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English rugby union’s leading international point-scorer Jonny Wilkinson is backing France’s bid to host the 2018 Ryder Cup.
Wilkinson, who plays for French side Toulon, has been on tremendous form scoring over 300 points in his first season and is already over the 200 point mark this campaign. The French are understandably big fans of their English superstar with Wilkinson recently being named personality of the year in a major French public vote ahead of French football legends Zinedine Zidane and Eric Cantona.
France’s admiration of Wilkinson is reciprocated with Wilkinson, a French speaker, very happy in a country where he feels increasingly at home. Now Wilkinson, set to face France in the upcoming Six Nations, is pledging his full support to France’s bid to host the 2018 Ryder Cup at proven championship course Golf National, Paris, current home of the Alstom Open de France.
Wilkinson commented; “With the 2018 Ryder Cup set to take place on mainland Europe I am delighted to get behind France’s bid to host the Ryder Cup in 2018.”
Other bids for the 2018 Ryder Cup include Germany, Portugal, Spain and Holland. Sweden had been part of the race to host the Ryder Cup in seven years time but withdrew.
The winning bid will be announced in April…
