Cologne warm-up for Ryder Cup stars

Four members of Europe’s Ryder Cup team will warm up for next week’s battle at Valhalla by contesting the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Cologne, which gets under way tomorrow.

Rookies Soren Hansen and Graeme McDowell will join Miguel Angel Jimenez and Robert Karlsson at Gut Larchenhof, where Hansen will defend the title he won last year.