Van de Velde unhappy Open is open to women

Anybody who thinks Jean van de Velde is joking about wanting to play in the Women’s British Open should have been at Valderrama when he spoke yesterday - he meant every word he said.

Now that females are allowed to enter the British Open Championship, the Frenchman wants to have the chance to compete against Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie at Royal Birkdale next July.