We are at the PGA in Tulsa Oklahoma at Southern Hills Golf Club. Southern Hills was the site for the 2001 US Open that Retief Goosen won. Sunday at the Bridgestone Invitational was disappointing for Apples. He was 1 under for the day and even for the tournament afte 9 holes. Even on the back would have been good enough for a tie for 2nd, but the driver let him down and he missed every fairway to the right except one. He salvaged a birdie on the 18th and a tie for 14th. Stuart is 12th in the president Cup rankings, with this week being the last week to make the top 10. There are two captains picks to make up the 12 man team, however the general consensus is that Gary Player will pick Mike Weir which I totally agree with to get the Canadian crowd support in Montreal. the other pick will probably go to a South African either Tim Clarke, Richard Stern or Chars Schwartzel. Gary picked Trevor Immelman at the last presidents Cup and he had several world class players ahead of him in the rankings. It proved to be a good selection with Trevor going on to big things and winning on the PGA Tour the following year. So the job for Nick Ohern 11, Apples 12, Badderly13 and Richard Green 14 is to have a great PGA this week and get another Australian or two in the team with Adam Scott and Geoff Ogilvy. It is quite amazing that the top 14 players for the rest of the World team are now in the worlds top 30 rankings. I remember the 1998 Team that won in Australia at Royal Melbourne had two players ranked in the 60's to make up the 12 man side.
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