He European Ryder Cup captain (September 29-October 1 in Rome) Luke Donald announced this Monday the six wild cards of the team for the rivalry of Marco Simone and nothing happened for a Spanish player, so the European team will only have one of us in this edition, Jon Rahm.
Donald’s first choice was English Tommy Fleetwoodthe second ‘wild card’ fell to the Austrian Sepp Strakathe third is also for him English Justin Rosea classic with Ryder (his sixth appearance), who won again this 2023 on the PGA Tour, the fourth won by the Irishman Shane Lowryone of the ‘standouts’ in the Whistling Straits defeat despite a cruel blow two years ago, although this 2023 will not be his best year, the fifth is well deserved by the Dane Nicolai Hojgaardno doubt the big surprise of the captain, another rookie, good puncher and fantastic golfer while the last one for the Swede Ludwig Abergwinner of the European Masters in Switzerland on Sunday, and the first player in history to play the Ryder without playing a Grand Slam.
These six golfers automatically joined the qualifiers: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, and Matthew Fitzpatrick.
“Playing Ryder is very special, I’ve played a couple and this one made me especially happy, we worked hard to play it and I think I’ve had a good year. There’s nothing like playing in front of your fans, it’s always very special”, says Fleetwood from his home in Dubai.
Straka will play his first Ryder. “Joining the team is one of my goals and I feel very honored to choose Luke,” said Straka, who is well established on the PGA Tour, from his residence in Birmingham (Alabama). Rose from Wentworth (England) emphasized that “this is a great motivation for me, the last one hurt especially and I am pleased to be part of the team again. Winning as a team is one of the most satisfying -that experience that exists today”.
Rose will be the great veteran of the European team in the absence of players like Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter or Sergio García.
Lowry, champion of the British Open in 2019 and in his second participation, said from Dublin that “the loss in Wisconsin was very painful and now it’s time for revenge, it will be very exciting to play it at home, with our fans.”
Hojgaard from Billund (Denmark) admitted that he was living “an amazing moment in this election, it was very important that the captain believed in me.” Nicolai won the Italian Open with Marco Simone in 2021.
Finally, Aberg, the team’s fourth rookie, couldn’t believe how his life had changed in 24 hours. Donald puts him on the level of Rahm or Hovland in his college days.
In other words, in the end, the candidates who sounded in the pool like the Pole Adrian Meronk, the Spaniards Pablo Larrazábal and Adrián Otaegui, the twin brother of Hojgaard, Rasmus… and the Italian Francesco Molinari, was left behind. The host country has no representative in the team.
In the end there will be four rookies: MacIntyre, Straka, Nicolai Hojgaard and Aberg.
Source: La Verdad
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