Runners and Ryders

TIME is running out for Ryder Cup heroes such as Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods if they want to be lining up at Le Golf National in Paris on September 28.

After this weekend there are just three more counting events on the European Tour before Thomas Bjorn makes his four captain’s picks on September 3.

The race for the eight automatic places in the American team ends tonight at the conclusion of the US PGA Championship. Jim Furyk, the American captain, then chooses three wildcards on September 3 and a fourth after the BMW Championship on September 9.