American dream closer to reality as Medinah on the horizon
Love will know eight of his 12 players after the US PGA Championship on August 12 and will dwell on his four wildcard picks before finalising his decision for the Medinah showdown, from September 28 to 30. It will be a fortnight later before Olazabal adds his two selections to the leading 10 who have claimed the automatic places after the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on August 26.
Of the two men, it is difficult to escape the feeling that Love is currently in the happier position. That was far from the case earlier in the year when Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Luke Donald were winning on the US PGA Tour and Lee Westwood, Paul Lawrie, Francesco Molinari and Graeme McDowell were producing some outstanding performances.
