Bjorn's Four Captain's Picks

And now we understand the four European selections. Since I wrote about america alternatives the day past, I should deliver the Euros simply as a great deal recognize.

I do not think every person turned into definitely amazed via Bjorn's choices. We all knew he needed more veterans on the crew, and he picked four -- Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson and Paul Casey.

I had already given my four choices on Monday.

• I felt that Poulter was a given.
• While Sergio was a less clearcut choice, I picked him because I don't see any mechanical problems in his swing. I just see a new husband and father who rightfully has his mind on his family. Since they'll almost certainly be with him in Paris, and knowing how much he loves the Ryder Cup, I figure his game will be just fine.

I had chosen Thomas Pieters and Rafa Cabrera Bello as my other two picks.

• My reason for not choosing Stenson became absolutely issues approximately his health.

But I didn't give my reasons for not picking Casey, and I think you might like to know why.

The irony of all of it is that, after I turned into searching over the choices and got here to Casey's call, I pretty literally said to myself, "If the Cup was in America this time, Casey might be a given much like Poulter." Because while Casey has played very well within the US this year, he hasn't played all that properly over in Europe and he didn't play in the French Open at all. And given that he hasn't been in a Ryder Cup for around a decade, I felt that became a hassle given that European publications generally tend to play differently from US courses.

I actually apprehend why Bjorn picked him even though. Bjorn turned into the individual that without a doubt convinced Casey to play the ET so that it will qualify, and Paul did play well in the US all season -- together with that win over Tiger early inside the year. And we understand that Casey has a excellent suit play report, as a minimum in relation to fit play excursion events. His document isn't all that notable within the Ryder Cup, although he has honestly stepped forward as a fit player for the reason that he changed into remaining within the Cup.

So now we are down to only one US pick -- who I suspect could be Tony Finau, even though Kevin Kisner is not out of the going for walks (I discussed why in that Monday post) -- barring something sudden this week at the BMW Championship. Either manner, both teams will have a participant with questionable fitness -- Rickie Fowler and Henrik Stenson -- and twelve very robust players average.