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There was no fewer than four Australian flags flying high on the leader board after two rounds of the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre in the Swiss Alps. Richard Green had stormed his way to a one stroke lead before a 17th hole bogey saw the Victorian settle for a round of a four under par 66 and tied on nine under par with England’s Richard Bland (64). Also tied for the lead is the 2015 British Amateur champion, Romain Langasque (63) of France. Australia’s Olympic golf representative ...

TPC Boston, MA … Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke surely must be paying extra special attention to three England-born members of his 2016 European Team competing this week in Switzerland. Masters champion Danny Willett surely delighted Clarke with a five under par 65 in the defence of his Omega European Masters title. However, the form of Willett’s Hazeltine team-mates in Matt Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan surely has to be a concern for Clarke. Fitzpatrick and Sullivan, who each missed ...

TPC Boston, MA … Triple Ryder Cup winning star Rory McIlroy has poured cold water on suggestions to alter the European Team selection process. It’s come to light European Captain, Darren Clarke indicated to Scotland’s Russell Knox that future captains could seek alterations to naming their ‘wildcard picks’ so as to fall in line the current USA Team policy. And Knox, who was over-looked for a pick in favour of Belgium’s Thomas Pieters, spoke also of possibly incorporating the PGA ...

TPC Boston, MA … It has come to light just how close Luke Donald  was to earning a fifth European Ryder Cup team cap. While most believed it was Scotland’s Russell Knox who was left out for Thomas Pieters it was in fact Donald who went closest to being selected. Team captain, Darren Clarke revealed his three ‘wildcard’ intentions to Rory McIlroy first on Saturday night following McIlroy’s third round in the Barclays Championship and then again to McIlroy a night later. And ...

TPC Boston, MA … Members of the 2016 USA Ryder Cup team along with a number of players in line for ‘wildcard’ selection visited the nearby New England Patriots Stadium on Wednesday night. When Phil Mickelson spoke of the experience of visiting the stadium following today’s Deutsche Bank Pro-Am he joked that the visit had led to the USA Team identifying a big fault ahead of their showdown against the rival Europeans on September 30th at Hazeltine. And this was after Mickelson ...

There was an avalanche of two eagles and 24 birdies among the leading four golfers on day one of the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre. American Paul Peterson, the French pair of Grégory Havret and Mike Lorenzo-Vera along with England’s Daniel Brooks enjoyed a share of the lead with six under par 64s. Peterson claimed his first European Tour title just 11 days ago at the D+D REAL Czech Masters and his search for a second began with a six under par 64 at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club. Lorenzo-Vera ...

TPC Boston, MA … No sooner had Russell Knox suggested possible changes to the Ryder Cup selection process and European Team captain, Darren Clarke has also lent his weight to likely changes. Knox has been reported earlier today expressing not only his bitter disappointment but also the European Tour should consider incorporating the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series in the European Team qualifying period. See story – http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2016/08/bitterly-disappointed-russell-knox-suggests-changes-to-european-ryder-cup-selection-process/ Now ...