Brian 'The Butcher' Harman embracing his new nickname at Ryder Cup

The left-hander, a keen hunter in his home state of Georgia, cut down a high-quality field in Hoylake as he led by five strokes on Friday and Saturday and extended his winning margin to six on a testing final day weather-wise.

He dominated the links like no other player that week, holing 59 of 60 putts from inside 10 feet, and that earned him his new moniker from the British media.

At the time he found it amusing but he got home and found the name had followed him back across the Atlantic.

"I've got to get one of those tabloids of 'Brian the Butcher' because it was a Brian the Butcher theme party that my wife threw me, which is fantastic," he said.

"I can show you the emblem my wife came up with. It was very funny.

"We had T-shirts, golf balls, and one of the rotating cameras where you can hold a Brian the Butcher picture up and take pictures. It was fun."

World number one Scottie Scheffler has been working on the one real weakness in his game – putting – and has drafted in an Englishman to help him.

Phil Kenyon has bases in Formby and Wigan as well as one in Georgia and can boast current European players Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Fleetwood among his clients.

Scheffler said: "It was something that I didn't want to think about as the year went on because it would have been a change, but was right when the Tour Championship ended (a month ago).

"He ended up coming to Dallas a few days later, we got some good work in and it's been great.

"I think the second set of eyes with Phil was really helpful. It was good to get my brain in order and feel like I'm working in the right direction versus playing a bit of a guessing game.

"An Englishman in the American camp? When he came to Dallas I was joking with him.

"I told him his stuff is going to work so well he's not going to be welcome back at his home club when he gets home after the Ryder Cup."

Scheffler is likely to partner good friend Sam Burns, who finished 12th on the USA's qualifying list but received a call up ahead of Cameron Young (ninth) and two-time Ryder Cup player Keegan Bradley (11th).

It has been suggested his close association with Scheffler enhanced his selection but the 27-year-old rookie dismissed that.

"I don't know what's been said about it, to be honest. We're great friends. Our wives are great friends. I imagine we'll be friends as long as we're alive," said Burns, who has had 'USA' shaved into his hair by a friend this week.

"There's a points list that is used throughout the year and I finished 12th on the points list. Obviously after that it's out of my control who's chosen."

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