Davies has his eye on Ryder Cup spot

AS excitement in Wales builds towards their first-ever Ryder Cup in October there is a growing feeling too that there might be a Welshman in it.

European Tour rookie Rhys Davies is the player really making his mark. Since the start of March he has had a win, two runners-up finishes – in the latest of them he lost by a shot to Luke Donald in Madrid on Sunday – and a third place.

If the former British boy champion, 25 last Friday, lifts this week’s Wales Open on the same course where the Americans will defend the trophy in four months’ time, he could well leap to seventh in the points race.