Change Is in Air but Ryder Cup Team Spirit Must Remain Intact Tour Officials Set to Meet After Jacobson's Critical Comments

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THE loss of Greg Owen and possibly Freddie Jacobson to the European Tour might seem less than a watershed, but the threat is sufficient for Europe's powerful tournament players' committee to have suggestions for change on the agenda when they meet this week at the German Masters in Cologne.

Nothing will change the qualification system for next year's Ryder Cup matches in Ireland because that process began last week, but there are what George O'Grady, the Tour's executive director, described last week in Switzerland as "different permutations" up for discussion.

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Change Is in Air but Ryder Cup Team Spirit Must Remain Intact Tour Officials Set to Meet After Jacobson's Critical Comments

Jacobson, who just missed out on a wild-card selection by Bernhard Langer last time, has criticised the system for producing a contest that is not so much Europe v USA as Europeans who are me...

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