Owens Mills, Maryland— Patrick Cantley Won the BMW Championship on Sunday and scored the sixth and final automatic point in the American Ryder Cup team.
This means avoiding calls from the captain, Steve StrickerAfterwards, the Tour Championship informed him that he was selected.
Due to the pandemic, the Ryder Cup will be postponed for one year to September 24th to 26th. Qualifying starts on that day Tiger Woods Won the 2019 Masters. It ended 28 months later, six players got a place in the Whistler Channel, and the real drama is still a week away.
Colin SenchuanThose who won two Grand Slams in qualifying are at the top of the list.He was followed Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka with Justin Thomas, Everyone has locked their place mathematically.
Tony Fino He remained in sixth place until he was surpassed by Cantley’s victory. Cantley and Morikawa will make their debut in the Ryder Cup.
The US team has six captain picks this year instead of four. This was a decision made during the pandemic, and the golf schedule is full of uncertainty.
Cantley is considered a player who can be selected even if he is not selected for the team.After winning the Northern Trust Fund last week, so did Finau. He is also an Olympic gold medalist. Sand Scheufele with Jordan Spieth. They are the bottom three in the standings.
Harris EnglishIs this year’s two-time champion, ranking 10th in the standings.
Stricker will formally determine his draft pick after the Tour Championship.Among the candidates Daniel Berg, Webb Simpson, Scottie Schaeffler with Sam Burns, And the strange situation Patrick Reid, He spent an important week without even playing in Cave Valley.
Reid loves match play because of his excellent short shot and ruthless attitude. He has been absent for the past three weeks, first with an ankle injury and then with what he calls bilateral pneumonia.
There is a good chance of getting into the top 30 of the Tour Championship, but it is to his advantage.Among the 10 players behind him in the FedEx Cup standings, only Rory McIlroy Ranked in the top 25 in the BMW Championship.
when KH Lee A bogey in the middle of the 18th fairway kept Reid in 30th place. This means that Reid, if healthy, has the opportunity to play in East Lake, which may be equivalent to an audition for the Ryder Cup.
At the same time, Europe has two more matches before the end of qualifying.