The prize for best-placed Brit at Oak Hill on Sunday went to Luke Donald.

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He is also the director of research at hedge fund Oak Hill REIT Management.

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No captain has retained the job since Gallacher, who lost twice before leading Europe to victory at Oak Hill.

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That's a serious warning sign, says Jon Fosheim, a veteran investor who runs Oak Hill REIT Management in Newport Beach, Calif.

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They made the plantation of Oak Hill their home after he inherited it from an uncle, and appeared on the Washington scene in 1811 when he became Madison's Secretary of State.

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And his team-mate Dyson, who won the Asian Tour Order of Merit in 2000, also failed to qualify after coming 58th on 12-under alongside Ireland's Walton, the man who holed the winning putt in the Oak Hill Ryder Cup.

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As viewed through a windscreen, the Hill Country seems full of plump oak trees and well-watered meadows, almost European in aspect.

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