[Golf] Centraal #8: Joost Luiten, onze enige man in de top50

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Het Amerikaanse golfteam voor de Ryder Cup krijgt een nieuwe captain. Davis Love III is de opvolger van Tom Watson, meldde Golf Channel maandag. Zijn benoeming wordt 24 februari officieel.
De 50-jarige Love moet het Amerikaanse team in 2016 weer eens de zege brengen in het tweejaarlijkse treffen met Europa. Van de laatste tien edities verloren de Amerikanen er acht. Ook vorig jaar in het Schotse Gleneagles waren de Europese golfers superieur.

Love won in zijn carrière één major (US PGA Championship) en speelde zes keer mee in de Ryder Cup. In 2012 was hij ook al eens de captain. Toen verloor Amerika nipt van Europa. De Ryder Cup van 2016 wordt gespeeld op de Hazeltine National in Chaska (Minnesota).

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Darren Clarke has been confirmed as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain for next year’s meeting with the United States at Hazeltine.

Clarke, who was the overwhelming favourite to take on the post, was voted upon by a five-man selection panel, which met at Wentworth from 10am on Wednesday. The 46-year-old, who won the Open Championship in 2011, will prove a popular choice with Europe’s players; many of whom had publicly backed his candidature. Although anxious not to be seen as campaigning, Clarke had set his sights on leading Europe for some time.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Thomas Bjorn were the only two threats to Clarke being voted in by a committee which consisted of Paul McGinley, David Howell, George O’Grady, Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal.

Of that duo, Jiménez held the greater appeal but, barring a push for a captain from continental Europe, Clarke always stood out as the most viable choice.

The Spaniard may yet be handed the captaincy for the 2018 playing of the Ryder Cup in France, where a deviation away from a British or Irish golfer would seem logical.

Clarke represented Europe in five successive Ryder Cups from 1997. The most notable of them arrived in 2006, when the Northern Irishman appeared as one of Ian Woosnam’s wildcards just six weeks after the death of his wife, Heather. Clarke was embraced by the entire European team at the end of an emotionally-charged occasion.

Clarke, who is currently in South Africa, is expected to be formally unveiled by the European Tour at a ceremony next month. The United States are reportedly close to appointing Davis Love III for a second stint as their captain.

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Op maandag 2 maart 2015 06:39 schreef Max23 het volgende:
Luiten uiteindelijk 5 holes gespeeld in de laatste ronde. 1 birdie gemaakt (-2 voor het toernooi) en voorlopig gedeeld 10e.

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Op maandag 2 maart 2015 11:37 schreef Coelho het volgende:

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Joost heeft er al 14 gespeeld, hij begon zijn slotronde op de 10e.