ライダーカップ予選：ブライソン・デシャンボー、ラッセル・ヘンリー、ハリス・イングリッシュが米国チームに進出
DeChambeau & Rose qualify for Ryder Cup – who else is in? The European and American Ryder Cup teams are beginning to take shape with the 45th staging of the biennial contest being held from 26-28 September at Bethpage Black in New York. All six of the US automatic qualifiers are known. Bryson DeChambeau, Russell Henley and Harris English were all confirmed on Sunday, to join Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and JJ Spaun in a team that will be bolstered to 12 by captain Keegan Bradley’s wildcard picks. Europe’s qualification process concludes after this week’s Betfred British Masters at the Belfry with just one automatic spot up for grabs. Ireland’s Shane Lowry occupies the sixth and final place but Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard will take it should he finish joint 29th or better. Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and Tyrrell Hatton are the five other confirmed names, with captain Luke Donald set to announce his six picks on 1 September. McIntyre confirmed his spot by finishing runner-up to Scheffler at last week’s BMW Championship, the final qualifying event for American players. The world number eight was second at June’s US Open and seventh at last month’s Open. ‘Bob has put in some big performances on both sides of the Atlantic this season, and that fine form combined with his experience from 2023 will be invaluable in New York,’ said Donald of the Scot who contributed 2½ points from three matches in Rome. Spain’s Jon Rahm, who on Sunday won the LIV Golf individual title for a second successive year, looks nailed on for a wildcard spot, while Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg and Norwegian Viktor Hovland are also likely to be in the 12-strong team. Two Englishmen in Harry Hall and Marco Penge are among those in with a chance of making their Ryder Cup debuts. Hall, who is 15th in the standings, has impressed on the PGA Tour, with five top-10s and he finished sixth at last week’s BMW Championship to qualify for this week’s season-ending Tour Championship. He has racked up 409 birdies this year, 45 more than any other player. Penge climbed to 14th in the standings by beating Rasmus Hojgaard by one stroke to claim the DP World Tour’s Danish Golf Championship on Sunday, his second title of the season. DeChambeau and Scheffler lead US qualifiers. The six American qualifiers were confirmed following the conclusion of the last qualifying event, the BMW Championship.