The highest half of the US’ 2023 Ryder Cup workforce has been solidified. The standings are actually agency following the conclusion of the 2023 BMW Championship, which marked the top of the qualifying interval for the American aspect. It can now be incumbent on captain Zach Johnson to fill out the remainder of the 12-man U.S. workforce with six captain’s picks, all of which is able to come following the 2023 Tour Championship.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler leads the U.S. Ryder Cup standings having leapt the sector along with his 27,617.735 factors greater than double that of Wyndham Clark (13,738.920). The following-most distinguished identify within the standings is Patrick Cantlay, the second-ranked American within the Official World Golf Rankings who holds the identical general spot there as he does within the Ryder Cup standings: fourth.
Let’s check out the six automated qualifiers on the US aspect.
|
1 |
Scottie Scheffler |
27,617.735 |
1 |
2-0-1 |
|
2 |
Wyndham Clark |
13,738.920 |
11 |
— |
|
3 |
Brian Harman |
11,100.539 |
8 |
— |
|
4 |
Patrick Cantlay |
10,946.750 |
4 |
3-0-1 |
|
5 |
Max Homa |
9,638.764 |
7 |
— |
|
6 |
Xander Schauffele |
9,450.269 |
6 |
3-1-0 |
Clark, Brian Harman — each main championship winners this season — and Max Homa will all be rookies representing America in Rome subsequent month. Homa performed his manner into the highest six following sturdy appearances at each the St. Jude Championship and the BMW Championship to leap inside the highest six.
“That is been form of my purpose since these playoffs began, to get into that high six,” Homa stated on the BMW Championship. “All that clearly takes some nice golf. You are taking part in in opposition to lots of nice gamers. It has been enjoyable protecting that purpose in thoughts since you’re competing in opposition to the most effective People, which is a tall activity.”
Cantlay and Schauffele signify probably the most dependable qualifiers on the US aspect aside from Scheffler. Deadly collectively in foursomes, the 2 will embark on their second Ryder Cups after making their debuts at Whistling Straits in 2021.
“You do not actually need to sit round and look ahead to the telephone name,” stated Schauffele. “Been on each side of it, to be fully trustworthy, for a Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup workforce. I am unable to keep in mind which one was a decide, which one was not. However I keep in mind getting a name saying no and a name saying sure. It is good to mechanically qualify.”
Who would be the six captain’s picks?
Two necessary gadgets to think about when wanting the second half of the U.S. workforce: (1) There are three rookies already within the area and (2) not one of the six automated qualifiers has participated in a Ryder Cup on European soil. This might have an effect on Johnson’s six captain’s picks from a muddied pool of gamers.
Schauffele’s sturdy outing on the BMW Championship noticed him climb inside the automated qualifying vary on the eleventh hour and knock out PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka. As a member of LIV Golf, Koepka solely had 4 alternatives to garner factors in direction of qualification this season and has dropped within the rankings since elevating the Wanamaker Trophy at Oak Hill in Might.
Koepka (No. 7 in standings | 6-5-1 Ryder Cup document) is considered a certain decide as are Ryder Cup stalwart Jordan Spieth (No. 8 | 8-7-3) and a resurgent Rickie Fowler (No. 13 | 3-7-5). Spieth narrowly made his manner into the Tour Championship ending the week at Olympia Fields twenty ninth within the FedEx Cup and Fowler continues to flash spectacular kind. When you look previous these three veterans, the selections solely turn out to be tougher.
Johnson should select between younger weapons like reigning PGA Tour Rookie of the Yr Cameron Younger (No. 9), WGC-Match Play winner Sam Burns (No. 12) and two-time main champion Collin Morikawa (No. 10 | 3-0-1).
On the opposite aspect of the age spectrum, Lucas Glover (No. 16) is eager on making his first Ryder Cup workforce on the age of 43 after profitable the Wyndham Championship and the St. Jude Championship in back-to-back weeks.
Keegan Bradley (No. 11 | 4-3-0) has notched two wins this season, as has Tony Finau (No. 21 | 3-3-0), and all of that is earlier than we get to the elephant within the room: Justin Thomas (No. 15 | 6-2-1). Lacking the postseason totally, Thomas should depend on his physique of labor with the intention to garner a captain’s decide as his workforce document stands at 16-5-3 (together with Presidents Cup efforts).
