Ludvig Aberg’s speedy rise in simply three months as a professional was capped Monday when the 23-year-old Swede was chosen as one of many European workforce’s captain’s picks for the Ryder Cup towards the United States exterior Rome this month.
Luke Donald stuffed out his workforce by selecting Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose together with three rookies — Aberg, Sepp Straka and Nicolai Hojgaard.
Straka and Hojgaard obtained the decision forward of Adrian Meronk in what was broadly seen as Donald’s hardest resolution, but it surely’s the presence of Aberg that can most excite European golf followers.
He turned professional in June when ranked because the world’s No. 1 beginner and after being named the perfect school participant within the United States for a second straight yr at Texas Tech. Aberg posted 4 top-25 finishes in his first two months on the PGA Tour, then headed again to Europe in a bid to persuade Donald he deserved a Ryder Cup call-up.
Winning the European Masters in Switzerland on Sunday by reeling off 4 straight birdies late within the closing spherical introduced a case Donald simply couldn’t ignore.
“He showed yesterday in Crans he has the potential to be one of golf’s superstars,” Donald stated.
Fleetwood narrowly missed out on automated choice through the World Points List however was an apparent decide for his third Ryder Cup look. It would be the 43-year-old Rose’s sixth look whereas Lowry, one other main winner, shall be enjoying in his second straight Ryder Cup.
Straka, ranked No. 23, was rewarded for robust current kind which noticed him win the John Deere Classic and tie for second on the British Open in July, then end tied for sixth on the Tour Championship eight days in the past.
Donald stated the 78th-ranked Hojgaard obtained in on the again of three high 10s in his most up-to-date six occasions.
That meant Meronk missed out regardless of being a constant performer on the European tour. He received this yr’s Italian Open on the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, the place the Ryder Cup is happening.