Massive Monty Migraine Looms!

What did he say back in June about Ryder Cup Captain's pick possibles?

‘I’ll be very surprised if I pick any player on the border of the team whom I ask to play at Gleneagles and they don’t show up,’ he said. ‘I expect there will be about eight
 candidates for my three wild cards and it should be a given that they turn up at the final event.’

Two Englishmen--Paul Casey and Justin Rose--have passed up the event, as will Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald, all on the outside looking in from Ridgewood and the FedEx Cup.

So after Peter Hanson's win and the headache Monty says he's glad to have, the Swede has not only bumped Casey but also Miguel Angel Jimenez, who has now added the Gleneagles event in favor of a family function to get back on the team.  Scottish Open champion Edoardo Molinari is also playing and needs a good week to make the team on points.

As John Huggan notes, a British Isles/IMG bias may ultimately win out. But it will be Monty's statement in June that ultimately causes this weeks' headaches.