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THE Players Championship, which gets under way at Sawgrass on Thursday, may not be the fifth Major that the Americans crack it up to be, but it does provide a significant opportunity for European players to boost their Ryder Cup prospects.
Increasingly, Nick Faldo's side for the match against the USA at Valhalla, Kentucky, in September looks like it is going to be stacked with English and Swedish players. If the side was picked this morning, six of the 10 automatic qualifiers would come from these two countries; the Players looks set to accentuate that trend.See the full content of this document
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Players Is Platform for Europe Ryder Cup Ryder Cup the English and Swedes Are to the Fore and Likely to Give Their Chances of Selection for Valhalla a Major Boost at Sawgrass, Reports Alan Campbell
There are almost 20 Europeans in the 144-man field, and of these more than half are Swedes or English. Unlike the Majors or the three world golf championship events, the tournament will not count towards the European money list, but there will be jui...
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