With 3 event wins this season for Tiger Woods and top ranking within the FedEx Cup ratings, exclusion from the Ryder Cup would be out of the query. For Phil Mickelson, however, an automatic qualification have to now not have necessarily been straight forward.
The eight official automatic 2012 Ryder Cup picks not made by Team USA Captain Davis Love III are (not necessarily in order of popularity):
1. Tiger Woods: Three wins in 2012 but struggled most recently at the PGA Championship and in the majors in general. Of course Tiger's "C" game is akin to most tour players' "A" game.
2. Phil Mickelson: One win on the ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am, M/C three instances and slid in to 14th region at the cash listing with a lackluster season. Perhaps it's time for Mickelson to turn in the spikes for cleats?
Three. Bubba Watson: A Masters win this season and being pinnacle-8 in the Official World Golf Rankings makes the second one lefty on the listing more of a shoe-in than likeable Phil however cuts at both the Memorial and the U.S. Open (whilst the strain was on) makes Bubba questionable as nicely.
4. Jason Dufner: This turned into actually Dufner's 12 months with wins on the Zurich Classic and on the HP Byron Nelson. Second location at the Crowne Plaza Invitational with a observe-up 4th area at the U.S. Open makes Dufner a growing big name at the PGA Tour.
Five. Keegan Bradley: Aside from being a totally likeable fellow, Keegan is also a solid golfer and suitable clutch participant. He also currently won the WGC-Bridgestone and simply tied for third area at the PGA Championship. Right now, he's hot.
6. Webb Simpson: Winner of the 2012 U.S. Open....Enough stated.
7. Zach Johnson: Two wins this season and 4th on the PGA Tour money list. Johnson's stats encompass ranking 11th in putting and 2d region in strokes received in setting.
Eight. Matt Kuchar: Cut from the PGA Championship but first in top-10 finishes this yr and ninth in scrambling from the difficult on the PGA Tour.
These gamers are Team USA's illustration on the Ryder Cup and I may be cheering them on to victory and to getting the Cup lower back onto US soil. Team Europe won the 2010 Ryder Cup fits by means of a rating of 14.Five t0 13.Five. Team Europe will maximum in all likelihood consist of Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald however the very last decisions are to be made after the Johnnie Walker Championship.
Tiger Woods may not have won a major and may have struggled this season to regain his form but he still shows signs of progress and remains a strong contender for Team USA. Mickelson will once again have to prove to himself, more than to his loyal fans, that he still has what it takes to compete against the up and coming golfers on the PGA Tour.
The four final spots for Team USA 2012 Ryder Cup will be chosen on September 4th with Captain of the Love boat considering Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker (one of my non-public favorites and the golfer who nearly bumped Mickelson off the Ryder Cup group) and Jim Furyk who Love said were "excessive at the listing." The Wyndham Championship this week may be a determining aspect for Brandt Snedeker and Bill Haas. Love stated, "we need to look how they play. Obviously, we don't should go tell them that they're underneath the gun."
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