| By Ben Alberstadt with Gianni Magliocco.
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Good Tuesday morning, golf fans, as the fallout from the Ryder Cup continues.
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1. Stick around, Luke!
AP report…”European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech in front of a giddy crowd at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him started a chant that quickly swept through the grandstands.”
- “Two more years” was the cry, seemingly led by Rory McIlroy and drawing a broad smile from Donald.”
- …”No one has captained Europe in back-to-back Ryder Cups since Bernard Gallagher did so, three times in a row in fact, in 1991, ’93 and then ’95. Back then, that wasn’t rare, with Tony Jacklin and John Jacobs having also repeated before Gallagher.”
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2. Rory: The angriest I’ve been in a long time
Tom Morgan for the Telegraph…”When asked what had annoyed him most, he added: “The fact that on the 17th green and 18th green I’m trying to get the crowd to quieten down to let Patrick hit his putt. I was trying to afford Patrick the opportunity to do what he did, which is great. And then I’m trying to read my putt on 18 and he’s standing directly in my way. So I don’t feel like I was afforded the same opportunity to make my putt as Patrick was. I was trying to do the right thing. And that was exactly the wrong thing to do. And that’s not the way the game should be played. Especially by a caddie. Well, caddie, player, whatever. I just thought it was completely disrespectful. That’s the angriest I’ve been in a long time.”
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3. LPGA seeking investment
Karl Matchett for the Independent…”Over the past two weeks, the sport’s centre stage has been on the team environment rather than | | | …
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