Lee Westwood can end Europe's tale of woe at the 90th USPGA Championship at the formidable Oakland Hills this week.
The Worksop golfer has been a force in the United States this season with third-place at the US Open followed by a tie for second at last week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
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Westwood led from the front during the 2004 Ryder Cup rout, at Oakland Hills, with the biggest points haul on the European side.
The Englishman has never been more optimistic of breaking his duck in the Majors, and his newfound length off the tee will be a huge boost in Michigan.
Padraig Harrington is targeting a third Major title to add to his brace of Opens.
The Dubliner needs a dramatic change in fortunes at this Major if he wants to bring to an end an 80-year European losing streak. Harrington has not pulled up any trees at this event with a best result of 17th in 2002.
A rusty Harrington finished tied for 20th at the Firestone Country Club, but he will be zeroed in again for this week's challenge.
The two-time Open champion was also a member of the European Ryder Cup side which trounced the US on this course.
Apart from his win at Royal Birkdale, Harrington has looked a stronger force in the United States this season with four top 10s from 10 starts.
Phil Mickelson blew his victory chances at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with a disappointing final round.
Lefty seems to be struggling to make all aspects of his game function in unison, and this has led to a mixed bag of results for him in 2008.
Mickelson proved his mettle at the 2005 USPGA Championship where an up and down - for a final hole birdie - guided him to victory at Baltusrol.
The world number two has four top 10s in the final Major of the season during this decade, so expect him to figure.
Two-time USPGA champion Vijay Singh’s victory at Firestone last week, brought memories flooding back of his second USPGA win at Whistling Straits in 2004, where streaky putting threatened to derail his victory aspirations.
At the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Singh successfully two-putted from 30-feet to clinch his 32nd PGA Tour title.
Singh’s long-game is suited to the Oakland Hills course which measures 7,445 yards, and he tied for seventh when the US Open was held at the South Course in 1996.
Jim Furyk has proved time and again that he has the patience and ability to adapt to the testing conditions associated with Major layouts.
The American drilled the ball low to share fifth place in the atrocious conditions at last month’s Open, and he will no doubt make sure he hits the ball straight to avoid crippling rough at Oakland Hills.
Furyk has finished in the top 10 on three occasions from his previous nine starts at this Championship, and he too faired well at the US Open, 12 years ago, with a tie for fifth.
Kenny Perry is on a mission to make that huge leap from a regular Tour winner to a Major champion.
Three wins this season have made the 47-year-old the talk of the town, but his decision not to compete at Royal Birkdale was questioned by many.
Perry faded in the final round of The Players Championship in May, and his record in this Major is distinctly average with 10th place five years ago, the only shining light.
Hunter Mahan is on the cusp of something big and, he warmed up for Oakland Hills, with a top 10 at Firestone.
The American tied for 18th at Southern Hills last year, and Mahan is currently joint-fourth in the stats for greens hit in regulation.
When Anthony Kim finished 36th at last week’s WGC event, he brought the curtain down on three consective top 10s.
These included a win at the AT&T National and seventh-place at the Open, this 23-year-old also won at the Wachovia Championship in May.
It is worth noting that his two PGA Tour wins were forged at difficult courses which maybe an indicator for this week's drama.
Stuart Appleby was the highest ranked Australian in Ohio last week, and compatriot Geoff Ogilvy can lead the Aussie charge this week.
The former US Open champion has three consecutive top 10s at the USPGA Championship and finished tied for ninth at Torrey Pines behind Tiger Woods in June.
In all, Ogilvy has finished in the top 10, six times from 19 career starts.
Ogilvy brought Woods’ 2008 winning streak to an end with a convincing performance from the Australian at the WGC-CA Championship in March.
