Jon Rahm, world number one, is one of the five members announced this Tuesday that will form the European team that will defend the title in the next Ryder Cup, to be held in Wisconsin (United States).
The captain of the ‘Old Continent’ team, Pádraig Harrington, offered the first five names, to be joined by those who qualify in the BMW PGA Championship this week, the third event of the Rolex Series of the 2021 European Tour.
In addition to Basque, the English Paul Casey and Tommy Fleetwood, the Norwegian Viktor Hovland and the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroand they will seek to keep the trophy that the European team recovered in 2018.
Rahm has qualified for the European team for the second time in a row, after leading the world rankings after a year in which he won his first major at the US Open. The good performances made that of Barrika accumulate 10,122.82 European points, 3,901.30 ahead of its closest competitor.
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