DARREN CLARKE ATTACKS DECISION TO PLAY 2014
RYDER CUP ONGLENEAGLES' CENTENARY COURSE

FROM THE BBC SPORT WEBSITE

Darren Clarke has condemned the decision to stage the 2014 Ryder Cup on Gleneagles Hotel's Centenary Course, venue for this week's European Tour's Johnnie Walker Championship. Clarke feels the match should not be played on "an American-style" course.
"It is unbelievable they (the Ryder Cup committee) have chosen this course to stage the 2014 match," he said.
"Scotland is the home of golf. There are two better ones here at Gleneagles. We shouldn't play on an American style course. It's beyond my comprehension."
The Centenary course was originally designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, but the 39-year-old Clarke favours the adjacent King's course, that has staged European Tour events, or the Queen's layout.
"Gleneagles is a wonderful venue but this is the wrong course," Clarke said.
"There's only been one Ryder Cup in Scotland, in 1973 (Muirfield), and then they go and choose a course like this one. The Ryder Cup is steeped in history and I just can't see it here."
Clarke carded a level-par 73 in the first round of the Johnnie Walker Championship today.