The Europeans announced it will mirror the United States’ selection method, with six players earning their way to the 12-man team through automatic bids while captain Luke Donald will round out the other six via wildcard picks.
To say they wasted no time would be an understatement: Ryder Cup Europe executives removed Henrik Stenson as their captain for next year’s event even before he was announced as a new LIV Golf recruit.
Henrik Stenson confirmed in a statement that he is defecting to LIV Golf following Wednesday’s announcement that he had been stripped of his European Ryder Cup captaincy, while claiming he made efforts to keep the honorary role.
After a prolonged and increasingly loud period of speculation, Henrik Stenson, who was named captain of the Old World side in Italy for next year in March, has been relieved of his duties.
Even if he hasn’t been frequenting any social-media sites, or reading the newspapers, Harrington is well aware that questions are being asked of his decision-making last week.
We’re not sure why he didn’t just bet $10 to produce a $1 million-plus payday, but we’re guessing the mystery gambler is still pretty happy with this windfall.
There are a multitude of theories emerging as to why just about everything went so disastrously wrong (on the course at least) for the European side in Wisconsin.
The Americans embarrassed the Europeans and took great joy in doing so. There is so, so much to discuss, so here are 18 parting thoughts from Whistling Straits.
Australian Golf Digest
