Jordan Spieth and Olympic champion Xander Schauffele amongst USA’s Ryder Cup captain’s picks
English, Berger, Scheffler and Schauffele will all be making their Ryder Cup debuts, whereas Spieth, who will make his fourth look, and Finau have been a part of the US crew defeated 17½-10½ by Europe three years in the past.
“We’re in search of the most effective gamers to carry out right here at Whistling Straits and these six guys that we picked, we really feel like (they) match Whistling Straits to a tee,” Stricker stated throughout a press convention on Wednesday.
These six gamers be part of Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay, who all routinely certified primarily based on factors earned from performances over the previous two years.
Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion who featured within the Ryder Cup crew that 12 months, is the top-ranked American participant to overlook out on a captain’s choose.
“That was a really, very troublesome name, I sort of misplaced sleep over that one,” stated Stricker. “He is an amazing competitor, he brings rather a lot to matchplay golf, his document right here on the Ryder Cup is fairly darn good.”
USA has received simply two of the previous 9 Ryder Cups, with this 12 months marking the forty third version of the event having been postponed from final 12 months amid the pandemic.
Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland have all earned computerized qualification for Crew Europe primarily based on the world and European factors lists.
4 extra computerized qualification spots are nonetheless up for grabs, plus three picks from captain Padraig Harrington set to be introduced on Sunday.
