Golf: Hanson questions desire of Ryder contenders

Peter Hanson, the Swede who has given Colin Montgomerie what Europe's captain calls a "more or less impossible" task, has questioned how much some stars want to be part of the Ryder Cup.

Hanson spoke out shortly after arriving at Gleneagles for the final counting event.

"If you really want to make the team - and, of course, if you are that close - then you should be here and playing," he said. The 32-year-old moved up from 15th to eighth by capturing the Czech Open title in a play-off on Sunday and, as a result, pushed Paul Casey out of the top nine who automatically earn selection this weekend.

Casey and Padraig Harrington, with top-five finishes, and Luke Donald, with a win, could all have guaranteed themselves another cap by switching from the first of the FedEx Cup play-offs to the Johnnie Walker Championship.

But not one of the trio has, and, with Justin Rose and Italian World Cup winner Edoardo Molinari needing one of the three wild cards as well, Montgomerie knows he will have to face the Americans without two players who are in the world's top 22.