Sports News | Poulter, Garcia and Lowry Named as Ryder Cup Wildcard Picks

New York, Sep 13 (AP) Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Shane Lowry were picked by European captain Padraig Harrington to complete the team for the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits later this month.

Harrington had previously indicated Garcia and Poulter, who have a combined 15 appearances in the Ryder Cup, were in line to be selected.

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Lowry got the nod ahead of Justin Rose and will be one of three rookies in the team, along with Bernd Wiesberger and Viktor Hovland.

Wiesberger, Lee Westwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tyrrell Hatton secured the final automatic qualifying places for Europe following the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday.

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They joined Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Hovland and Paul Casey in the team for the Sept. 24-26 event, when the Europeans will be defending the cup they won outside Paris in 2018. AP

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