Luke Donald has done it again. He has brought together all his Ryder Cup players present at Wentworth. As there are eleven, he has decided to place them in four matches with two team members and another with three. In the group of three is Jon Rahm, alongside the team’s great leader: Rory McIlroy. The third member of this match is Shane Lowry. The golfer from Barrika couldn’t be better supported on his return to the DP World Tour. A fantastic match. The star match by far at Wentworth.
The other four matches with Ryder presence are as follows:
– Justin Rose with Tommy Fleetwood (and Horschel).
– Ludvig Aberg with Matt Fitzpatrick (and Matsuyama).
– Viktor Hovland with Rasmus Hojgaard (and Penge).
– Robert MacIntyre with Tyrrell Hatton (and Fox).
In these groups, besides the Ryder pairs, from which not too many conclusions can be drawn thinking about Bethpage, it is worth highlighting the gesture they have made towards Marco Penge, placing him with two other Ryder men, as if to say he could have easily been in New York. Similarly, close to the Ryder matches are other golfers who fought until the end like Matt Wallace, Aaron Rai, Kristoffer Reitan, and Thomas Detry.
Other details from the BMW PGA Championship tee times:
– Luke Donald will play with Alex Noren, the fifth vice-captain who has joined the Ryder Cup working group. They know each other well because they train together in the United States, but those hours they will spend hand in hand in those first two rounds at Wentworth are invaluable. The third member of this match is Matteo Manassero.
– A gesture also with Harry Hall, who has been placed with Francesco Molinari, who might be the next Ryder Cup captain. One of the strongest candidates alongside Justin Rose. If the Italian is not, he will surely continue to be part of the Ryder working group. The message to the Englishman is that this time you haven’t made it, but we won’t lose track of you… as we never have.
– Beyond the Ryder matches, we have ten more Spaniards besides Rahm: Iván Cantero and Ángel Ayora, who will play in the first two matches on Thursday, Eugenio Chacarra, Ángel Hidalgo, Manu Elvira, Nacho Elvira, Pablo Larrazábal, and Jorge Campillo, who play together, Alex del Rey, and Alfredo García Heredia.
