{"id":289507,"date":"2023-09-04T14:21:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289507"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:21:54","slug":"tommy-fleetwood-and-shane-lowry-make-team-europe-ryder-cup-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/golf\/tommy-fleetwood-and-shane-lowry-make-team-europe-ryder-cup-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry make Team Europe Ryder Cup team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry make Luke Donald&#8217;s captain picks for the Ryder Cup as Justin Rose returns to Team Europe for the first time in five years&#8230; and Swedish prodigy Ludvig Aberg is called up just THREE months after turning pro<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Luke Donald selected three rookies in his captain&#8217;s picks\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Justin Rose returns to the team after missing out in 2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Team Europe and Team USA square off in Rome at the end of the month<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Luke Donald will take a punt on youth at the Ryder Cup after naming the Swede Ludvig Aberg in his European team for the match with the US in Rome later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old, who only turned professional in June and has never contested a major, was one of Donald\u2019s six wildcards announced on Monday along with Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka and Nicolai Hojgaard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They join automatic qualifiers Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick and Robert MacIntyre in the 12-strong side.<\/p>\n<p>Aberg\u2019s elevation follows an extraordinary breakthrough into the paid ranks, which culminated in him nailing the final audition by winning the Omega European Masters on Sunday in his ninth start.<\/p>\n<p>If his successful pursuit of Fitzpatrick in Switzerland demonstrated his temperament, it is his technical expertise that makes him such an exciting gamble.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/14\/75041179-0-image-a-2_1693833833925.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Fleetwood will play in his third Ryder Cup later this month in Rome<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/14\/75041195-0-image-a-1_1693833775304.jpg\" height=\"386\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Luke Donald has selected two debutants in his six captain&#8217;s picks for the Ryder Cup<\/p>\n<h3>TEAM EUROPE RYDER CUP TEAM\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>*Denotes captain&#8217;s pick<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Rory McIlroy<\/span> (Northern Ireland)<\/li>\n<li><span>Jon Rahm<\/span> (Spain)<\/li>\n<li><span>Viktor Hovland<\/span> (Norway)<\/li>\n<li><span>Tyrrell Hatton<\/span> (England)<\/li>\n<li><span>Robert MacIntyre<\/span> (Scotland)<\/li>\n<li><span>Matt Fiztpatrick<\/span> (England)<\/li>\n<li><span>Tommy Fleetwood<\/span> (England) *<\/li>\n<li><span>Justin Rose<\/span> (England) *<\/li>\n<li><span>Shane Lowry<\/span> (Republic of Ireland)*<\/li>\n<li><span>Ludvig Aberg<\/span> (Sweden) *<\/li>\n<li><span>Sepp Straka<\/span> (Austria) *<\/li>\n<li><span>Nicolaj\u00a0Hojgaard<\/span> (Denmark) *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The former amateur world No 1 has a tee-to-green game that matches perfectly with the tightened fairways of the Marco Simone course \u2013 a quality that has been noted multiple times by senior members of the team in the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>Donald said: \u2018We knew what he was doing on the college scene across four years. It compares with what Hovland and Rahm were doing. I played with him in Detroit and I was blown away. For someone so inexperienced it is so impressive.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Aberg said: \u2018It has been quite a lot these past couple of months but it is exciting. I cannot wait.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you told me a couple of months ago I would be in these conversations I probably wouldn\u2019t have believed you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>His selection is clearly a risk, but eyebrows will be raised in European circles after the omission of Adrian Meronk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Pole, another gifted driver of the ball, had long been in Donald\u2019s sights and his claim was strengthened by winning the Italian Open at Marco Simone in May.<\/p>\n<p>However, Donald has instead gone with Hojgaard, 22, who along with Open runner-up Straka, MacIntyre and Aberg is one of four rookies in the 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hojgaard, a two-time champion on the DP World Tour and former winner at Marco Simone in 2021, clinched the spot after tying for fifth in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/14\/75041183-12478991-Justin_Rose_returns_to_Team_Europe_after_missing_out_at_Whistlin-a-19_1693834844734.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/14\/75041783-12478991-image-m-20_1693834849633.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Justin Rose (left) returns to Team Europe after missing out at Whistling Straits in 2021, while Shane Lowry makes his second consecutive Ryder Cup appearance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/14\/75041431-12478991-image-a-17_1693834455682.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ludvig Aberg was named in Europe&#8217;s Ryder Cup team despite turning pro only in June<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/14\/75041759-12478991-image-a-23_1693834987406.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/14\/75041839-12478991-image-m-24_1693834991335.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Sepp Straka (left) will make his Ryder Cup debut in Rome, where he will be joined by fellow Team Europe debutant Nicolai Hojgaard (right)<\/p>\n<p>Donald said: \u2018He is a young superstar, the world is his oyster. We have seen already what he has accomplished at a young age. I wanted form players.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hojgaard said: \u2018It feels amazing. It is hard to put into words at the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When Luke called me yesterday I was a little disappointed after my finish in Switzerland but it made my night. To be on the team feels amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I get nervous thinking about it but I cannot wait to be on the first tee.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12478991\/Tommy-Fleetwood-Ryder-Cup-Team-Europe-Luke-Donald-Justin-Rose.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry make Luke Donald&#8217;s captain picks for the Ryder Cup as Justin Rose returns to Team Europe for the first time in five years&#8230; and Swedish prodigy Ludvig Aberg is called up just THREE months after turning pro&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry make Team Europe Ryder Cup team - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/golf\/tommy-fleetwood-and-shane-lowry-make-team-europe-ryder-cup-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry make Team Europe Ryder Cup team - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry make Luke Donald&#8217;s captain picks for the Ryder Cup as Justin Rose returns to Team Europe for the first time in five years&#8230; 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