2006 Ryder Cup - No Europeans?

[iacas]

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Woosnam's worries over his Ryder Cup team are getting more intense. A number of prominent European players won't even be eligible to make the team because they play too much in the United States.

I think they should just go for the world rankings stuff. It's based on a two-year period, with extra credit for majors and so on. Why penalize European players that play on the PGA Tour? What do you think?

[You're Away]

They probably should also go by the WGR + Captain's picks. I think this will only get harder for Europe in the future as more players make their home in the US and play the PGA more and more.
I wouldn't be surprised if at some point both teams are going to want the same player, or a player that doesn't make one of the teams could try to jump to the other.
Ahh, Globalization .

Chris

[Rickins]

This was darned-near inevitable with the PGA pushing hard for high-ranked players, American and European, to get more involved in the PGA tournaments. We're talking big (make that "huge") business here.

The PGA can cry a little if it wants to but I think the idea of going off of the WGR's is a good adjustment. The Ryder Cup ain't exactly "small potatoes" in the revenue department, either, by the way, and, unless somebody is looking to see it turned into a farce (last year's overall American effort notwithstanding ), there needs to be a change of some sort.

Maybe the two top players from each tour should be "automatic" with the remaining ten for each team being "Captain's picks". Perhaps a player wouldn't then feel compelled to play the "Preparation H Open" rather than the British Open just to pick up some points.

Rick