Last week the American Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley ends of speculation by officially leaving the American team. Instead, Bradley Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young, Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns selected during an official announcement of the PGA or America headquarters in Frisco, Texas.
Bradley’s Captain’s Picks joined six team members who had already automatically qualified for the team: Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson Dechambeau.
At first glance, the selection process of the European team seemed much less loaded than the complicated decision that Bradley was confronted with. Captain Luke Donald-Wiens team De Ryder Cup won with the command margin of 16.5-11.5 on the 2023 edition in Rome-Werd this year expected that it would play an almost duplicated team. Donald’s car qualifications for 2025 are Rory McIlroy, Robert Macintyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Rasmus Hojgaard and Tyrrell Hatton. Hojgaard is the only Rookie of those names.
Luke Donald’s Captain’s Picks
On Monday, Donald selected the rest of the players who take on the Americans in the 45th Ryder Cup in Bethpage Black on Long Island: Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm, Sepp Straka, Viktor HOvland, Ludvig Aberg and Mattzpatrick.
With his choices, Donald did not wander too far from the points ranking. Shane Lowry was arranged in 7th place, Sepp sleek 8th, Ludvig Aberg 9th, Viktor HOVOLAND 10th and Matt Fitzpatrick 11th.
Lowry played in two Ryder-Bekers with a 2-3-1 record; Sleea played in one cup with a 1-2-0 record; Aberg played in one cup with a 2-2-0 record; HOVLAND has played in two cups with a 3-4-3 record; And Fitzpatrick played in three cups with a record of 1-7-0.
Jon Rahm, who came to Liv Golf before the 2024 season, was 24th on the list of the European Ryder Cup points, but was a member of three Ryder Cup teams, with a 6-3-3 record. Rahm was 2-0-2 in Rome in 2023.
Matt Wallace, who was 12th in the ranking of the European points, made the headlines during the weekend with an outing of emotion at the Omega European Masters of the DP World Tour. He finished two shots shy to defend his title of 2024, and had to put himself together for more than 30 seconds after being asked about his Ryder Cup chances.
“I will never give up the Ryder Cup,” Wallace finally said.
With both teams that have now been set up, Europe is arriving at the 2025 Ryder Cup with 11 out of 12 players who have prevailed in the US in Rome, while the US will travel a team that includes four First-Timers.
The Ryder Cup 2025 starts on 26 September.
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