Uh Oh, Lee Westwood Caught Talking About Lee Westwood

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The dreaded third person self references reared as he discussed sticking with the European Tour.

"I don't want to be dictated to by having to go to America to play FedEx Cup when it doesn't really mean that much to me," said the 37-year-old. "It doesn't mean enough to me anyway.

"I think they (the PGA Tour) would like me to go and be a member there, but as of Monday evening I became an individual again and I do what's right for Lee Westwood now."

Ryder Cup Question One: The Real Evil Is The FedExCup Or The European Tour Selling Ryder Cup Venue Selection To Highest Bidder?

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I guess that's a bit of a misleading headline?

But after four days of watching the insipid sponge that is Celtic Manor and its flat greens, 70s bunkers and strategy-light design, I'm thinking all of this crit

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Someone Get Padraig A European Tour Pocket Schedule, Please

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Even though he's only played twice in European Tour sanctioned non-majors this year, and even though he won three majors before deciding his swing needed changing for the worse, Padraig Harrington was selected for the Ryder Cup team over Justin Rose and Paul Casey in part for his devotion to European golf. You can sense it in this quote, after a missed cut at the Deutsche Bank.
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Sunday Promises Plenty Of Captivating Storylines And None Involve The FedExCup!

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The NCAA Match Play U.S. Amateur wraps with a final between two of the top amateurs in the land, Stanford's David Chung (who has displayed some awesome shotmaking skills) and OSU's Peter Uihlein (whose father has rendered too many USGA committees utterly impotent).
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"Ridiculous"

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I'm still trying to understand Paul Lawrie's eight-putt and whether it was induced by a faulty hole location at Celtic Manor (thanks reader Brian for this).

A sixth birdie of the day was his hope at that point, but after splashing out 20 yards past the flag his first putt rolled off into a hollow.

He needed three attempts to get back up, then from 20 feet beyond the cup he putted back down the slope and took three more from there.

"Ridiculous," he said after signing for a 74 and making plans to fly home to Aberdeen. Asked if the blame lay with him or the pin placing the 41-year-old replied: "Bit of both.

"I hit the first putt about a foot out. When you do that from 60 feet and you end up where I was then that's a bit silly."