Luke likes his Hull of a chance
European Team will comprise the first four players from the European points list, followed by the leading five players from the world points list and three wild cards. The US Team will be made up from the top eight in the points rankings with four captain’s picks. 2020 will be held at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin on September 25-27. Padraig Harrington will captain the European team while Steve Stricker will lead the Americans. Europe are the defending champions after winning 17.5-10.5 in Paris last year. has not been a happy hunting ground for American golfers. It has hosted a Major on three occasions, all of them the US PGA. In 2004, Vijay Singh was the champion when he held off Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco of America. Martin Kaymer from Germany beat Bubba Watson of the US in a playoff in 2010. And Australia’s Jason Day triumphed by three shots over America’s Jordan Spieth in 2015. are two courses at Whistling. The main on is the
Straits course, which sits on the banks of Lake Michigan, and looks a lot like a British or Irish links set-up, with a deep bunkers, dunes, and not many trees. Eight of the 18 holes border the lake. In what might be a lucky omen for Harrington, and Shane Lowry, the second course at Whistling is the Irish course. OFFICIAL WORLD RANKINGS POINTS Brooks Koepka (USA) 11.47 Dustin Johnson (USA) 9.50 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 8.40 Justin Rose (Eng) 8.21 Tiger Woods (USA) 7.04 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 6.57 Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 6.44 Jon Rahm (Spa) 6.40 Justin Thomas (USA) 6.25 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6.00 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.34 Shane Lowry (Irl) 4.98 OLYMPIC gold medallist Luke Campbell believes he can upset the odds and beat lightweight king Vasyl Lomachenko.
The man from Hull takes on the WBA and WBO champ at London’s O2 Arena on August 31 and said: “After this fight people will be asking other fighters why they’re taking me on.
“I’ve never wanted to take an easy route. I believe I’m the best so it doesn’t matter what route you take.
“I’ve worked every day of my life since I was a young lad to do this and I’m in a position to win. We’re the two best fighters in the division. This is my time to show everybody how good I am.
“It’s one of those moments where you make it or you break it, but I believe in myself.”
Lomachenko and Campbell, both 31, won gold at London 2012.