Local hero Woosnam right man for Celtic Manor

WITHIN moments of the Ryder Cup having been regained by America the inquest had begun and the knee-jerk reaction from Kentucky to Kent was to stick the boot into Europe captain Nick Faldo.

Not, however, former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher, who ploughed a lonely furrow in insisting Faldo should be asked to do the job again at Celtic Manor in two years time.

Why? “Because he deserves a victory,” said Gallacher.