Euro raiders out in force for USPGA

English trio Steve Webster, Paul Broadhurst and Nick Dougherty – 98th, 99th and 100th in the world – have all been invited to take part in next week’s United States PGA championship at Baltusrol in New Jersey.

The final major of the season traditionally tries to attract as many of the world’s top 100 as possible, but one star who will be missing this year is number three Ernie Els, who underwent knee surgery last week following a sailing holiday accident.

The full list of the record 31 Europeans taking part is: Thomas Bjorn, Broadhurst, Paul Casey, Alex Cejka, Darren Clarke, Brian Davis, Stephen Dodd, Dougherty, Luke Donald, Niclas Fasth, Stephen Gallacher, Sergio Garcia, Peter Hanson, Padraig Harrington, David Howell, Fredrik Jacobson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Maarten Lafeber, Bernhard Langer, Thomas Levet, Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Jose Maria Olazabal, Greg Owen, Jesper Parnevik, Ian Poulter, Jean-Francois Remesy, Henrik Stenson, Webster and Lee Westwood.

Swede Richard Johnson is fourth reserve and England’s Justin Rose eighth alternate.