Matt Wallace couldn\u2019t quite defend his title at the Omega European Masters overnight, Australian time. The close call might keep the five-time DP World Tour winner off the European Ryder Cup team as well.<\/p>\n
It certainly seemed that way, at least.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Eddie Pepperell pranks Matt Wallace with the media day from hell<\/a><\/p>\n After a final-round 67 that left him two shots behind winner Thriston Lawrence in Switzerland, Wallace was extra-emotional. In particular, when asked about playing with a potential Ryder Cup spot on the line.<\/p>\n You could see just how much the event means to Wallace. He needed a few moments to gather himself as he wiped tears away.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll never give up on the Ryder Cup,\u201d he was finally able to say. \u201cI just won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Wallace is really emotional after a near miss this week at the Omega European Masters and likely narrowly missing out on the Ryder Cup once again:<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll never give up on the Ryder Cup. I just won\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n That\u2019s how much it means to these guys. He wants it so, so bad and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/MOWr0EGDw4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) August 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n And then he turned away, concluding his TV post-round interview.<\/p>\n Wallace, who finished 12th in Europe\u2019s team standings, is believed to be on the bubble for one of the final spots to represent Europe later this month at Bethpage Black. Although captain Luke Donald will make his six captain\u2019s picks official tonight (Australian time), the 35-year-old Englishman who has never played in the Ryder Cup seemed like he already knew his fate. And that a win in Switzerland was probably needed to make the squad.<\/p>\n Wallace was a tough snub in 2018<\/a> when he won three times during his first full year on the DP World Tour, but Thomas Bjorn opted to go with experience by selecting four guys with an average age of 41.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s such a driver for me,\u201d Wallace told Bunkered magazine<\/a> recently. \u201cWhen I go in the gym and my trainer says \u2018Ryder Cup\u2019 whenever I\u2019m flagging, I get a buzz and I go hard and I go again. Every point. Who knows? By the end of it, every shot from here until September, every shot might be the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n