Top 50 on trail of Tiger as stars focus on AmEx

THE AMERICANS mightn’t be much good as a team but, rest assured, they won’t be slow in coming forward when they tee it up this week in the WGC AmEx Championship at the splendid new Grove complex near Watford on Thursday.

Twenty two of the 24 Ryder Cup players will be there, the exceptions being Zach Johnson of the US and Ireland’s Paul McGinley, both of whom have slipped out of the top 50 in the world rankings.

Tiger Woods will be there to defend his title and try to win it for a fifth time.