Paul McGinley News

Players with good Gleneagles form and bad-weather experience will rank "very highly" in Paul McGinley's list of Ryder Cup wild-card contenders.

Europe captain Paul McGinley will have three wildcard picks for next year's Ryder Cup against the United States at Gleneagles in Scotland.

It is now or never for Alonso, Williams and McLaren are in trouble, and why Pirelli cannot take all the flak.

The 1800 volunteers required for the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles have been announced following the largest number of applications received for the role in the prestigious event's history.

Guan Tianlang, now 14, qualified for the 2013 Masters when -- as the youngest player in the field, then rated 490th in the world amateur rankings -- he beat a host of senior golfers to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand.

Ryder Cup organisers received a record 17,500 applications from 27 countries for the 1,800 volunteer roles at next year's Gleneagles tournament in Scotland, they said on Tuesday.

Applicants will find out on Tuesday whether they are one of the 1,800 who have been selected.

Two birdies on the last three holes took Australian Wade Ormsby to the share of the clubhouse lead with Thailand's Arnond Vongvanij on another weather-hit day in the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea.