Europe name a third vice-captain

LUKE Donald has named former team-mate Nicolas Colsaerts as his third vice-captain for next year’s Ryder Cup in Italy.

Colsaerts was part of Europe’s “Miracle at Medinah” in 2012, as he partnered Lee Westwood to victory over Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker. The 40-year-old joins 2018 captain Thomas Bjorn and Edoardo Molinari on Donald’s backroom staff as Europe attempt to regain the trophy from the United States at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in September 2023.

Colsaerts said: “Being a vice-captain is a different role to being a player but, nevertheless, my mission in 2023 will be exactly the same as it was in 2012, namely, to make a contribution to the team in any way I can.”