That meant Meronk missed out despite being a consistent performer on the European tour. since he was 14, was rewarded for strong recent form which saw him win the John Deere Classic and tie for second at the British Open in July, then finish tied for sixth at the Tour Championship eight days ago.ĭonald said the 78th-ranked Hojgaard, a Dane who is the youngest player on the team at age 22, got in on the back of three top 10s in his most recent six events. 23 and a 30-year-old Austrian who has lived the U.S. Lowry, another major winner, will be playing in his second straight Ryder Cup. And I'm not going to lie, he's one of the guys who has such an impressive game to the point where in the evening, if you haven't watched any golf coverage, you click on his name and go to the shot tracker and you go, ‘Oh my God, he hit it 340 yards down the middle of that fairway and flicked a wedge in.’”įleetwood narrowly missed out on automatic selection via the World Points List but was an obvious pick for his third Ryder Cup appearance. "Very quickly his name was on the leaderboards. “I don't follow the college scene that closely, wasn't really aware of all the names coming through, but I was very much aware of this European stud,” Rose said. “Absolutely I'm up for the challenge.”Īt 43 and set for his sixth Ryder Cup appearance, Rose will be the veteran of the European team and he spoke in glowing terms of Aberg and his potential. “As a competitor, these are the tournaments you want to be a part of - you want to have that shot, you want to have that putt, to get a point or to win a match,” Aberg said. So, is Aberg feeling any trepidation about the eyes of the golfing world being on him at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club? And still Donald had no problem picking him. He also knows the pressure Aberg will be under as the only the second golfer, after Sergio Garcia, to play a Ryder Cup in the same year as they turned pro. “It was like a walk in the park for him."ĭonald noted that Aberg, who has yet to play in a major championship, played the kind of golf on the college scene that only Rahm and Hovland - two of the world's current top four and automatic qualifiers for Europe's Ryder Cup team - have produced over the last 20 years.
“He showed yesterday in Crans he has the potential to be one of golf's superstars,” Donald said. Winning in Switzerland by reeling off four straight birdies late in the final round to chase down Fitzpatrick presented a case Donald just couldn't ignore. Aberg posted four top-25 finishes in his first two months on the PGA Tour, then headed back to Europe in a bid to convince Donald he deserved a Ryder Cup call-up. 1 amateur and after being named the best college player in the United States for a second straight year at Texas Tech.
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He turned pro when ranked as the world's No. Straka and Hojgaard got the call ahead of Adrian Meronk in what was widely seen as Donald's toughest decision, but it's the presence of Aberg that will most excite European golf fans. Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton and Robert MacIntyre qualified automatically. “But he didn't have any problem.”ĭonald filled out his team Monday by picking Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose along with three rookies - Aberg, Sepp Straka and Nicolai Hojgaard - as Europe bids to win back the trophy after being routed by the Americans at Whistling Straits in 2021. Some haven't played that well,” Donald said. on CBSSports.“I played with a lot of contenders over these last six to 12 months. PGA Tour LiveĮarly TV coverage: 1-3 p.m. There's a crowded pack right behind on the chase, however, so you won't want to miss a minute of the action on Sunday as the tournament comes to a close.Īll times Eastern streaming start times approximated Round 4 - Sundayįeatured groups and holes: 8:15 a.m. The co-leaders at the Rocket Mortgage Classic are Joaquin Niemann and Troy Merrit, who both finished the action on Saturday at 14 under. Three rounds of action have now taken place in Detroit, and a crowded leaderboard headlines on Sunday. Detroit Golf Club plays host once again to the tournament that will help ring in the 245th birthday of the United States as a crowded leaderboard sprints to the finish on the Fourth of July. Fireworks are very much in the cards on Sunday afternoon at the third-annual Rocket Mortgage Classic - perhaps both figurative and literal ones.
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