We are awaiting the pairings for Friday mornings foursome matches at the Marco Simone GC in Rome, Italy, and as usual the USA with all their star power, are heavy favourites and the European squad are the underdogs. Course
Golf fans on this side of pond are of course familiar with all the US players, most have never heard of Ludvig Aberg, or Nicolai Hojgaard or Sepp Straka. All that is about to change.
As Rory McIlroy put it; "we are in a state of transition", with no Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood or Sergio Garcia, who all cashed in their chances to be part of this storied event when they jumped ship for the easy money on LIV.
You almost have to be British to understand the reason why they have always embraced the underdog role and the David vs Goliath theme always makes for great drama, throw in the home venue with sold out Euro support, it has all the trappings of another nail biting weekend. Weather
Here are the teams in alphabetical order.
Europe
Ludvig Aberg (Sweden), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Shane Lowry (Ire), Robert MacIntyre (Scot), Rory McIlroy (NIre), Jon Rahm (Spain), Justin Rose (Eng), Sepp Straka (Austria)
Captain: Luke Donald
Vice Captains: Thomas Bjorn, Nicolas Colsaerts, Edoardo Molinari, Frankie Molinari, Jose Maria Olazábal
USA
Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler, Brian Harman, Max Homa, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas
Captain: Zach Johnson
Vice Captains : Stewart Cink, Fred Couples, Jim Furyk, Davis Love, Steve Stricker,
Bryan Angus
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