SEPTEMBER 02, 2014 CAPTAINS ADD MAHAN, RYDER CUP WESTWOOD BOUND t was a memorable Tuesday for Hunter Mahan and Lee Westwood, who Iwere named captain’s picks on the U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams, respectively, for the matches Sept. 26-28 in Scotland. Mahan played on the 2008 and 2010 teams, while Westwood has competed in every Ryder Cup for Europe since 1997, nine in a row. MAHAN WILL PLAY Mahan won his sixth PGA ON HIS THIRD U.S. Tour title two weeks ago and RYDER CUP TEAM. joins fellow PING Pro Bubba Watson on the U.S. roster. Westwood said he’s been rounding into form at the right time. “I’ve been playing a lot better in the last month and a half and I’m THIS YEAR’S RYDER CUP WILL BE delighted and honored to be WESTWOOD’S 9TH STRAIGHT. representing Europe again.” BILLY HORSCHEL ADVANCES HORSCHEL WITH G30 DRIVER illy Horschel’s T2 putter (see What’s in the at the Deutsche Bag next page). It was his Bank Championship best result of the season Belevated him 62 and his third top 10. places in FedExCup points Horschel averaged 306 and earned him a spot in yards off the tee and in the next leg of the playoffs the fi nal round hit 85.71% this week at the BMW of fairways. Championship in Colorado. He is 20th among the 70 He relied on a G30 driver, players who advanced to S55 irons, and a Karsten TR the BMW. SHOT OF THE WEEK I.K. KIM KIM POSTS SECOND n her second tournament with a G30 driver, I.K. earned her way into a Iplayoff and fi nished solo second at the Portland Classic. She hit 43 of 56 fairways for the week. In addition to the G30 driver, she played G25 fairway woods, i25 hybrids and i25 irons, and a Karsten TR Anser 2 putter. Kim won earlier this year on the Ladies European Tour. PING Tour representatives rallied around Angel Cabrera, who was presented with a gold-plated replica of the She tees it up next at the Scottsdale Anser 2B putter that he used to win the Greenbrier Classic in July. A second replica will be housed in LPGA’s fi nal major, the Evian the PING Gold Putter Vault. Pictured from left are Chance Cozby, Daniel Udd, Cabrera, Matt Rollins, and Christian Championship, Sept. 11-14. Peña. The Argentine is one of fi ve PING pros who will compete in the third stage of the FedExCup Playoffs this week. EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS BILLY HORSCHEL KIRK WHAT’S IN THE BAG TRIPLETT PGA TOUR DRIVER G30, 9º@10.5º, Aldila Rogue 60X, tipped 1 , 45.25 , D4 QUEBEC CHAMPIONSHIP Sept. 5-7 FAIRWAY WOODS Le Tempete GC G25, 15º@13.9º, Oban Kiyoshi Quebec City, Canada Black 75-05, tipped 1 , D2 Mark Calcavecchia G25, 18º@17.6º, Oban Kiyoshi BUBBA WATSON MIGUEL ÁNGEL JIMÉNEZ Bob Gilder Black 75-05, tipped 1.50 , D2 Kirk Triplett IRONS BMW CHAMPIONSHIP OMEGA EUROPEAN S55, 3, 5-PW, PING Z-Z65, Sept. 4-7 MASTERS Cherry Hills CC Sept. 4-7 WEB.COM +0.25 , D2 Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Crans-su-Sierre GC Crans Montana, Switzerland CHIQUITA CLASSIC WEDGES Angel Cabrera Sept. 4-7 Tour Gorge, 50ºSS@52º, Billy Horschel Matthew Baldwin River Run CC 56ºSS@57º, 60ºSS@61º, Hunter Mahan Nacho Elvira Davidson, N.C. +0.25 , True Temper Daniel Summerhays Grégory Havret Dynamic Gold S400 Bubba Watson Miguel Ángel Jiménez Doug LaBelle II Matthew Nixon David Lingmerth PUTTER John Parry Martin Piller Julien Quesne Alex Prugh Karsten TR B60, 34 , 4.5º loft, Andy Sullivan Heath Slocum SuperStroke Ultra.