Ryder Cup Captains Agree on Condensed Sunday Finish

The Associated Press reports that a new schedule has been created by Ryder Cup officials that details six alternate shot matches in the second session instead of just four and then two alternate shot and four better ball matches in the third session which means all players will play the course for both sessions.

The report says officials hope to finish the team play by Sunday morning and then have all 12 singles matches afterwards which will leave all 28 points up for grabs.

Officials had both captains from each team agree upon the changes.

The AP story says that rain is in the weather forecast for Sunday which could push the Ryder Cup into Monday.

Sherlock Among Group of Canucks Heading to Q-School

There will be five Canadians including Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont. looking to earn their LPGA Tour card in December as they each finished within the top-30 of the final LPGA sectional qualifier on Friday.

Sherlock fell slightly in the standings after carding a final round 73 but still kept her status as top Canadian in the field at T-11.

Isabelle Beisiegel of St. Hilarire, Que. matched Fort St. John, B.C.’s Kirby Dreher’s round of 74 to share the 25th spot.

Two other Canadians, Seema Sadekar of Toronto and Sue Kim of Langley, B.C. reached the magic number and tied for 30th place- the cut-off for earning an invitation.

Of the six Canadians who started the final LPGA sectional qualifier, Ashley Scholer of Hamilton, Ont. was the only one left outside of the bubble after a tough final round 78 that plummeted her ranking to T-60.

The five Canadians who finished inside the bubble will now join Ashley Smith of Calgary in December at the final Q-school tournament to try and grab their 2011 LPGA Tour cards.

Mills Clicking in California

Jon Mills of Belleville, Ont. has his PGA Tour card in sights and a chance to take the lead at the Soboba Golf Classic after going red-hot Friday at the Country Club at Soboba Springs in San Jacinto, Calif.

Mills sky-rocketed his position after starting T-81 and went eight-under-par before play was suspended when he entered his final hole due to thunderstorms.  Mills started on the back-nine and scored five birdies and one bogey and continued his strong play into the front-nine nailing four more birdies-- three consecutively on the 4th to 6th holes.

Only the top-25 on the Nationwide Tour money list will earn their 2011 PGA Tour cards and the top-100 will retain their spots on the Nationwide Tour-- Mills hasn’t played on the PGA Tour since 2008 and was ranked No.32 going into this week’s tournament. 

The only other Canadian inside the top-25 is David Hearn of Brantford, Ont. who entered this weekend at No. 22 and is currently below the Soboba Golf Classic cut-line as he struggled in the second-round after carding a 68 Thursday. Hearn is currently four-over through 14 holes.

Canadian Chris Baryla of Calgary has appeared to shaken the rust off in his second start on the Nationwide Tour since major hip surgery in April to repair a torn labrum and was three-under through 14 holes and carded a 69 Thursday. Baryla earned his PGA Tour card last year via the Nationwide Tour and will now use a medical exemption to get back onto the PGA Tour.

Three other Canadians who are currently below the cut-line are waiting to tee-off including Ted Brown of Calgary, Bryan DeCorso of Guelph, Ont. and Barrett Jarosch of Edmonton.