Luke Donald has named Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal as his third vice-captain for the Ryder Cup in New York in September. Olazabal was part of Donald’s backroom team in 2023 for Europe’s memorable victory in Rome and again joins Dane Thomas Bjorn and Edoardo Molinari of Italy. Olazabal was the last captain to oversee a European victory on American soil back in 2012.
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Sergio Garcia has rejoined the DP World Tour as he seeks a European record-equalling 11th appearance at the Ryder Cup. The 44-year-old Spaniard, who is already the event’s record points scorer, wants to match Lee Westwood and Sir Nick Faldo’s European benchmark by playing next year at Bethpage in the USA. His membership of LIV Golf means he has had to pay hefty fines and will serve a suspension in order to rejoin the DP World Tour.
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Tyrrell Hatton will make his LIV Golf debut in Mexico this week after becoming the latest high-profile golfer to join the Saudi Arabia-backed tour. The 32 year old Englishman is the current world number 16 and was part of Europe’s 2023 Ryder Cup-winning team in Rome and joins Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII team.
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The European Tour and PGA Tour have announced they will work together in partnership as part of a “strategic alliance” between golf’s two leading global Tours. The landmark agreement is set to signal a new era for global golf and see both tours explore all possible areas of collaboration, with scheduling and commercial opportunities among those being explored
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