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Victorious Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley has taken a big swipe at Tiger Woods in choosing himself as a ‘wildcard’ pick for next month’s Presidents Cup showdown in Australia. Woods will now be the first Presidents Cup playing captain since fellow American Hale Irwin in 1994 while the last Ryder Cup playing captain was the late, great Arnold Palmer in 1963. McGinley led Europe to an emphatic victory in 2014 at Gleneagles and a bitter USA Team defeat that was instrumental in the Americans now ...

Presidents Cup ‘wildcard’ pick Patrick Reed has admitted his biggest fear heading to Australia for a very first time in his career – Sharks! Reed was afforded a wildcard pick by USA  Presidents Team Captain, Tiger Woods and with the announcement made at 3am local time Friday here in Turkey where the 2017 Masters Champion is contesting the Turkish Airlines Open. Woods, and as was expected, picked himself as the first playing USA Presidents Cup captain since Hale Irwin in 1994, while ...

It is not the stuff of rocket science but then Padraig Harrington reckon he’s on to a good thing in sourcing potential 2020 Ryder Cup team members. Europe’s captain ‘asked’ to be grouped with two potential rookies for the opening round of this week’s Turkish Airlines Open – Austrian Matthias Schwab and Frenchman Victor Perez. Schwab clearly was not intimidated being in the presence of Harrington in signing for a seven-under par 65 to share the first round lead ...

Scott Jamieson brilliantly looks set to extend his season in heading next week to South Africa after birdieing three of his closing four holes on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek. Jamieson posted his lowest first round score in some seven months with a five-under par 67 on ‘tricky’ greens at the Montgomerie Maxx course to share sixth place and trail just two shots behind England’s Tom Lewis and Austrian Marcus Schwab who share the lead thanks to seven-under par 65s. Justin ...

Open champion Shane Lowry was at his political best in reserving strong criticism of the greens in posting a frustrating level par 72 on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek. There was a warm applause on the first tee with Lowry again being introduce at a European Tour event as ‘The Open Champion’ and Lowry responded sending a booming drive down the par-5 first hole. It led to Lowry walking off with a birdie ‘4’ but any joy was short-lived with the Irishman frustratingly posting ...

Padraig Harrington was at a loss to recall the last time he’d posted a double-figure tally on his scorecard in sending three shots into the drink and taking a ‘10’ on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open. Europe’s Ryder Cup captain put three balls into the water at the par-5 fourth hole of the Montgomerie Maxx course and while dropping to six-over through six holes Harrington bravely regroup to sign for a three-over par 75 but be sharing 71st place in the 75-player event. Harrington ...

… Belek, Turkey Top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre will get to boost his ‘Rookie of the Year’ claims alongside Masters champion, Patrick Reed for the opening two days of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek. MacIntyre is currently lying ninth of the ‘Race to Dubai’ money list and four places clear of nearest rookie rival, Victor Perez of France and with Perez just one place clear of American Kurt Kitayama, a double winner this year and also in his rookie season. In past seasons, the ‘Rookie ...