Finau will be USA’s 12th man
The 2018 U.S. Ryder Cup team is complete.
U.S. captain Jim Furyk named Tony Finau as his fourth and final captain’s pick Monday after the completion of the BMW Championship.
The official announcement came via the Ryder Cup USA social media feeds.
The pick came as little surprise as Finau has notched 10 top-10 finishes this season, in- cluding three of those in majors. He also posted three runner-up finishes and tied for eighth in the BMW, his third
top-10 in three FedExCup Playoffs events this season. (Finau is the only player who can claim that last accomplishment.)
He entered the BMW ranked
17th in the Official World Golf Ranking and moved up to 15th.
Finau joins automatic selec- tions Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Webb Simpson, and fellow captain’s selections Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods on Furyk’s 2018 squad.
The Ryder Cup, featuring the USA vs. Europe, will be contested in Paris beginning Sept. 28.
Xander Schauffele, believed to be Finau’s main competition for the last pick, finished a shot out of a playoff in the BMW.