Bernard Langer’s last pick for the Ryder Cup, Luke Donald, produced a spectacular third round 65 in the Omega European Masters today to give two of his more distinguished European team-mates plenty to think about on the final day.

DESPITE the plethora of high-profile candidates in the ring, multiple heroes such as Nick Faldo, Bernard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Pádraig Harrington still backs local man Des Smyth for the job of Ryder Cup captaincy when that event comes to Ireland in 2007.

The final round of the British Open gets underway today at the Royal Lytham golf course with a massive 19 players still within two shots of the top of the leaderboard and four players tied for the lead.