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Ryder Cup Teams Finalised

European Team

Ian Poulter, Stephen Gallacher and Lee Westwood have been named as Europe's Ryder Cup wild-card picks, with the captain Paul McGinley opting against the selection of Luke Donald.

McGinley announced his choices at Wentworth on Tuesday. While there is delight for Gallacher, who will make his Ryder Cup debut at Gleneagles - just 35 miles from his Scottish home - the Englishman is the most high-profile absentee.

Donald, a former world No1, has never played in a losing Ryder Cup team and has an impressive record of only four defeats in 15 matches. He will therefore consider himself unfortunate to be overlooked.

"It was a very, very difficult conversation," said McGinley, who partnered the Englishman in his first Ryder Cup match in 2004. "My relationship with Luke is very close.

"Luke has been an incredible performer over the years, he is a former world No1 and his record in the Ryder Cup is absolutely outstanding. It was a very difficult call to make but one that had to be made in the interests of the European team.

"Luke was very, very disappointed and rightly so. My personal relationship with him goes back to the first shot he ever hit in a Ryder Cup because I was his partner."

Asked about Donald's response, McGinley replied: "Luke said to me: 'You know, Paul, I publicly backed you to be captain. Even though you haven't picked me, I still think you'll be a great captain."

Donald's lack of consistent form over the qualifying period, added to the inability of Poulter and Westwood to claim automatic berths, ultimately handed McGinley a problem. After signing off from the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston on Monday, Donald reflected on "a disappointing season on the PGA Tour".

With Poulter always guaranteed selection due to his past Ryder Cup heroics, this essentially became a battle between Westwood and Donald. Westwood has been far from his best in recent times though there have been flashes of his ability on the biggest stages such as the Masters, Players Championship and US PGA Championship.

"I breathed a sigh of relief," said Westwood of his Monday evening call from McGinley. "I am honoured to represent Europe again. I would imagine Luke will be very disappointed but these are the decisions the captain has to make."

Gallacher's consistent form on the European Tour, which took him to within one Italian Open stroke of qualifying automatically, was always likely to appeal to the European captain.

"Stevie's performance in Italy, under the spotlight, was huge," McGinley explained. "He will look back on that at the end of his career, no matter what he goes on to do, as one of the highlights. Maybe the highlight. What he did there and how he did it was a credit to him."

In 12 appearances on the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles, where the Ryder Cup will be held later this month, Gallacher has recorded seven top-10 finishes and was defeated in a play-off for the Johnnie Walker Championship last year.

American Team

The USA captain, Tom Watson, opted for a blend of experience and form in choosing Keegan Bradley, Hunter Mahan and Webb Simpson as his wild-card picks for this month's Ryder Cup against the holders Europe.

Watson announced Bradley, Mahan and Simpson, all of them former Ryder Cup players, as his three selections during a glitzy news conference at New York's Rockefeller Plaza.

The trio join the automatic choices Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Jimmy Walker, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Zach Johnson on the 12-man American team.

"There were several people in the mix for my three picks," Watson said after announcing his selections. "A lot of players are starting to play well from the American side and that's a good thing. We are going to need it.

"The Europeans, on paper, have been touted as being the favourites and we are the underdogs but I have a fundamental belief in my team."

USA will be bidding to end a run of seven defeats by Europe in the last nine Ryder Cups, and their first victory on foreign soil since 1993, when Watson was team captain at The Belfry.

Redemption was the overriding theme of the announcement. Bradley and Simpson were on the wrong end of the "Miracle at Medinah" in 2012, while Mahan lost the vital final singles match to Graeme McDowell at Celtic Manor in 2010.

"I've made no secret of how important this team is to me and how badly I want to go back and win the Ryder Cup," said Bradley. "I think this is a redemption year for a lot of guys who were on the team in 2012."

Bradley, 28, has won three times on the PGA Tour, including a first major crown at the 2011 US PGA Championship, and was undefeated in Ryder Cup team play as a rookie after being paired with Phil Mickelson at Medinah two years ago. He lost his singles to Rory McIlroy.

Mahan, 32, who made his Ryder Cup debut at Valhalla in 2008, missed out on selection in 2012 but returns to the team for a third time after winning his sixth PGA Tour title at The Barclays nine days ago.

Simpson, 29, has won four times on the PGA Tour, including the 2012 US Open, and also made his Ryder Cup debut at Medinah.

Among the players to miss out on a wild-card pick were the 2012 FedEx Cup champion, Brandt Snedeker, and Chris Kirk, who made a late bid for selection by winning the elite Deutsche Bank Championship in Massachusetts on Monday.

USA will take on Paul McGinley's European team in the 40th edition of the biennial competition from 26-28 September at Gleneagles in Scotland.