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Furyk
tweaks Ryder Cup selection process, puts emphasis on form
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 [February 09, 2017]
(Reuters) - U.S. Ryder Cup
captain Jim Furyk tweaked the selection criteria for the 2018 Ryder
Cup against Europe by placing a premium on in-form players, the PGA
of America said on Wednesday.
A points system used to determine eight automatic qualifiers has
remained largely intact but a change has been made in how many
points are awarded during the Ryder Cup year as well as the timing
of the captain's picks.
Furyk will make three of his captain's picks following the 2018 Dell
Technologies Championship, the second of four FedExCup playoff
events in 2018, which is scheduled to finish on Sept. 3, and his
final selection will be announced a week later after the BMW
Championship.
Last year, former Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III selected three
players after the first playoff event and made his final pick after
the playoff finale, the Tour Championship.
Like recent editions of the biennial competition versus Europe, U.S.
players will earn points this season and next in the run up to the
September event at Le Golf National in Paris.
Only golf's bigger events, however, will offer Ryder Cup points in
2017, including one point earned for every $1,000 won at the four
majors; the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
The four WGC events and The Players Championship will award one
point for every $2,000 earned.
In 2018, there will be more opportunities to earn points at regular
PGA Tour events while the marquee events will offer bigger points.
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Jim Furyk reads the green on the 10th hole during the first round of
The Barclays golf tournament at Bethpage State Park - Black Course.
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The winners of the 2018 majors will earn two points per $1,000 won
while every player to make the cut will get 1-1/2 points per $1,000
earned.
PGA Tour events in 2018 through to the PGA Championship in August
will offer one point per $1,000 earned.
The points system will conclude following the 2018 PGA Championship
with the top eight players on the list securing spots on the U.S.
team.
The four remaining slots will be captain’s selections.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto; Editing by Frank Pingue)
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