Overview

• Team USA is finalized after Keegan Bradley’s six selections, headlined by Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas, with an average world ranking of 11.33 reported by Tennis World USA.
• Team Europe’s automatic qualifiers are Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Rasmus Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton.
• Luke Donald will announce six European captain’s picks on Monday, Sept. 1, with reports pointing to Jon Rahm, Ludvig Åberg, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry and Matt Fitzpatrick as leading options ahead of the Sept. 26–28 matches at Bethpage Black.
• Coverage highlights OWGR quirks tied to event divisors and LIV Golf participation, which complicate straightforward comparisons for players such as Hatton and Bryson DeChambeau.
• Selection chatter includes bubble cases and possible omissions, with Mark Rolfing questioning Sepp Straka’s readiness and For The Win citing Aaron Rai, Alex Noren, Nicolai Højgaard, Harry Hall and Matt Wallace as potential snubs.