Poulter & Colsaerts Named As European Team ‘Wildcard’ Picks.
European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal today announced England’s Ian Poulter and Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts as his two Medinah ‘wildcard’ picks.
Poulter, 32 will be competing in his fourth Ryder Cup since making his debut in 2004 while Colsaerts, 29 will be the only ‘rookie’ in Olazabal’s team.
Colsaerts is also the first Belgium-born player to be competing in the Ryder Cup in it’s 85-year history.
“I’m proud to announce that 2012 European Ryder Cup Team, the ...
Nicolas Colsaerts Hoping To Reel In A Wildcard Pick.
Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts intends going fishing on Monday morning ahead of what could be the biggest catch of his life – a wildcard pick for next month’s Ryder Cup.
Colsaerts was the only player who could change the standings but after a gallant share of 19th place in the Johnnie Walker Championship the 29-year old will now have to rely on a Jose Maria Olazabal ‘wildcard’ pick.
“It’s been a very long summer and I’ve only had one week off in the last nine weeks,” said ...
Martin Kaymer Relieved He’s Returning To The European Team.
Germany’s Martin Kaymer expressed his relief in qualifying automatically for the European Ryder Cup team.
Kaymer’s place in Jose Maria Olazabal’s European Team has been confirmed following the close of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
The 27-year old took the gamble of electing to sit out this week’s final qualifying event and not compete in Scotland.
But the German’s gamble paid off with Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts needing to finish top-two to unseat Kaymer who secured ...
Nicolas Colsaerts ‘Fighting Like A Dog’ To Automatically Qualify.
Nicolas Colsaerts declared he’s ‘fighting like a dog’ to still try and qualify automatically for the European Ryder Cup team.
The big-hitting Belgium has one round to finish top-two at Gleneagles that would bump Germany’s Martin Kaymer out of the automatic top-10 and seal his place in Jose Maria Olazabal’s team.
However with one round in the Johnnie Walker Championship remaining being six shots behind Scotland’s Paul Lawrie Colsaerts will do all he can over ...
Poutler & Colsaerts Overwhelming ‘Wildcard’ Picks Among European Rank-And-File.
The selection of England’s Ian Poulter and Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts are the overwhelming favourites among the European Tour rank-and-file members to be awarded Medinah ‘wildcard’ picks.
European Team captain, Jose Maria Olazabal will announce his two picks at high noon Monday in the stately Gleneagles Hotel.
However a survey of players competing in this week’e Johnnie Walker Championship believe Olazabal will pick Poulter and Colsaerts who are currently ranked 11th ...
Romain Wattel Lights Up Gleneagles As Edouard Dubois Scores 18-Year Old Bottle Of Scotch.
Talented French golfer Romain Wattel lit up the Gleneagles course with a sizzling nine under par 63 on day three of the Johnnie Walker Championship.
Wattel, 21 grabbed 10 birdies, including four in succession from his sixth hole to move to 11-under par and two strokes clear of the field as the leaders were just commencing their round
The Bussy St. George’s born Wattel’s score matched the previous Gleneagles low set by Sweden’s Pierre Fulke during the 2000 event however as a ‘preferred ...
McIlroy Pulls Plug On Bermuda Grand Slam Of Golf.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has turned down competing in the Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda.
McIlroy earned a place in the ‘Major winner’s only’ event being held in Bermuda from October 22nd to 24th after capturing last fortnight’s PGA Championship.
But two weeks after saying he was looking forward to a Bermuda ‘holiday’ and McIlroy instead confirmed he will be in China to prepare for the defence of his October 25th commencing BMW Masters in Shanghai.
Keegan Bradley, ...
