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Europe Tweaks Ryder Cup Criteria, Adds Wildcard Pick

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjørn "will have four wildcard picks for his team" in '18, according to the BBC. The increase from three is "among several changes the European Tour has made to its qualifying criteria" for the event at Le Golf National in France. Tournaments in the latter half of the season will carry weighted points, "helping in-form players to qualify." Players will also only have to play four tournaments instead of five to retain their Tour membership. Only European Tour members can be selected for Europe's Ryder Cup team. The 12-man European team for next year's competition "will comprise the first four players from the European points list, the leading four players from the world points list and four captain's picks." The U.S. added a fourth wildcard pick for last year's event, "when they ended a run of three successive European victories by winning 17-11 at Hazeltine" (BBC, 1/18). REUTERS' Simon Jennings reported Bjørn said, "From my own experience when you make all your points in November and December the year before, it can be quite daunting to play in the Ryder Cup when you haven't played particularly well for three or four months coming into it. I don't think you can, at any time in sports, take away from guys that are in form" (REUTERS, 1/18).

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