Casey on road to Ryder return

Reigning Irish Open champion Paul Casey continues to stake his claim for a return to Ryder Cup action next year after another impressive display on day two of the Seve Trophy in France.

The Englishman played in three Ryder Cups from 2004 before being controversially overlooked by Colin Montgomerie as a ‘wildcard’ pick in favour of Pádraig Harrington for the 2010 Celtic Manor encounter.

Casey and Seve Trophy team partner Simon Khan are undefeated in this year’s event and after halving their first round match they easily accounted for the Scandinavian duo of Thorbjorn Olesen and Mikko Illonen 3&2 on day two.