 years with their 17-11 defeat at Hazeltine. Clarke has been savaged for keeping faith with struggling veterans Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer. He also got his pairings wrong, especially in the foursomes where Europe fielded […]
AMERICA ended eight years of hurt by finally winning the Ryder Cup – for just the second time this century. Here are seven things we learnt from the Horror of Hazeltine as Davis Love masterminded a thumping 17-11 victory over Darren Clarke. Patrick Reed is an all-American hero The fiery Texas native announced himself on […]