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Organisers have announced the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup will take at the Blairgowrie Golf Club in Scotland will host the biannual competition between boys and girls. Shona Robison, MSP, Scotland’s Minister for Commonweath Games and Sport, confirmed the Perthshire course to stage the event from 22nd to 23rd September, 2014 and just a week before the staging of the 2014 Ryder Cup at nearby Gleneagles. “It will be very special to hold the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup at Blairgowrie and so close to Gleneagles,” ...

Padraig Harrington has thrown the Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ selection gauntlet right at the feet of European Captain Jose Maria Olazabal after muscling his way to the lead early on the opening day of the Barclays Championship in New York. Harrington carded a first round seven under par 64 on the Bethpage Black course as he seeks the ‘extraordinary’ effort Olazabal sought from the triple Major Champion if he’s to be considered for a ‘wildcard’ pick. Harrington, ...

Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts has quickly staked his claim for Ryder Cup automatic team selection with a three under par 69 on the opening day of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. Colsaerts, 29 birdied four of five holes mid round to be sharing second place and just one stroke behind Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen as the afternoon half of the draw took to the PGA Centenary course. Nicolas Colsaerts on route to a 69 on the first day of the Johnnie Walker Championship. (Photo – ...

There’s no denying Ireland’s Paul McGinley credentials and passion for the Ryder Cup. The Dubliner seems almost certain to be named early next year as the 2014 European Team captain and replacing Jose Maria Olazabal. In fact, McGinley has been preparing for the role for near on a decade and from the time he sat in the back of 2002 European Team captain, Sam Torrance’s BMW sipping pink champagne. McGinley has played in three winning Ryder Cup sides including holing the winning ...

Paul McGinley was sitting with his family at the London Olympic Stadium enjoying the Closing Ceremony when he received a phone call from Jose Maria Olazabal offering him a vice-captaincy role at next month’s Ryder Cup. McGinley’s appointment for a second Ryder Cup running is now seen by many observers as the forerunner to the Dubliner being named early next year as successor to Olazabal. However while McGinley will do all he can to help Olazabal in Chicago he says the euphoria generated ...

If you wanted confirmation of Padraig Harrington’s desire to secure a Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ pick for next month’s showdown at Medinah just ask England’s David Lynn. Lynn had only hours beforehand finished second in the 94th PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. However because of all his media commitments, the Stoke-on-Trent golfer missed his flight out of nearby Charleston Airport, and instead elected to wait around on the chance of congratulating Rory McIlroy before boarding ...

Paul McGinley believes the Ryder Cup balance of power has swung Europe’s way following back-to-back wins States side by Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia. The USA team boasted two of three Major wins this season prior to McIlroy’s PGA Championship Ocean Course winning cruise at Kiawah Island. Garcia then delivered the ‘Stars and Stripes’ another timely jolt in ending a four-year PGA Tour winless drought to capture last Monday’s finish to the rain-affected Wyndham Championship at North Carolina. “Psychologically, ...