Golf: Justin Rose won the St. Jude Classic, defeating J.J, Spaun in an epic playoff during the event in Memphis.
Rose wins St. Jude Classic in playoff | 01:54With golf’s major season done and the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs in full swing, next month’s Ryder Cup has firmly been thrust into the spotlight.
Meanwhile, first-time US captain Keegan Bradley has plenty of selection headaches to work through, starting with himself.Each team consists of 12 players, six who will automatically qualify via the ranking points they have accumulated over the past two years, and six who will be captain’s picks. That means they must have excelled in the majors, or in appearances on the DP World Tour, to earn points.Fleetwood: "Just didn't get it done" | 02:13The two best players in the world were locked in for either side some time ago, and now three positions on either team are already confirmed.
Scheffler will be joined by US Open champion J.J. Spaun and 2024 Open and PGA winner Xander Schauffele as he tries to bounce back from the heartbreak of two years ago. The Northern Irishman will face the Americans for an eighth time and will be eager to add to his 18 career Ryder Cup points, the eighth highest in European history.
For the Americans, Russell Henley, Bryson DeChambeau and Harris English hold onto positions four to six at present. Afterwards, Bradley said that his victory “changes the story a little bit” after initially ruling out the idea of picking himself should he fail to qualify automatically. An interesting decision awaits Bradley on Patrick Cantlay, who is 15th in the US standings but has played a key role in previous teams.
Rickie Fowler, who is 37th in the US standings after having been a captain’s pick in Rome, agreed with Cantlay.“I think it would be hard to find really any or many Americans that would argue that point. We’ll see. I know he’s maybe getting to the area of the 10, 11 number on points of where he may think, like, ‘Is this a spot where I should not pick myself?’”
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