DiMarco puts down early Ryder Cup marker

IAN WOOSNAM and his potential Ryder Cup players must have been stirred, if not exactly shaken, by Chris DiMarco’s victory in the Abu Dhabi Championship at the weekend.

DiMarco isn’t one of the most popular of American golfers and certainly has one or two annoying traits.

Fist pumping, I suppose, has its place in sport - even cricketers indulge in it all the time now. Touring golf pros do a lot of it as well, none more so than DiMarco, who always seems to be very much in your face and winding guys up, especially in a matchplay situation.