Harrington Takes First Step Towards Ryder Cup Captaincy In Accepting Gleneagles Role.
Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington has taken the first step towards one day being appointed a European Ryder Cup captain after accepting a vice-captaincy role for the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
Harrington, who has not been a part of the Ryder Cup since losing to Zach Johnson in the final days Singles in 2010 at Celtic Manor, will join victorious 2012 Medinah winning captain, Jose Maria Olazabal along with fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez as now five vice-captains in Paul McGinley’s ...
Gallacher, Poulter & Westwood Get Gleneagles ‘Wildcards’ – Donald Dumped.
Stephen Gallacher, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood have today been named by European Captain Paul McGinley as his three wild card selections for The 2014 European Ryder Cup team.
The trio will join Thomas Björn, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson on The PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles from September 26-28, as Europe bid to retain the trophy won in such dramatic fashion in Medinah two years ago.
However missing ...
Denver Broncos Gearing Up To Host McIlroy, Mickelson & Watson.
With the PGA Tour Play-Off Series being staged in Denver this week for the BMW Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club, the Denver Broncos are planning on hosting three of golf’s biggest stars — Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson — for their NFL season-opening game Sunday night against the Indianapolis Colts.
The Broncos’ opener will be played at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, where McIlroy and Mickelson will have passes waiting.
And with no second cut at Cherry Hills all ...
McIlroy Leads Push For Gallacher As McGinley Stares At Scottish Supporter Backlash.
European Ryder Cup Paul McGinley is facing not only a possible Scottish spectator backlash but also being at odds with the world’s top ranked player should he not select Stephen Gallacher as a ‘wildcard’ pick.
The mood here in the Home of Golf is that Scottish fans will be ready to lynch McGinley should he not hand Gallacher his first team cap.
This is after Gallo made the effort to travel from Prague to Turin but then go within one stroke of qualifying automatically at Sunday’s Italian Open ...
Luke Donald Spoils Gleneagles ‘Pick’ By Crashing Out Of FedEx Cup Play-Offs
Luke Donald will be hoping his record of being in four winning Ryder Cup teams will help after he crashed out of the FedExCup Playoffs with a round of 67 to finish even par at the Deutsche Bank Championship — and outside the top 70 in the points standings who qualify to travel now to Denver.
Now he’ll head home to Jupiter, Fla., and wait for a phone call from Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley to see if he is one of three Captain’s Picks.
Most observers believe McGinley will use ...
Who Will Paul McGinley Hand His Gleneagles ‘Wildcard’ Picks?
As the emotions from Sunday’s thrilling conclusion to the Italian Open subside speculation is now rife who will receive the European ‘wildcard’ picks.
Paul McGinley will sit down this morning UK time with his two vice-captains Sam Torrance and Des Smyth and choose three players from a pool numbering as many as seven.
Those in the mix include:-
Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher, the England pair of Luke Donald and Ian Poulter, Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez, Italy’s Francesco ...
Webb Simpson Hands Russell Knox Generous Compliment.
Former US Open winner Webb Simpson has two agendas this week.
First and foremost the American is looking to capture Monday’s concluding Deutsche Bank Championship and secondly Simpson is desperate to impress USA Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson into being afforded a Gleneagles ‘wildcard’ pick.
But after posting a third round 68 to move to a share of sixth place on only three shots from the TPC Boston lead, Simpson found time to single out Russell Knox for special praise.
The pair ...
