Ryder shock as sacrifice sparks emotional call to bolter; biggest losers revealed<\/a><\/p>\nShane Lowry of Team Europe speaks with captain Luke Donald and Sky Sports presenter Nick Dougherty as the captain\u2019s picks are announced.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
This is the former British Open winner\u2019s third consecutive Ryder Cup appearance as a captain\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d said the 38-year-old Irishman.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a stressful few weeks and stressful year trying to make the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very grateful that Luke and his team have put their faith in me again this time and hopefully I can repay them by producing the goods.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rahm, who like Hatton plays on the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV tour, has earned 7 and a half points in his previous three appearances in the biennial event.<\/p>\n
\u201cJon sets the standard for us,\u201d said Donald.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is meticulous with what he does. He is first up and last out of the team room.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe understands the history of the Ryder Cup and what it represents, following in the footsteps of some amazing Spanish players.\u201d <\/p>\n
Jon Rahm is back for the Ryder Cup.Source: AP<\/p>\n
Hovland was thrilled to return to the Ryder Cup cauldron after combining with Aberg for two big foursome wins.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a lion for us in Rome and he will continue to be that in Bethpage\u201d Donald commented.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can feel my palms are getting really sweaty and I\u2019m super excited to get going,\u201d said the Norwegian player.<\/p>\n
For Fitzpatrick it was the perfect present on his 31st birthday. <\/p>\n
\u201cMatt said himself that he didn\u2019t get off to the best start this year but he has turned it around impressively,\u201d noted Donald.<\/p>\n
\u201cStatistically no-one has been as good as he has the last three or four months.\u201d <\/p>\n
Aberg, who made his Ryder Cup debut in 2023, said: \u201cI definitely feel more experienced this time.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rasmus Hojgaard is the only change to Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup team, replacing his brother.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Lowry, Straka, Aberg, Hovland and Fitzpatrick were the top five outside of the automatic qualification spots in qualifying.<\/p>\n
Donald\u2019s Europe are seeking their first back-to-back titles in 19 years. Last week Donald\u2019s opposite number, US skipper Keegan Bradley opted not to become the first playing captain in 62 years.<\/p>\n
Instead he named two-time major winners Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa, Ryder Cup veterans Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns and rookies Ben Griffin and Cameron Young.<\/p>\n
They join the six automatic qualifiers for the US line-up: top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, two-time major winners Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau, US Open winner J.J. Spaun and his fellow Ryder Cup rookie Russell Henley, and Harris English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Europe captain Luke Donald selected major winners Shane Lowry and Jon Rahm among his six captain\u2019s picks for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[2095,64,63,80022,80021,15814,80026,2065,38616,80020,1208,2057,80025,80029,755,2328,15812,6920,6919,15813,80027,51335,6937,8440,1025,3801,80024,70794,2041,2067,3583,80023,80028,6924,3576,756,6931,80031,1656,2643,3595,85,80030,42347,2614],"class_list":["post-112039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-automatic-qualification","tag-automatic-qualifiers","tag-ben-griffin","tag-bethpage","tag-canada","tag-collin-morikawa","tag-curious-sibling-affair","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-europe-captain","tag-foursome-wins","tag-golf","tag-italy","tag-j-j-spaun","tag-justin-rose","tag-justin-thomas","tag-keegan-bradley","tag-lone-change","tag-luke-donald","tag-matt-fitzpatrick","tag-michigan","tag-new-york","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-nick-dougherty","tag-nicolai","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-norwegian-player","tag-plymouth","tag-robert-macintyre","tag-rome","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-russell-henley","tag-saint-johns","tag-shane-lowry","tag-sky-sports","tag-southern-europe","tag-sports","tag-team-room","tag-tommy-fleetwood","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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