Justin Rose makes appointment for Ryder Cup captaincy?

Justin Rose and Francesco Molinari have been named as captains for the 2025 Team Cup in Abu Dhabi, the former Seve Trophy which pits a selection of players from Great Britain and Ireland against a group of players from Continental Europe.

Seve Trophy, Hero Cup et maintenant Team Cup !

The competition changes its name, but the idea remains the same: to offer a dress rehearsal and a review of the squad Luke Donald, the captain of the European Ryder Cup team.

Indeed, in this match which will oppose the Great Britain and Ireland has l’Europe continental Over three days from January 10 to 12 in Abu Dhabi, players will be selected whose recent results could make them potential qualifiers for the next edition of the Ryder Cup in Bethpage in September 2025.

We remember that in 2023 Victor Perez et Antoine Rozner had been summoned by Francis Molinari. And this year, the Italian was reappointed as head of the team.

With Matthieu Pavon and Victor Perez on the PGA Tour, we imagine that the two Frenchmen, still without experience in the Ryder Cup, have a strong chance of being called up by the Italian captain who won the inaugural edition.

Fleetwood replaced by Rose

Opposite, the Transalpine will have a different opponent.

Exit Tommy Fleetwood, voici Justin Rose ! The Englishman, who celebrated his 44th birthday at the end of July, will be introduced to the role of captain, which now makes him a natural candidate to succeed Donald for the next Ryder Cups.

“It will be strange to face Fran (Molinari’s nickname) in a matchplay type competition rather than having him in my camp”Rose said.

“But it’s something I’m looking forward to, even though I know it will be difficult given Fran’s history, not only in this competition but also in the Ryder Cup.

There is so much British and Irish talent on the DP World Tour at the moment – ​​it will be great to have the chance to try and turn them into a winning team.”

5 wild cards

The duo will each be responsible for putting together a team of 10 players, including the top four from continental Europe and Great Britain and Ireland via the final ranking of the Race to Dubai 2024. Selected automatically as captain/player, the two men will therefore have 5 choices to finalise their respective selections.

Note that European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald will oversee the event and will be consulted on Rose and Molinari’s selections.

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