Ryder Cup 2023

During an interview with Golfweek, Luke Donald said his role as captain is to create a team culture, regardless of the identity of the 12 players. However, he was coy about whether he would include a LIV Golf player in his squad. Donald said that if a player from the LIV circuit qualifies and there are disagreements between him and his teammates, that issue will have to be resolved before the start of the Ryder Cup.

Rory McIlroy is pushing for a team without LIV Golf players, but Jon Rahm, another potential Team Europe leader, is more nuanced. However, the mathematical possibility of a LIV player qualifying with the points is real, even if their Tour doesn't give out World Points and the PGA Tour has banned them.

Some LIV players will be able to participate in Majors, some WGCs and several lucrative DP World Tour events. Luke Donald is aware of this possibility, but remains focused on players who register points each week. Although the level of play of the former glories left for other circuits (Garcia, Poulter, Kaymer, Casey, Westwood) is supposed to be insufficient, an exploit in a richly endowed tournament could change the situation, especially since the young European guard is struggling to emerge. Therefore, sportingly and legally, Donald cannot completely close the door to LIV players.

The risk of having a LIV Golf player on the US Ryder Cup team also exists, but Zach Johnson preferred not to address the subject at this time, saying there was still a lot of uncertainty about it. . Several American players, such as Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Harold Varner III, Jason Kokrak or Kevin Na, will participate in the Masters and could improve their ranking in the event of an outstanding performance. There are also controversial players like Patrick Reed and Phil Mickelson.

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