Momentum with McDowell, Singh

WEATHER delays or not, it was a marvellous weekend for Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Fiji's Vijay Singh.

McDowell's outstanding Italian Open win sees him jump 95 places to 145th in the world rankings while he also played himself very much into the reckoning for a place in the European Ryder Cup team in September.

He is now 19th under the European qualifying system and 23rd on the world points list and would be in with a serious chance were he to pull off another tournament win over the coming weeks and months.