With the 24-men now finalised, we thought we’d dig into some of the numbers and, in boxing terms, come up with a tale of the tape, comparing both squads.
Europe’s newest Ryder Cup player, Ludvig Aberg, turned professional just three months ago. But the former Texas Tech University business marketing graduate has been acting and playing like a pro for a lot longer.
The team lost its captain and a number of its (former) stalwarts. Yet anyone thinking the 2023 European Ryder Cup roster will be short on star-power is mistaken.
With the PGA Tour on hiatus following the season-ending Tour Championship, the world’s attention turns to the Omega European Masters at the stunning Crans-sur-Sierre GC in Crans Montana, Switzerland.
You can argue over who should have made the US Ryder Cup team for days, but there’s no debating the golfer who took his rejection hardest on Tuesday. That would be Keegan Bradley, who sadly was on the wrong end of captain Zach Johnson’s phone calls on Tuesday.
Viktor Hovland’s first season-long title deserves a more thorough celebration, so the team will rendezvous this Friday night in Edmond, Oklahoma, an hour from the former Oklahoma State star’s residence at Stillwater.
Koepka, a three-time Ryder Cup participant, has only had opportunities to accrue points this year at the major championships as he plays on the LIV Golf League.
Keegan Bradley enters this week’s BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club in 11th place in the FedEx Cup standings and 11th in the US Ryder Cup standings. The latter depends on improving in the former. But guess which one means more to him. A lot more.
Francesco Molinari will act as the fifth and final back-up to captain, Luke Donald, when the biennial matches between the United States and Europe heads to the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club near Rome next month.
Lanny Wadkins, who played on eight Ryder Cup teams, called the allegations levied against Phil Mickelson “very disconcerting” before taking a flamethrower to Lefty.
Australian Golf Digest
