Days Ahead of $20 Million Event, PGA Tour Pro Makes a Surprising Ryder Cup Confession

The Ryder Cup is the most prestigious international tournament of the season, taking place at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, starting September 29. While the US team for the Ryder Cup still considers LIV golfers to have a chance if they qualify through the points system or as the captain’s pick, the European team will adhere to only the PGA Tour players, but the selection process remains the same as the US team- 6 through the points system and 6 through the captain’s pick. 

As the preps for the coveted cup are on a high,  one of the PGA pros, who currently stands at world number 24, made an unfeigned admission about the Ryder Cup ahead of the $20 million FedEx St. Jude Championship.   

PGA Tour pro makes his honest confession about the Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup tournament and FedEx Cup playoffs, which are the most anticipated events of all, take place in consecutive fashion on the season’s schedule. As the TOUR Championship finishes at the end of August, the coveted Ryder Cup will begin at the end of September. So, while the golfers are gearing up for the FedEx playoffs, they always have the Ryder Cup at the back of their minds. 

One such player is Sepp Straka, who currently stands on the European Ryder Cup team bubble along with Yannik Paul. Straka made a blatant disclosure about his feelings for the upcoming Ryder Cup.  

In the TPC Southwind Press Conference, he said, “In downtime you do. You definitely do when you’re just at home. But with preparation and all that, you just kind of prepare for the tournament. It’s pretty easy to keep your mind on it when you’re in the Playoffs because they mean so much, but yeah, when you’re off the course, when you’re away, you definitely think about it.”

Highlighting the fact that, with the playoff preparation and all, the competitiveness masks his Ryder Cup worry but when he’s off the course, the ponders creep in.

Sepp Straka’s chances on the Ryder Cup

The Australian golfer has been trying his best to woo the European Ryder Cup Team Captain Luke Donald, with his performance lately. And he’s strengthened his chances of being on the European Squad with his July win in the John Deere Classic, and his latest stellar performance in the last PGA Tour major of the year, the Open Championship, where he showcased his remarkable putting skills and sealed the second position.

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Currently, this star golfer sits on the bubble of the European Ryder Cup team, with 613.2 European points and 141.82 world points. Thus, it is to see if he can finally make a place on the team for the biennial event later this year. 

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