Langerâs picks could define new Ryder era
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When Hal Sutton made his two captainâs selections for the US Ryder Cup team, he really chose from only about five serious candidates.
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Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal automatically qualified for Europe's Ryder Cup team Sunday, and Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood made the squad as captain's picks. The four joined eight others already on the defending championship team that will face the United States at Ireland's K Club on Sept. 22-24: Paul Casey, Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, David Howell, Robert Karlsson, Colin Montgomerie and Henrik Stenson.
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RYDER CUP STRAFFAN, Ireland -- He was the captain's pick. He was also the people's choice. That wasn't lost on Darren Clarke .
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - As simple as it sounds, US captain Hal Sutton might have come up with the best explanation yet of why the underdog Europeans have dominated the Ryder Cup over the past 20 years.
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MUNICH, Germany : European Ryder Cup captain Bernard Langer said he plumped for Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as wild cards, and not Swede Fredrik Jacobson, because he thought they would perform better at the Oakland Hills golf course.
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On paper, this looks like a runaway. As we gear up for the 35th running of the Ryder Cup, the US team can take solace in the fact it has five major winners on its 12-man roster and Europe has none.
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It may be too too soon for Bernhard Langer to start indulging in too much celebration, but Europe&#39;s Ryder Cup captain might well be giving himself a small pat on the back as he watches events unfold at the European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre.
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Bernard Langerâs last pick for the Ryder Cup, Luke Donald, produced a spectacular third round 65 in the Omega European Masters today to give two of his more distinguished European team-mates plenty to think about on the final day.
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Still smarting from their 18Â½-9Â½ drubbing by Europe in September&#39;s Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills, the Americans have decided to overhaul the way they pick their team for the next meeting, at the K Club in Ireland in 2006.
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The reputations of Ryder Cup captains are made on decisions like these. Hal Sutton found that out two years ago when his ill-advised pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson imploded and took the U.S. team down with it.
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COLIN MONTGOMERIE last night insisted Europe will head to the next Ryder Cup as hot favourites for the first time. Monty - whose putt handed the Cup to Bernhard Langer&#39;s team at Oakland Hills on Sunday - made
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Bernhard Langer today sent out his &#39;awesome&#39; Ryder Cup team with a warning not to celebrate anything yet. The European captain had the luxury of fielding his remaining three rookies in today&#39;s opening fourballs
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Europe and the US get a first look at each other's possible Ryder Cup pairings during practice on Tuesday.
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As for choosing a leadoff man, how did European captain Bernhard Langer come up with Paul Casey to go against Tiger Woods? The
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The Ryder Cup is always emotional, which ensures that it will be compelling. No other event in golf stirs up similar passions, and nobody involved seems immune to it.
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Faced with as difficult a set of decisions as any European captain has had to deal with, Bernhard Langer added Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as wild-card selections for the team
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European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer named Britons Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as his wildcard picks on Sunday for next month&#39;s match against the United States.