Phil Mickelson is one of the headliners in the 2012 Masters field. Other prominent golfers with Arizona connections included Rory Sabbatini, Jim Furyk, Paul Casey and Tim Clark.
Through a spokesperson at his representation firm ISM, the BBC was told, "Lee will be at the Ryder Cup. He is a few days ahead of schedule and everything is progressing very well."
When Paul Casey made his mid-round romp that left him three clear of the field, it appeared Johnson would be an also-ran in the cross-Atlantic F-you to Colin Montgomerie from the highest ranked player to probably ever be left off a Ryder Cup team on either side. Instead, Dustin Johnson won for the second time in '10 to take a slight edge in the Player of the Year race.
NBC cameras caught Casey hanging out with his caddy, while showing the leaderboard. Casey looked straight into the camera and said, "Johnny's probably saying something. Johnny's probably critiquing, saying, 'Why isn't he going to the range?'"
Waiting with bated breath, so many of on both sides of the Atlantic awaited Colin Montgomerie's announcement of his three captain's picks for the Ryder Cup team. The announcement was originally set for 1pm ET, then minutes before the show was to go live, it was pushed back a half hour. In the end, Montgomerie's three late picks may help the American team.
Colin Montgomerie has just announced his European Ryder Cup team. Filling out his squad in addition to the 9 automatic qualifiers, Montgomerie has selected Edoardo Molinari, Padraig Harrington, and Luke Donald as his captain's picks.
Colin Montgomerie has backed down from the notion that he would exclude four players - Luke Donald, Paul Casey, Paddy Harrington, and Justin Rose - from the Ryder Cup team as a penalty for not playing the Euro Tour this week.
The 2012 Olympic mascot designs alone should prohibit the R&A from modifying any of the Open rota. But since this aesthetic nightmare won't stop Peter Dawson from thinking twice, Paul Casey has proposed that some British courses be afforded the same protections as historic landmarks and buildings so as to prevent changes to them.
Ryan Ballengee offers a short first round recap of the names to watch in the PGA Tour's AT&T National.
