USA captain Zach Johnson will announce six wildcards on Tuesday to complete his team for next month's showdown in Rome
Though Brooks Koepka finished narrowly outside the automatic places courtesy of LIV Golf’s exclusion from the rankings system, he made his case with powerful displays at the Masters, where he finished second in April, and in May at the PGA Championship, whichto take his major tally to five. Though Johnson was an avowed denier of LIV before golf’s great rapprochement under the Saudi banner, Koepka simply bulldozed his way through the prejudice.
Rickie Fowler’s return to form capped with victory at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in June made him an obvious contender. Fowler is universally popular on tour and regularly holidays with Thomas and Spieth. The picture of all three enjoying a beer with their partners in Covent Garden whilst attending Wimbledon this summer blew the bloody doors off Johnson’s chemistry test.Collin Morikawa completes the American line-up, though he is by no means last man in.
The one player who might have given Johnson pause is Sam Burns, who won the Dell Technologies Match Play in March and is a formidable putter. Burns finished a shot behind Morikawa in a tie for ninth at East Lake and was also a member of last year’s Presidents Cup team. Though the United States administered their usual hammering of the Rest of the World, Burns did not post a single win.
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