Mark James, who announced he had cancer, having earlier lost the assistant captaincy of next year's Ryder Cup team following the publication of his controversial book Into the Bear Pit, about the 1999 match at Brookline.
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Mark James, who announced he had cancer, having earlier lost the assistant captaincy of next year's Ryder Cup team following …
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