Meet the Ryder Cup’s 2023 Team USA and Team Europe as 6 LIV Golf rebels snubbed
Zach Johnson and Luke Donald will probably be going head-to-head on the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Image: GETTY)
With each US and Europe Ryder Cup groups introduced the thrill is nicely underway for one in every of golf’s most fun competitions. But who’re the celebrities that can take to the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome this Sept? Thankfully Express US Sport has you coated with all you must know forward of the event.
Team Europe – Luke Donald
Donald stepped in to captain the European crew after Henrink Stenson’s defection to joi the LIV Golf circuit. A former world no. 1, Donald has 17 skilled wins all through his profession, together with 5 wins on the PGA Tour. Held in excessive regard by the Americans having solid his profession and life within the United States, he has been a pillar of the European crew having gained on all 4 of his look as a participant.
Tommy Fleetwood
Making his third look on the Ryder Cup, Fleetwood was one in every of Donald’s first picks. It was no shock to see the 32-year-old named after a robust yr on the PGA Tour. Despite being unable to win a event he managed seven prime ten finishes. Fleetwood has impressed all through his entire profession, claiming 9 skilled wins with two second-place main finishes on the U.S. Open in 2018 and The Open Championship in 2019.
Sepp Straka
Austria’s Sepp Straka who will probably be making his Ryder Cup debut. The 30-year-old comes into the crew after profitable the John Deere Classic earlier within the yr, giving him two PGA Tour profession wins. A rock strong season noticed him end T14 within the FedEx Cup standings. He is the second Austria to make the crew, after Bernd Wiesberger within the 2021 match.
Justin Rose
The 2023 Ryder Cup will probably be Rose’s sixth look as a veteran of the game. At 43 he is without doubt one of the most skilled golfers on the crew and has 25 skilled wins, together with the 2013 U.S. Open. Rose gained the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier this yr.
Shane Lowry
The 36-year-old Irishman is making his second Ryder Cup look and comes off the again of 9 prime 20 finishes this yr, together with a T5 end at The Honda Classic. Lowry gained The Open Championship again in 2019 and has six skilled wins.
Nicolai Hojgaard
A Ryder Cup debut is in retailer for the younger Denmark golfer. At 22 Hojgaard already has three skilled wins and managed a second place end on the Corales Puntacana Championship this season. His brother Rasmus was additionally among the many names in rivalry for a captains decide.
Ludvig Aberg
Perhaps probably the most in-form golfer on the European crew, the 23-year-old Swedish star is recent from profitable the European Masters. Having turned professinal only a few months in the past, Aberg has the excellence of changing into the primary participant to characteristic in a Ryder Cup earlier than taking part in a serious championship.
Viktor Hovland
The 25-year previous Norwegian has loved a season to recollect, profitable the BMA Championship, the TOUR Championship and the Hero World Challenge earlier within the yr together with a string of prime ten finishes. By profitable the season-ending Tour Championship he claimed the Fed Ex Cup and the £18million bonus that went with it. This yr will probably be his second Ryder Cup.
Rory McIlroy has certified for his seventh consecutive Ryder Cup (Image: GETTY)
Robert MacIntyre
Scotland’s 27-year-old consultant managed to safe his place on the final day of qualifying. He gained final yr’s Italian Open at Marco Simone and can convey course information to the crew as he appears to be like so as to add additional crew success to his three skilled wins.
Rory McIlroy
It’s no shock to see McIlroy qualify for his seventh consecutive Ryder Cup. The 34-year-old {golfing} celebrity has 37 profession wins which incorporates two PGA Championships, the U.S. Open and The Open Championship. This yr McIlroy completed second on the U.S. Open and climed the the Scottish Open and the CJ CUP in South Carolina.
Matt Fitzpatrick
Former US Open champion Fitzpatrick was one other who certified routinely. His win on the RBC Heritage this yr cementing his standing as among the best on the planet. This yr will probably be his third Ryder Cup.
Jon Rahm
This will probably be a 3rd Ryder Cup for the 28-year-old Spanish world no. 3. Rahm is without doubt one of the finest performing golfers of the yr having gained 4 tournaments already which incorporates this yr’s Masters to go together with his first main title which got here on the US Open in 2023.
Tyrrell Hatton
With ten skilled wins the 31-year-old has baggage of expertise and will probably be making his third consecutive Ryder Cup look. This yr the Englishman managed a second place end at The Players Championship to go together with three prime 5 finishes and can convey his fiery aggressive streak to the fairways.
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Team USA – Zach Johnson
This yr’s captain for the American crew is 47-year-old Johnson who has managed 26 skilled wins, together with The Open Championship in 2015 and the 2007 Masters. The American has featured on the Ryder Cup 4 instances and will probably be hoping to guide his crew to victory in Italy this yr.
Sam Burns
A Ryder Cup debut for the 27-year-old who has been chosen by Johnson after making 5 prime ten finishes this yr. The Louisiana-born golfer has continued to impress all year long and can now hope so as to add to his six skilled wins in Rome.
Patrick Cantlay
Another Ryder Cup is in retailer for veteran Cantlay who managed to complete second on the Shriners Children’s Open and third at each the RBC Heritage and The Genesis Invitational this yr. The 31-year-old is without doubt one of the most in kind Americans heading into the event.
Brian Harman
Another Ryder Cup debutant, however one who greater than deserves his place on the crew. The 36-year-old is recent from his Open win earlier within the yr and a few second-placed finishes on the Travelers Championship and the Championship at Mayakoba.
Wyndham Clark
It’s the yr for debutants on the U.S. crew with Clark additionally making his first Ryder Cup. The 29-year-old has two wins underneath his belt this yr on the Wells Fargo Championship and a primary main, which got here on the U.S. Open, completed on a excessive with a 3rd positioned end on the Tour Championship.
Scottie Scheffler
Scheffer isn’t any stranger to the event having appeared again in 2021. The present world No. 1 would be the one to look at this yr after profitable The Players Championship and the WM Phoenix Open. Last season was the 27-year-old’s greatest to this point the place he claimed the Masters to win his first main.
Max Homa
Yet one other debutant on the crew however one that can excite followers. At 32, Homa has two wins this yr, the Fortinet Championship and the Farmers Insurance Open, and got here in second place on the The Genesis Invitational.
Brooks Koepka has been named regardless of defecting to LIV Golf (Image: GETTY)
Xander Schauffele
This will probably be Schauffele’s second Ryder Cup and the 31-year-old Californian has two second place finishes this yr, on the Tour Championship and the Wells Fargo Championship, and 9 prime ten finishes this yr. The Olympic gold medalist from 2021 will kind a key a part of an inexperienced crew.
Rickie Fowler
At 34 Fowler has returned to kind in type this yr, securing a fourth Ryder Cup look. Fowler gained the Rocket Mortgage Classic this yr however is one other whose consistency is printed by eight prime ten finishes.
Justin Thomas
Thomas, who has been battling kind considerations for a lot of the season, is one other with expertise on the Ryder Cup. The 30-year-old has already been referred to as up twice earlier than and away from the event has two PGA Championship wins underneath his belt – in 2017 and 2022.
Brooks Koepka
Perhaps probably the most controversial title on the crew sheet. Koepka has three Ryder Cup appearances however has since defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league for a profitable contract. Despite taking part in fewer tournaments than his teammates the 33-year-old gained the LIV Golf Invitational Orlando and has three finishes within the prime 5. His performances in majors present that his swap of allegiance has not diminished he skill to compete on the very highest degree, profitable his sixth main title on the U.S Open in May.
Jordan Spieth
Spieth, together with Fowler, has 4 Ryder Cup appearances. This season the 30-year-old Texan has earned seven top-10 finishes, together with a runner-up on the RBC Heritage.
Collin Morikawa
A second Ryder Cup call-up has been granted to the 26-year-old Californian after seven prime ten finishes this season. Morikawa completed because the runner-up on the Sentry Tournament of Champions and is aware of what it takes to win with a 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 The Open Championship to his title.
LIV Golf
One of the large adjustments for this yr is the dearth of LIV Golf gamers becoming a member of the crew. European gamers aren’t allowed to characteristic on the event having had their DP Tour Cards taken away, however the U.S. has guidelines that can permit gamers equivalent to Koepka to participate.
Some notable absentees from Europe embody:
- Sergio Garcia
- Ian Poulter
- Lee Westwood
While American LIV Golfers are allowed to participate there are some which have did not make the crew, both by accruing the neccessary factors or by being chosen by captain Johnson:
- Dustin Johnson
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Patrick Reed
The event begins on September 25 on the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Italy.