Ryder Cup: Battle for European Wildcard

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Published: August 23, 2010

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This weekend the Johnnie Walker will be played out at Gleneagles and as the final putt drops on Sunday afternoon, the top nine automatic spots for Europe's Ryder Cup team will be set in stone. It will then be time for Colin Montgomerie to make the biggest decision of his captaincy so far, when he selects his three wildcards.

Two years ago, the USA team changed their selection process to include four wildcard picks and it proved to be a success, when they sunk Faldo's Europeans, claiming the trophy for the first time since 1999. However, This year will be the first time that there will be more than two picks for the Europeans, having been set at two for as long as I can remember.

However it has a been a long time, if ever, since that the European captain was dealt such a selection headache. In recent years had the captain had three picks it is likely that there would not have been much of a debate about the selections as there are usually only a handful of names banded about and usually only one person left out that there is an argument for - see Darren Clarke 2008 and Thomas Bjorn 2006.

This year is different. There are a large - and that is no exaggeration - number of players that could earn a pick and justifiably so.

Currently only Lee Westwood, Rory Mcilroy, Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Ross Fisher are guaranteed to feature. Assuming the standings stay the same, the other three spaces will go to Francesco Molinari, Peter Hanson and Miguel Angel Jiminez.

So who are the guys who will be fighting it out for Monty's Captain's Pick?

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