US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley named Gary Woodland on Wednesday as his workforce’s fifth and last vice captain to try to reclaim the trophy from Europe this 12 months at Beth Web page Black in New York.
Woodland, 41, counting the 2019 US Open amid 4 wins on the PGA Tour, has joined Bradley workers with beforehand appointed Jim Furik, Kevin Kissner, Webb Simpson and Model Snedeker.
“I’ve unimaginable respect and admiration for Gary and every part he achieved on this recreation,” Bradley stated.
“As a serious champion and nonetheless a excessive degree of competitors, he’s nicely conscious of the calls for of taking part in on the largest levels of golf.”
Woodland seems in his first Ryder Cup as vice captain or participant. He represented america in Australia’s 2019 Presidential Cup, scoring 1-1/2 factors in a 16-14 US victory.
In February, Woodland acquired the PGA Tour Braveness Award for 2023 for returning to a full-time competitors within the US-based circuit after mind surgical procedure.
“Kegan’s ardour for this occasion is contagious and I am excited to be part of it,” Woodland stated.
“If we go for greater than two months to reach at Beth Web page, we’re fully dedicated to every part we will to assist Keegan and our vice captain and the participant workforce.”
The Ryder Cup is scheduled for September Twenty sixth-Twenty eighth. (Reporting by Frank Ping of Toronto)
