First of all in a busy Sunday, Monty has named Eduardo Molinari after he went out and beat his brother to win the Johnnie Walker at Gleneagles. He also named Luke Donald which is a bit of a surprise and Paddy Harrington as I suggested yesterday. Tough choices for sure, Justin Rose and Paul Casey are left out as is my favourite pick Bernhard Langer who only went out and won the Boeing Classic in Seattle, just to underline the fact that his game continues to sparkle.
So the Euro team is Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter,Ross Fisher, Francesco Molinari, Peter Hanson, Miguel Jimenez, Luke Donald, Eduardo Molinari and Paddy Harrington..
Paddy gets in due to his 3 majors, his stature in world golf and his gutsy and tenacious matchplay ability. Eduardo birdied the last 3 holes to win the Johnnie Walker and that coupled with the fact that he and his brother are defending World Cup champions made this an easy one and Luke Donald is 6 and 1 in 7 Ryder Cup matches and like Jim Furyk for the US team he is easy to match up with because he is nearly always in the fairway and has a spotless short game.
Justin Rose is first alternative if Westwood falters and Sergio will have a role as a 4th captain, he requested a role with the team in that capacity.
LPGA
Michelle Wie led from start to finish to win the CN Canadian Open after shooting -2 70 -12 total. It has turned around a very mediocre year, her previous best was a T3, it is her 2nd LPGA win. She was good enough to hold off defending champ Suzann Petterson who has now been 2nd six times this year.
Ai Miyazato will retain her #1 ranking after finishing T15.
65,000 showed up to watch for the week and Lorie Kane finished well for them, T11 after a sparkling 67 -5 total
Adrienne White 54 and Lisa Meldrum T60
Aussie Rachel Hetherington retired at 38 after 14 years and 8 wins and in a nice touch Marlene Streit and Sandra Post were honoured. The Marlene Streit medal will be presented to the low amateur and the Sandra Post award will go to the low Canadian pro which was Lorie this year.
PGA Tour
First since you are asking Tiger shot -4,67 to T12 and move up to 65 in Fed Ex points, now the story of the day
Martin Laird came to the 72nd with a 1 shot lead over Matt Kuchar who had finished with a -5,66.
Laird 3 putted from 25 feet !! after running his lag 8 feet long
Kuchar stiffed a 7 iron to 30 inches on the first playoff hole to take all the baubles including #1 status in Fed Ex points and a #10 world ranking. It's his 3rd win.
Stricker (66) and Streelman (68) were T3 at -10
Canucks... Stephen Ames T36 (72) and is moving oon to next week 65th in Fed Ex points.... Graham DeLaet MC and will finish around 124 in Fed Ex so is out of the playoffs..
CHAMPIONS TOUR
" I'm playing as well now or better than I ever have, my caddie says he's never seen me drive the ball so well" said Bernhard Langer after pulling away from Nicky Price to win the Boeing Classic by 3 shots. His -3, 69 -18 ties Lorne Roberts tourney record and it's his 5th win of the year including 2 majors !!
Freddie Couples had a lot of home town support and he finished with a -5 67 -9 total in 3rd spot...
NATIONWIDE TOUR
I mentioned David Hearn yesterday as he was T5 in Knoxville
He closed with 71 -14 total T12 and is now 21st on that money list
Chis Kirk won it at -20 just in case you were curious...
Bryan Angus bryanangus4@gmail.com
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