TEAM EUROPE

Needs 14 points to retain Cup

Jon Rahm

■ Country: Spain

■ Age: 26

■ World ranking: 1

■ Ryder Cup record: 1-2-0

■ Career victories: 13

■ Ryder Cup moment: Beating Tiger Woods in singles in his Ryder Cup debut.

Tommy Fleetwood

■ Country: England

■ Age: 30

■ World ranking: 36

■ Ryder Cup record: 4-1-0

■ Career victories: 5

■ Ryder Cup moment: Becoming part of the “Moliwood” partnership that led Europe to victory in 2018.

Tyrrell Hatton

■ Country: England

■ Age: 29

■ World ranking: 19

■ Ryder Cup record: 1-2-0

■ Career victories: 6

■ Ryder Cup moment: Teaming with Paul Casey to beat Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, his only Ryder Cup point.

Bernd Wiesberger

■ Country: Austria

■ Age: 35

■ World ranking: 61

■ Ryder Cup record: Rookie

■ Career victories: 10

■ Ryder Cup moment: A tie for 20th at the BMW PGA Championship to secure an automatic spot on his first team.

Rory McIlroy

■ Country: Northern Ireland

■ Age: 32

■ World ranking: 15

■ Ryder Cup record: 11-9-4

■ Career victories: 27

■ Ryder Cup moment: Showing up with minutes to spare for his singles match at Medinah in 2012, with a police escort, because he forgot Chicago was in the central time zone.

Viktor Hovland

■ Country: Norway

■ Age: 23

■ World ranking: 13

■ Ryder Cup record: Rookie

■ Career victories: 3

■ Ryder Cup partners: None

Paul Casey

■ Country: England

■ Age: 44

■ World ranking: 23

■ Ryder Cup record: 4-3-5

■ Career victories: 19

■ Ryder Cup moment: Making a hole-in-one to win foursomes match in 2006 at the K Club.

Matt Fitzpatrick

■ Country: England

■ Age: 27

■ World ranking: 27

■ Ryder Cup record: 0-2-0

■ Career victories: 6

■ Ryder Cup moment: Failing to play the 17th or 18th holes in his Ryder Cup matches.

Lee Westwood

■ Country: England

■ Age: 48

■ World ranking: 34

■ Ryder Cup record: 20-18-6

■ Career victories: 41

■ Ryder Cup moment: Rallying to beat Kenny Perry in singles in 2004 at Oakland Hills, his first singles victory.

Sergio Garcia

■ Country: Spain

■ Age: 41

■ World ranking: 43

■ Ryder Cup record: 22-12-7

■ Career victories: 31

■ Ryder Cup moment: Beating Rickie Fowler in Paris to become all-time points leader for Europe.

Shane Lowry

■ Country: Ireland

■ Age: 34

■ World ranking: 40

■ Ryder Cup record: Rookie

■ Career victories: 5

■ 2021 victories: None

■ Ryder Cup moment: Getting the call from Padraig Harrington that he was on the team.

Ian Poulter

■ Country: England

■ Age: 45

■ World ranking: 49

■ Ryder Cup record: 14-6-2

■ Career victories: 15

■ Ryder Cup moment: Closing with five straight birdies in a tide-turning fourballs match at Medinah in 2012 that sparked Europe’s improbable rally.