The fourth captain’s pick is scheduled to be announced the night of September 25, after the Tour Championship.
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Lee Westwood believes Bubba Watson’s stark omission from America’s Ryder Cup team boils down to United States captain Davis Love not considering him a team player. They are Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Jimmy Walker, Brooks Koepka, Brandt Snedeker and Zach Johnson.
“We went back and forth on a lot of great players and it was a tough decision”, Love said. But I mean, I know he’s playing Safeway. “We’re trying to use them to make better and more informed decisions”.
Holmes finished 10th in the Ryder Cup standings and is one of the few active Americans to have never lost in the event.
“I was originally going to go with me and my son Drew and Tiger”, Love quipped.
Of course, he won’t be the only one fighting for a spot on the team.
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“I got to play in the Walker Cup twice, once overseas and once in the U.S. and it’s really cool getting to play on home soil”, said the 27-year-old.
“The Ryder Cup is the largest tournament the PGA manages in the US, and they rely on Aggreko to provide safe essential services to numerous event’s venues, big and small, without detracting from the beauty of the course’s natural environment”.
“He’s so steady; he’s so easy to pair”. Colin Montgomerie ruffled a lot of feathers when he left off then world No. 5 Paul Casey, not selecting him with a captain’s pick.
“I would say players playing in the Tour Championship need to think about winning the Tour Championship and not to think about Ryder Cup points”. He is 4-5-2 in his Ryder Cup career and has played on three previous American teams. Zero. The most matches without a Ryder Cup point in history.
“They have spent an incredible amount of time, not only over the last year-and-a-half, but in the last two or three weeks flying back and forth cross-country, on the telephone”. After posting top-10s in his next two starts, Fowler has just four top-10s in 17 starts since. “We found no weaknesses in his game, he’s such a great teammate and is really confident on the big stage. But we are really excited about where we are today”. “He brings a lot of intangibles to our team”.
Digging a little deeper into the stats, one can find that Kuchar and Fowler were the two highest non-automatic qualifiers in the stroked gained total stat on the PGA Tour.
Kuchar, 38, was an Olympic bronze medalist at the Rio Games.
He noted Monday that he’s a captain’s pick for the first time rather than automatically earning his spot. “I’m going to announce our last pick based on what fits best for our team, not who shoots the lowest score in the last tournament”. I don’t envy Davis’ position. But I really am thrilled to be a part of this.
The following week’s Barclays was the last qualifying event and Fowler was in good shape to make the team, only to falter on the last day and tie for seventh after holding the 54-hole lead.
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Love, the losing captain from 2012 in Chicago, has previously said Woods told him weeks ago who he wanted on the team. We have so much respect for him (Love).
