After months of speculation, USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson has named his captain’s picks for the match at Marco Simone to complete his 12-man team.
While the likes of LIV Golf player Brooks Koepka, a resurgent Rickie Fowler and Ryder Cup specialist Justin Thomas are among the six wildcards, though, plenty of other high-profile players have missed out.
Here are the biggest names who won’t be representing Team USA in the Ryder Cup.
Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley had hoped to make his first appearance for nine years
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On his chances of being one of Johnson’s wildcards, Bradley recently declared “I think about it every second I’m awake,” but despite his desire to play at Marco Simone, it’s not to be for the 37-year-old and he misses out on a third appearance.
Bradley has an overall record of 4-3-0 in the match from successive appearances in 2012 and 2014, and he certainly gave himself a fighting chance of adding to that in 2023, particularly after his win in the Travelers Championship in June.
However, he fell five places short of an automatic qualifying position, and, with a wealth of options at Johnson’s disposal, Bradley is one of the unlucky players to miss out this time round.
Lucas Glover
Lucas Glover has failed to make his maiden Ryder Cup team
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Glover’s late bid for a maiden Ryder Cup appearance at the age of 43 failed after he wasn’t named among Johnson’s captain’s picks.
With little chance of qualifying automatically after a mediocre season, Glover’s form took off with back-to-back wins in the St. Jude FedEx Championship and BMW Championship.
Glover probably needed to demonstrate similar heroics in the PGA Tour’s season-closing Tour Championship to make a genuinely compelling case for Johnson to select him, though, but a T18 wasn’t quite enough.
Cameron Young
Cameron Young will have to wait for a maiden Ryder Cup appearance
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During his press conference revealing his captain’s picks, Zach Johnson admitted it had been particularly difficult calling Cameron Young to tell him he hadn’t made the team. It’s easy to see why.
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