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WENTWORTH, England -- European captain?Darren Clarke has named?Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Thomas Pieters as his picks for next months Ryder Cup.Clarke, who will lead Europe into the defence of the title at Hazeltine from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, made the announcement at the European Tours headquarters at Wentworth on Tuesday.The trio will join automatic qualifiers Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose,?Rafael Cabrera Bello, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Andy Sullivan, Danny Willett and Chris Wood in the team.There is no place in the team for Scotlands world No. 20 Russell Knox, who finished 10th in qualifying, just 0.04 points ahead of Pieters.With rookies filling five of the nine automatic qualifying places -- albeit one of them being Masters champion Willett -- Clarke had made no secret of the fact that he wanted to balance the team with experienced players.Westwood and Kaymer had long been favourites to be selected and finished 13th and 14th on the world points list respectively, with Westwood securing a 10th consecutive appearance in the event. Clarke revealed hes been losing sleep over the decision to choose Pieters or Knox -- but it was the Belgians incredible win at last weeks Made in Denmark tournament, where he opened with a 62 on Thursday before birdying the final three holes on Sunday to earn his third European Tour in three months. Knox, meanwhile, is left kicking himself for not taking up European Tour membership before his WGC-HSBC Champions win in November.Lee and Martin were two pretty obvious choices but the last one was very difficult, Clarke told reporters at Wentworth. Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald, in terms of experience, could have been in the three, but those two havent quite been on top of their own games.So then it came down to the choice between Russell Knox and Thomas Pieters and it was an incredibly difficult decision. I havent slept a lot.Having to phone Russell yesterday and give him the information was probably one of the toughest phone calls Ive ever had to make. Russell has played unbelievably well over the qualification period.Some people would say he deserves a position on the team but I took a look at it and put them side by side... Ive always been a big Thomas Pieters fan from when I first witnessed how he hits the golf ball.To win that tournament in the manner that he did [with birdies on the last three holes] impressed me and I found it impossible to leave him off the team.He didnt hole anything [for the 62]. Usually somebody shoots a really low number, they hole a couple of 30-footers or they chip-in. But he made the game look ridiculously easy. He has the talent to go all the way to the top in the world in my belief.Clarke insisted Westwood had not been selected because of the pairs longstanding friendship, adding: I selected him because he brings something that no one else can bring to the Ryder Cup. This is his 10th one. There is nobody that has that amount of experience on the team.He will be somewhat like the general amongst the team. Anything he says, everybody sits up and listens. Thats what makes Europe the team that we are, because theres always guys that want to learn and want to get better, and you cant have a better guy from a playing point of view than Lee Westwood in that team room.The selection of Pieters means the European team features six rookies for the first time since 2010 and the most in America since there were seven at Brookline in 1999.Its going to be a monumental task but Ive got full confidence in the team were going to take, Clarke added. Its a team thats going to go there and do everything we possibly can to bring that trophy back home again.Press Association Sport contributed to this report.Nike Air Max Tn Sverige . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. 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Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness.Knicks president Phil Jackson says he made a mistake in talking about another teams player when he made comments about LeBron James last month that included the word posse in describing the Cavaliers stars business associates.Thats a topic Im not going to discuss because one, we are not supposed to discuss other teams players in this position that I have here. So I violated one of the tenets of our thing, Jackson said in an interview on the CBS Sports Network that aired Tuesday.The obvious thing is, the word itself carries connotation. And I just dont understand that, that part of it -- the word, Jackson added. So I guess word choice could be something I could regret. But talking about other teams players, thats out of the box.James and business partner Maverick Carter slammed Jackson last month for what they perceived was an intended slight by the 11-time championship coach when he retold a story about James days with the Miami Heat in an interview with ESPNs Jackie MacMullan.James said on Monday that he has no interest in meeting with Jackson while the Cavaliers are in New York to play the Knicks on Wednesday night.Jackson also didnt feel the need to address the issue with James.No. Its water under the bridge, he said. I dont think there was anybody hurt or harmed in this situation. I think LeBrons friend [Carter] obviously had an issue with it. We just let it go. Its not enough to talk about it.Jackson used the term posse to describe James business associates when discussing James leaving the Miami Heat in free agency.It had to hurt when they lost LeBron, Jackson said. That was definitely a slap in the face.dddddddddddd But there were a lot of little things that came out of that. When LeBron was playing with the Heat, they went to Cleveland, and he wanted to spend the night. They dont do overnights. Teams just dont. So now [coach Erik] Spoelstra has to text [Pat] Riley and say, What do I do in this situation? And Pat, who has iron-fist rules, answers: You are on the plane. You are with this team. You cant hold up the whole team because you and your mom and your posse want to spend an extra night in Cleveland.I always thought Pat had this really nice vibe with his guys. But something happened there where it broke down. I do know LeBron likes special treatment. He needs things his way.Jackson was also asked during the CBS Sports Network interview about Golden State coach Steve Kerrs use of medicinal marijuana to recover from back surgery. He said he used marijuana during his own recovery from back surgery.The year that I was off I was smoking marijuana during that period of time. I think it was a distraction for me as much as a pain reliever, Jackson said. But I never thought of it as ultimately a pain medication for that type of situation.Jackson said marijuana was something that we either have to accommodate or figure out another way to deal with it.We have tried to stop [marijuana use] in the NBA, Jackson said. I dont think we have been able to stop it. I think it still goes on and is still a part of the culture in the NBA.? ' ' '