Surely there is absolutely zero chanc of Poults not getting a pick even if he does not qualify for the RC by right.
if the quailfying period ended today who would you pick if you was captain as your picks
its 4 picks now
poulter would easy be the number 1 pick as he is just outside on both lists and his record
westwood and mcdowel would be struggling to make it
with gallacher jimeniz luiten and molinaria all ahead in both lists
and with only 1 rookie in the 8 in spots got to think all 4 of them would be ahead of the vetrans
i would like to find odds somewhere for making the rider cup team because i would be laying westwood and mcdowel
unless they have a very good next few weeks
Cannot ever see Westwood and Gmac not getting 2 of these 4 picks if they don't make it thru qualifying.
Of course everything has a price but i would want a very large one or either of these guys being omitted.
taking this over from TfT
now i dont post much on golf but follow it avidly i played it from age of 11/12 till i ended in chair during the summer holidays at school we could end up playing 4 rounds a day after getting dropped of at the course before my dad started his work and picked up after my parents finished there round. I was spoilt for choice of golf courses living where i live, my folks used got loch lomond and the open every year up untill recently.
ryder cup has always excited me more than any major and i follow the progress of qualification and this year is exciting with paul having 3 picks at present the following are in prime spots
euro
Victor DUBUISSON 2,477,746.88
Henrik STENSON 2,366,878.96
Jamie DONALDSON 2,279,461.25
Thomas BJORN 2,264,081.94
world wide
Sergio GARCIA 267.40
Rory MCILROY 253.19
Martin KAYMER 240.77
Justin ROSE 203.73
Luke DONALD 156.78
so this leave the 3 picks
cant see anyone other than poulter getting the first pick he is top player not in squad in both the world points and euro points
so only leaves 2 places can you give them to westwood and mcdowell or do any of the other players have a shout
obviously there is still a few months of scoring to come including the open for everything to change
Ian POULTER 1,905,382.94
Joost LUITEN 1,515,908.28
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 1,504,340.81
Stephen GALLACHER 1,264,312.68
Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 1,263,986.94
Francesco MOLINARI 1,263,370.91
.....................................
Lee WESTWOOD 1,000,859.32
Graeme MCDOWELL 881,140.15
Ian POULTER 147.43
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 138.66
Stephen GALLACHER 131.15
Francesco MOLINARI 122.80
Joost LUITEN 119.96
Lee WESTWOOD 106.57
Graeme MCDOWELL 100.93
edit with 3 rookies in the euro list that would IMHO rule out adding a rookie as a captains pick