(AP) — Patrick Cantlay earned the sixth and final automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team by winning the BMW Championship on Sunday. All that meant was avoiding a phone call from the captain, Steve Stricker, after the Tour Championship to inform him of being a pick. Because of the pandemic that delayed the Ryder Cup one year until Sept. 24-26, qualifying began the day Tiger Woods won the 2019 Masters. Cantlay and Morikawa will be making their Ryder Cup debuts. That means Reed, if healthy, gets a chance to play at East Lake in what could amount to an audition for the Ryder Cup.

Source: thestar August 30, 2021 01:41 UTC