European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald had to be loving what he witnessed on Sunday.
Not one but two of Donald’s prospective captain’s picks won tournaments – Sepp Straka at the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic and Rasmus Hojgaard at the DP World Tour’s Denmark event – and likely future European stalwart Ludvig Aberg notched his best finish as a pro.
With Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick and would-be rookie Yannick Paul currently in position to secure the six automatic berths for this September’s matches in Rome, here is a look at Donald’s options for picks at the moment, ranked in order of most likely to get the call in a couple months:
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