Tommy Fleetwood‘s disappointment after once more failing to earn his first PGA Tour victory has been tempered by affirmation he has secured his place on Europe’s Ryder Cup workforce.
The English golfer went into the ultimate spherical of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday with a one-shot lead, however a poor end noticed him miss out on a playoff by a stroke and lose the prospect so as to add a PGA Tour title to his wins around the globe.
The playoff was won by Justin Rose, who has additionally booked his place at Bethpage Black in New York for the Sept. 26-28 showdown.
“Superb to have each of those guys again on the Group. They bring about a lot each on and off the course. Let’s Go!” Luke Donald, Europe’s Ryder Cup captain, stated on X on Monday above a photograph of Fleetwood and Rose.
Fleetwood, who is ready to make his fourth consecutive look for Europe, wrote on X: “Sure!!! Very proud.”
Superb to have each of those guys again on the Group. They bring about a lot each on and off the course. Let’s Go! 🇪🇺🇪🇺 https://t.co/jvzpnxmAmM
— Luke Donald (@LukeDonald) August 11, 2025
The highest six golfers within the European workforce’s factors standings on Aug. 24 will qualify for the workforce. McIlroy, Rose and Fleetwood have secured qualification on factors, and Robert MacIntyre, Tyrrell Hatton and Sepp Straka spherical out the present high six.
Shane Lowry, Rasmus Højgaard, Ludvig Åberg and Viktor Hovland spherical out the highest 10 and appear to be in fine condition to be captain’s picks if they do not earn one of many automated berths. LIV Golf League captain Jon Rahm is twenty second and can make the workforce, that means Matt Wallace, Matt Fitzpatrick, Thomas Detry and Aaron Rai may be battling for one or two spots.
The Related Press and ESPN’s Mark Schlabach contributed to this report.
