Decision day for captain Love
NEW YORK — Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III was looking for a hot hand when picking four players to fill out his American team. Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker delivered two performances that were very warm.
They find out Tuesday whether it was enough for Love to pick them.
Three weeks after eight players qualified for the team, Love adds four picks during a news conference Tuesday morning in New York. Jim Furyk, who has earned his way onto every Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup team since 1997, and Steve Stricker were expected to be chosen.
The tricky part was figuring out who would get the last two spots.
“Somebody is going to be really disappointed,” Snedeker said after closing with a 67 to make one last impression. “And whoever it is probably deserved to make the team. So it’s going to be a tough night for me and everybody else on the outside looking in.”
Snedeker, who missed five tournaments (including the U.S. Open) with an injury this year, finished second at The Barclays and sixth at the Deutsche Bank Championship, which ended on Labor Day at the TPC Boston. Johnson, who missed the Masters during a three-week hiatus to heal a back injury, tied for third at The Barclays and birdied his final hole in Boston to tie for fourth.
