Back on the Rota
Neither The Belfry nor Olympia Fields CC have hosted a professional mens stroke play event in the last decade. This will change on Thursday, as the run of European Tour events in the United Kingdom wraps up in England at the former Ryder Cup venue, and playoff event number two gets underway in Illinois on the PGA Tour. There will be a number of interesting storylines this week on both tours. The European Tour will have the strongest field since their return to golf, with Danny Willett, Bernd Wiesberger and Matt Wallace all returning to competitive action east of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, only 30 players will advance from Olympia Fields to the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta next week. Currently outside the FedEx 'bubble' are players such as Tiger Woods, Gary Woodland, Adam Scott and Matthew Wolff. Conversely, sitting precariously in the final two qualifying spots for the 30-person final event are former Tour Champion Billy Horschel, and one of this years most consiste