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While Graeme McDowell has the enormous excitement tomorrow (MON) of becoming a father for the first time, he’s shown true sportsmanship in wishing Stephen Gallacher well in qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team. The European Tour confirmed late today (SUN) Gallacher needs to finish top-two in this week’s Italian Open, and the final European Team qualifying event, and if successful the current 11th place Scot will overtake the present ninth-ranked McDowell to earn a first European team cap. McDowell ...

Australia’s Stuart Appleby came within two strokes of pulling off one of the biggest upsets on the PGA Tour this season on the last day of the Barclays Championship in Paramus, New Jersey. Appleby came from 98th on the FedEx Cup points list teeing up on Thursday on the Ridgewood Country Club course to post  a sizzling final round six under par 65 to storm into the clubhouse lead on 12-under par before eventually sharing second place and two behind American Hunter Mahan. Also in second place ...

Rory McIlroy will repay the favour and be in attendance at the Louis Armstrong Stadium late tomorrow morning for Andy Murray’s opening round match in the 2014 US Open. Murray will be taking on Dutchman Robin Haase in the second match at the stadium within the Flushing Meadow complex. However one thing is for sure, McIlroy will be keeping right away from the Grandstand Court where later in the day former fiancee Caroline Wozniacki will tackle Slovena’s Magdalena Rybarikova. Murray was ...

Jamie Donaldson locked in his maiden European Ryder Cup team cap in capturing the D+D REAL Czech Masters. In need of a top-seven finish to secure a place on Paul McGinley’s Team, the Welshman completed the task in style by claiming a third European Tour title at Albatross Golf Resort in Prague.A four under par 68 saw him reverse a two shot deficit on compatriot Bradley Dredge by finishing with a 14 under total.“This is big – it’s been an amazing week,” said Donaldson.“I didn’t get here ...

Rory McIlroy’s challenge of capturing four events in succession turned ‘ice water bucket’ cold after slipping five shots from the lead on day three of the Barclays Championship in New Jersey. The World No. 1 posted a no frills 71 for a share of 24th spot at four under par in a round of four birdies but also three bogeys. Aussie Jason Day, who played alongside Scot Russell Knox, birdied three of his closing four holes in a score of 68 before being joined in a share of the lead at nine under ...

Triple Ryder Cup star Graeme McDowell is now quietly confident of avoiding a Gleneagles ‘wildcard’ pick in making the halfway cut at the Barclays Championship in New Jersey. McDowell kept well alive his Ryder Cup automatic selection goal in posting a second round three under par 68 to move to four under par and just three shots behind the leading trio of Jim Furyk (69), Kevin Chappell (67) and Cameron Todd (69) in the last qualifying event for the PGA Tour based Europeans. The soon-to-be new ...

Stephen Gallacher’s efforts in the far off Czech Republic is sending shivers to a number of Europeans competing in New Jersey. The Scot has bounced back after missing the halfway cut in his past two events Stateside and should he win a second European Tour title this week he would leap-frog from 11th place overall on the Ryder Cup points table and into ninth spot. If so, it would mean jumping the 10th placed Luke Donald and bumping the current ninth ranked Graeme McDowell probably back a spot. Gallacher’s ...