Charlotte – Luke Donald likes what he sees from European golfers who are entering the PGA championship this week.
He will be the captain of the European team at the Ryder Cup in September.
“It is always nice when potential boys in your team play up there against the strongest fields in the Golf every week and cut off very well,” said Donald on Wednesday, the day before the PGA championship began at Quail Hollow.
Donald said he knew that the construction of his Ryder Cup team would come from various factors, some of which result from statistics. But he said
With a few months before the Ryder Cup, Donald said that he did not want to jump in with regard to the roster.
“It’s still a bit early,” he said. “We still have three majors, a few increased events.”
There are also golfers on the LIV tour because they will not be high in the point systems used. Donald said there is so much data that it is relatively easy to determine how certain golfers play.
But with the majors like the PGA championship, there is a chance of another rating.
“Obviously the majors are important,” said Donald. “I think this is the time when everyone meets good golf courses and stacked fields. Just to see how they play on these games is another point that we take a lot into account.”
The European captain also said that this year’s Ryder Cup takes place on US floor that the rates experience as a higher priority.
“People who were able to cope with these big moments, under the greatest exam, these big championships,” he said. “It will be something that could give someone an advantage if they are on a very similar competitive area in terms of statistics.”
For example, Donald said that he would expect Spain Jon Rahm – a member of the Liv Circuit – to be a team, but there were no assurances of such a decision.
“He still has to continue and play like everyone else,” said Donald.
Rahm said there was respect for the position in which Donald is. Rahm wants to become an automatic qualification feature, so it is not left to a decision.
“It’s his team,” said Rahm about Donald. “Hopefully I can qualify and we don’t have to question it.”
In the meantime, the 47-year-old Donald does not want to completely reject his role as a participant at the event this week.
“I like to work on my game, continue to work on it and always be fun,” he said. “The atmosphere that plays against first -class field on first -class golf courses tests their game. It will be a test for me this week.”
-Bob Sutton, Field Level Media
