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Golf-Torrance named Europe's fifth Ryder Cup vice-captain (Reuters)

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - European Ryder Cup skipper Darren Clarke named Sam Torrance on Wednesday as his fifth vice-captain for September's match against the United States.

The 62-year-old Torrance, a veteran of eight Ryder Cups as a player and the winning captain in 2002, will work alongside Thomas Bjorn, Padraig Harrington, Paul Lawrie and Ian Poulter in Clarke's support team.

"It is a tremendous honour and as soon as Darren asked me, I had no hesitation in saying yes," Torrance told the Ryder Cup website (www.