Ryder Cup qualification as it stands: Who is racing for Team Europe in September? | golf news

Time is running out for players to find their way into the European team’s Ryder Cup squad, but how is Padraig Harrington’s team doing with just two months of qualifying left?

A slew of stars gathered at the Renaissance club this week for the Abradon Scottish Open, the first Rolex Series event since doubling due to the new weighting increase, where players have a great chance to cement their hopes for a European team. There will be opportunity. CT Detroit.

The European qualifying campaign ran from the BMW PGA Championship in September 2019 to the forced closure of the golf course in mid-March 2020, with all rankings frozen until the process was restarted at the beginning of the year. .

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All races for Dubai and the Official World Golf Ranking points multiplied by 1.5 earned between January 1 and May 9 are now offered double digits in events until the BMW PGA Championship ends in September.

john rahmo Scotland is making headlines and is already set to compete in the second Ryder Cup, having won the first major US Open title last month, with the world No. 1 top European and a huge lead at the World Championships. point lists.

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The Spaniard had already scored a lot of points in the qualifying campaign after a second-place finish at the 2019 BMW PGA Championship and ended his season with back-to-back victories en route to a Race to Dubai victory.

Tommy Fleetwood occupies second place on the European points list and has extended its cushion to the nearest challenger tyrell hatton With a top 20 spot at last week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, the result is also lifting her up Matt Fitzpatrick Eighth in the list of world points.

The England trio are in action as well as a Ryder Cup mainstay in Scotland this week Lee Westwood, while Rory McIlroy – Rahm’s closest challenger on the world points list and fourth in the European rankings – appears to also appear as he bounces back from the 59th-ranked spot at Mount Juliet and returns to form before the Open.

Victor Howland and Paul Casey, currently ranked fifth and sixth on the world points list, are not in the Scottish peloton, while Victor Perez – who holds the ninth and final automatic place – is in action as he looks to build on his 14th place at the same event last year.

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Shane Lowry, a week before his long-awaited Open defence, is currently ranked 10th in the world, after closing Perez’s gap to finish 23rd in Ireland last week.

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guido migliozcic and Bernd Wiesberger Both lists are the next two in the table and are set for their first appearance in the Ryder Cup, while Scotland Robert McIntyre, former masters champion Danny Willett and winners of the Betfred British Masters Richard Bland All European points are in the top 15 of the list.

Several European Ryder Cup 2018 teams have to work to move up the world points list and ensure a return to the Ryder Cup this time around. Ian Poulter (17E), henrik stenson (28th) and Francesco Molinari (36th) Scotland all in action and need a big summer.

Justin Rose (13th) and top scorer in Europe, Sergio Garcia (14th), both absent from this week’s event before competing in the year’s final Men’s Major at Royal St George’s, while alex noren Rocket also takes a week off after climbing to 22nd on the world points list with a fourth tie in the Mortgage Classic.

The top four players on the European points list and the next five on the world points list after the BMW PGA Championship will automatically qualify for Team Europe, with Harrington announcing the choice of three captains next week.

Who will impress at this week’s Abradon Scottish Open? Watch live on Sky Sports all week long. Live coverage begins Thursday with select groups starting at 8 a.m. on Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event.