Charlotte – Luke Donald likes what he sees European golfers entering this week’s PGA championship.
He will be the captain of the European Ryder Cup team in September.
“It’s always nice when your team’s potential guys are up there every week playing against the strongest golffall and are doing extremely well,” said Donald on Wednesday, the day before the PGA Hollow Quail Championship.
Donald said he knew that the construction of his Ryder Cup team will come from various factors, some arising from statistics. But he said that there was also to determine the potential agreements for the matches and how some golfers could get away with the Black Farmingdale Bethpage, NY
With several months before the Ryder Cup, Donald said he did not want to draw conclusions in terms of list.
“It’s a little too early,” he said. “We still have three majors, a bunch of high events.”
There are also golfers on the Liv tour because they will not naturally rank in the points of points used. Donald said there was so much data available that it is relatively simple to determine how some golfers play.
But with the majors, like the PGA championship, there is a chance for another level of evaluation.
“Obviously, the majors are important,” said Donald. “I think that is the moment when everyone meets good golf courses and you have stacked fields. Just to see how they play in these is another point that we take a lot in consideration.”
The European captain also said that this year’s Ryder Cup was taking place on American soil, which experiences rates as a higher priority.
“People who were able to manage these great moments under the most control, these major championships,” he said. “It will be something that could give someone an advantage if they are on a very similar playground in terms of statistics.”
For example, Donald said he would expect Spain Jon Rahm – a member of the Liv circuit – in the team, but no insurance has been expressed about such a decision.
“He still needs to continue and play like everyone else,” said Donald.
Rahm said there was respect for the position in which Donald is. Rahm would like to become an automatic qualifier, so he is not left to a decision.
“It’s his team,” said Rahm about Donald. “I hope I can qualify, and we don’t have to question it.”
Meanwhile, Donald, 47, does not want to completely reject his role as participant in this week’s event.
“I like to work on my game, continue working there and playing majors is still fun,” he said. “The atmosphere, playing on world class golf courses against the world class field, testing your game. This will be a test for me this week.”
-Bob Sutton, ground level media
