Luke Donald announced his captain’s picks for the European squad competing in the 2023 Ryder Cup.
announcing his six wildcard picks to complete the team that will take on the U.S. Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at Marco Simone in Rome, Italy.
Donald’s captain’s picks were Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Hojgaard and Ludvig Aberg. They join the six who automatically qualified for the team via the points system: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Fitzpatrick.Europe has won the past six Ryder Cups played on its home soil., in 2021 at Whistling Straits, is looking to end a 30-year losing streak in Europe that has spanned six matches and dating back to 1993.The last time the U.S. won the Ryder Cup on foreign soil was 1993.
On the PGA Tour, he lost the RBC Canadian Open in a playoff and tied for sixth last month at the Tour Championship.Rose, 43, will be playing in his sixth Ryder Cup.Luke Donald selected Shane Lowry for the European Ryder Cup team.He won the 2019 British Open and his most recent win was the 2022 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour.He finished tied for second at the British Open and won for the second time on the PGA Tour in July at the John Deere Classic.
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