IAN WOOSNAM and Nick Faldo, recently appointed European captains for the 2006 and 2008 Ryder Cups respectively, have both confirmed they will play in this year’s Nissan Irish Open at Carton House Golf Club, Maynooth, Co Kildare.

IAN WOOSNAM, at the centre of drama in the Open championship last year, has now watched somebody else suffer at the hands of the Rules of Golf. Two people, in fact.