The British Luke Donald was named the Italian Edoardo Molinari as first vice-captain for the 2025 Ryder Cupthat It will be played at the Bethpage Black venue in New York (United States), September 26 to 28.
Molinari will return to Donald’s team after a successful time in the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy, where The European team achieved victory over the United States.
The Italian, along with his brother Francesco, was part of the successful European team as a player in the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales. Also He has won the DP World Tour three times and has participated in 402 tournaments so far.
Molinari, 42, is a very famous figure in golf and his presence proved essential to the success of the European team in Rome, while captain Donald gave special emphasis to its statistical analysis model in the months leading up to the biennial competition and during the competition itself.
“I’m very pleased. It’s something I’m very proud of and it probably means I did a pretty decent job last time, so I can’t wait to get back to helping the team and Luke at Bethpage and I really want to do it,” said Molinari, after confirming his appointment.
“Luke He called me the same day he was called captain.before the official announcement, and told me that He really liked working with me in Rome and he wants to count on my help again. We had another conversation a week later, about 30 or 40 minutes on the phone, we talked about some things and he asked me and I told him of course, that I want to do it again“, he pointed out.
European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald noticed Edoardo “He plays a very important role within the team.”
“He’s been playing full time here on the DP World Tour, He’s a great player, a Ryder Cupper and he knows what it’s about. He is with many of the players and also works with many of them on their statistics. I’m going to lean heavily on him in the qualifying criteria and then, as we get closer to the games, in How the team was formed and how their skills fit on the Bethpage golf course“Donald admitted.
The In 2010, Molinaris became the first siblings to fight in the United States because Bernard and Geoffrey Hunt were part of the Great Britain and Ireland team in 1963, when they competed in the competition at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales. The Molinaris brothers won their matches against Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar, while Edoardo contributed another important half point in his singles match against Rickie Fowler to victory in Europe.
In addition to his three victories on the DP World Tour, Molinari was also number one on the Challenge Tour in 2009 and a respected member of the circuit’s Tournament Committee.
Before becoming a professional, Molinari won the 2005 US Amateur Championship and, with Francesco, he won the Golf World Cup for Italy in 2009 at Mission Hills (China).
Source: La Verdad
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