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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — By any measure, Woody Austin has had a solid and successful career playing golf. Yet he believes his resume has one obvious gap in it. "I played every major. I've been around the world and played in different events," the 44-year-old journeyman said this week during preparations for Thursday's opening round of the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. "If I get on the Ryder Cup, I'll say I've played in every big event and on every big stage that you could play as a professional golfer. ... That's the one thing I'm lacking." To make the U.S. squad for next month's Ryder Cup at Valhalla, Austin will either have to climb one spot in the rankings — he is ninth, one rung below Steve Stricker — or else catch the eye of team captain Paul Azinger, who could make him one of his four elective picks. There... [read full story]
