Monty picks ryder cup wild cards
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Europe's Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie on Sunday selected triple major winner Padraig Harrington, Luke Donald and Edoardo Molinari as his three wild card picks for the clash against the United States at Celtic Manor on Oct 1-3.
The three join automatic qualifiers Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher, Francesco Molinari, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Peter Hanson in the European squad.
Montgomerie's decision means Paul Casey and Justin Rose will not be part of Europe's bid to win back the Ryder Cup.
Harrington, Casey, Donald and Rose chose to stay in America in the last two weeks when returning to Europe could have seen them qualify, so Montgomerie was left with five players in the world top 22 chasing a pick.
Montgomerie asked all four all to play at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles and they all turned him down.
No brothers have played in the same match since Bernhard and Geoff Hunt in 1963, but Edoardo Molinari changed that with a three-birdie finish to win the Johnnie Walker title in dramatic fashion earlier on Sunday and convince Montgomerie of his credentials.
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