All 12 of the US Ryder Cup team have qualified for next week’s Tour Championship, the final tournament on the PGA Tour’s lucrative FedEx Cup play-off series, but it’s a safe bet Europe’s Jose-Maria Olazabal was the slightly the happier of the two captains after events in Indiana and the Netherlands over the weekend.

IT may sound like a million to one double.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON’S bank manager and his many commercial sponsors are all smiling broadly again.

ONCE Tiger Woods shot a magnificent nine under par 62 in Saturday’s third round to open up a seven-stroke advantage over his closest pursuer, the rookie Australian Marc Leishman, the rest of the high-class field were all left yesterday to play for second in the BMW Championship, the third tournament in the FedEx series on the US PGA Tour.

TWO badly hooked tee shots at the 10th and 12th holes cost Pádraig Harrington dearly in the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Norton Course in Boston last night.

Adam Scott ended a 35-event PGA Tour drought by winning the season-ending Tour Championship by three strokes tonight.