INJURY BLOW FOR WILSON

By Mark Garrod, PA Sport Golf Correspondent England's Oliver Wilson has suffered a blow to his Ryder Cup hopes, pulling out of the European Open at The London Club in Kent because of back trouble. The Mansfield golfer lies eighth on the points table and looked set to move closer to securing a debut when he played the first nine holes of the French Open last week in four under. But it appeared there was something wrong when he struggled to complete the round in a five-over 76, then added a second day 81 to be joint 145th of the 156 players. Runner-up three times this season, including the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in May, he was due to play with Sergio Garcia and Graeme McDowell today, but his place was taken by Swede Joakim Backstrom. Ian Poulter made a sparkling start to the £2.4million tournament - back in England... [read full story]