Gleneagles greens make Ryder Cup race a lottery: Westwood

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

GLENEAGLES, SCotland (AFP) — Lee Westwood fears the race for the final Ryder Cup places at the Johnnie Walker Championships is being turned into a lottery by the brutal Gleneagles greens.

The tournament in Scotland, which started on Thursday, is the final chance for the likes of Oliver Wilson, in the 10th and last automatic qualifying spot entering the week, Martin Kaymer, Ross Fisher and Nick Dougherty to secure their place in Nick Faldo's European team.

The Europeans will be bidding to win a record fourth straight contest at Valhalla in Kentucky from September 19-21.

But former European number one Westwood, who finished with a one under par 72, four shots behind French leader Gregory Havret, is uncomfortable with the testing nature of the greens.

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