During tournament action at Valderrama last week, Michael Smurfit was busy studying the layout of the presidential suite, located beside the 17th fairway. Why so? "Because we could have four US presidents at the Ryder Cup," he replied. Presumably he meant George Bush Snr and Jnr, current incumbent Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford. The suite for the 2005 staging at the K Club is to be located beside the green at the seventh, which will be the 16th for the Ryder Cup.