Tournament officials insist they have no regrets about their handling of the final day of the US PGA Championship, which finished in near-darkness and unusual circumstances at Valhalla.

Davis Love, the US Ryder Cup captain, may be doing his utmost to give his team every possible advantage at home on the No 3 course at Medinah this weekend but the European team arrived in Chicago last night feeling just as familiar about the challenge that lies ahead.

A clean-up operation was under way at the Ryder Cup venue today after the remnants of Hurricane Ike ripped through Louisville.

A television tower and a number of trees were sent crashing by 60mph gusts at Valhalla yesterday on the eve of the European and American teams’ arrival for the Ryder Cup starting on Friday.

WRIGGLE like a snake, waddle like a duck went the punch line of Brendan Bowyer’s 1960s hit The Hucklebuck.

Charlie Mulqueen discovers Whistling Straits is not unlike many of Ireland's finest courses.