In the eternal city steeped in history, at a Ryder Cup packed with nearly a century of golf, European captain Luke Donald figures his best bet lies with modern-day statistical data.
As captain of the home team, Donald has the final say in how Marco Simone is set up and the order of play. Dating to 1997, Europe has started the Ryder Cup with fourballs.
And that was about all there was to say in an opening news conference of the captains, a day of light practice, rest for the Americans who flew overnight and high hopes for both teams. “He actually beat us here,” U.S. captain Zach Johnson said. “But for him to fly from Chicago to Atlanta, and for us to wait to him, we would have gotten in a lot later. I don't think it was even feasible. So he met us here.”
DeChambeau won his second LIV event and said, “Given the way I played this week, I could have definitely racked up some points for Team USA.” “It would have been nice to at least just have a call,” DeChambeau said at LIV Golf-Chicago on Sunday. “There’s numerous people that I think Zach should have called out here, and we didn’t get that.”
“He was ineligible for me to even consider him,” Donald said. “We know what the DP World Tour rules are, and once you resign, you cannot reapply for membership until the following year. ... Right now, I'm just concentrating on my 12 guys that I have this week.
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