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FINDING European fans at Whistling Straits feels like the equivalent of looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
But look hard enough and it is just about possible, in a sea of red, white and blue to find the lucky few who have been able to travel to the United States despite the coronavirus restrictions which have prevented thousands more from supporting Pádraig Harrington’s side in person.
Standing beside the third green as Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton played their final practice round yesterday
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The former world No.1 is the oldest player in
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“I’m like glass, so I wouldn’t say I am 100%. Left knee, right knee, broken, man.”
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Winner of past two events on the PGA Tour and the $15m FedEx Cup.
“I’ve played really well this summer – that’s a good stretch to play some of the best golf of the year.” 29
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The only American wild card to win a point in Paris. “I was one of the younger guys in 2018 and now, just a short three years later, I’m the third oldest on the team.”
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“Being 32-years-old, it means a lot more now than it would be if I had made this my first or second year on Tour.”
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The only player not to have won an event on the PGA or European Tour.
“The guys have done a really great job of making me feel like I belong.”
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21 were Stephen Carr and his father, Padraig, from Donegal.
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“Where Paul McGinley’s people came from,” says Padraig by way of introduction, before adding that he played football with Lowry’s father Brendan “many years ago”.
“We used to live in Chicago. Stephen was born there, but we moved back to Ireland 20 years ago. We have tickets for Friday, then I have to get my PCR test before flying home on Monday.”