Cork (Ireland) (AFP) - European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley believes that despite Martin Kaymer's convincing US Open success, honours in last week's championship were equally shared among the potential European and US team members for Gleneagle. But while the now double major winning Kaymer cemented his place in McGinley's side, there were also three Americans inside the top-10 who strengthened a grip on qualifying automatically for Tom Watson's USA Team. They included Rickie Fowler, who was tied second and is now seventh on the Ryder Cup points table, Dustin Johnson, joint fourth at Pinehurst and up to third on the points table, while Jimmy Walker who shared ninth place behind Kaymer remains second on the USA team table. "Martin's win is great for the European Team, great for the European Tour as it certainly creates a buzz around the Tour.
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