P333 CEEFAX 1 333 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/32 1/2 EUROPEAN OPEN TO STAY IN IRELAND The European Open is to stay at the K Club near Dublin for at least the next three years, it has been announced. But Michael Smurfit jnr, of sponsors Jefferson Smurfit, denied the commitment was part of the club's bid to stage the 2005 Rzdjr Cup match. "That is a completely separate issue altogjthjr. Wj are promoting the K Club and Ireland as a golfing venue," Smurfit said. "Wj felt that Irish golf was badly in need of a second tournament." General 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Golf News EuroOpjn EuroOpjn Main MenuP333 CEEFAX 1 333 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/07 2/2 FALDO IN RYDER CUP PLEA Nick Faldo has begged Rzdjr Cup captain Sevj Ballesteros to tell him whethjt or not hj is in the Spaniard's team for next month's battle against the USA. Faldo is competing for one of two wild- card places in Europe's team and is desperate to know if hj has got the nod "I can understand Sevj wanting to keep his line-up secret," said Faldo in the News of the World. "There are seven billion people on this planet and why can't he tell just one — mj?" added the English ace. Genital 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Golf News EuroOpjn EuroOpen Main Menu