Ryder Cup 2025: Rasmus Hojgaard secures final qual...

Rasmus Hojgaard will make his Ryder Cup debut for Crew Europe subsequent month after securing the ultimate automated qualification spot on the Betfred British Masters.

The year-long qualification marketing campaign to characteristic in Luke Donald’s facet ended at The Belfry, with Hojgaard the one participant within the subject who may overtake Shane Lowry and clinch the final of six automated spots.

Hojgaard began the occasion eighth within the standings and 13.6 factors behind Lowry, who was competing within the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship, leaving the Dane needing a two-way tie for twenty ninth or higher to safe his spot in Europe’s line-up.

The five-time DP World Tour winner adopted scores of 69 and 71 with a third-round 69 to go away him tied-14th heading into the ultimate day, the place a one-under 71 noticed him finish the week on eight below and assured the end required to safe his Ryder Cup spot.

Hojgaard’s efficiency sees him soar three locations within the standings to fifth place, making him an automated qualifier alongside Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and Tyrrell Hatton.

“I do not know what to really feel proper now,” Hojgaard stated after his ultimate spherical. “I have been so wired on the course right this moment and I used to be telling my caddie on the market that I do not understand how I am going to have the ability to do that. I am over the moon proper now.

“I knew each bogey on the market was very pricey. I used to be effectively conscious of the scenario and to be sincere, there’s a few occasions on the market the place I actually needed to calm myself down and never let it spin uncontrolled. I felt like each gap was only a powerful battle and so glad to be right here now.”

Donald will identify his six captain’s picks at Sky Studios on Monday September 1 at 2pm, dwell on Sky Sports activities, forward of the biennial contest happening at Bethpage Black in New York from September 26-28.

Lowry shocked by qualification standing

Solely gamers competing within the Betfred British Masters had been in a position to earn qualification factors this week, with none on provide to the European gamers competing within the Tour Championship at East Lake.

Sepp Straka, Ludvig Åberg and Viktor Hovland – all a part of the victorious 2023 staff – had been amongst these in PGA Tour motion, together with in-form Harry Corridor, with Lowry unaware that no factors had been going to be out there at East Lake.

“I solely came upon about that Monday,” Lowry admitted after his second-round 63. “I believed I used to be assured getting factors this week.

“I believed I used to be going to be just about assured on the staff. Yeah, I used to be considerably disillusioned to listen to that, however the guidelines had been made at first for qualifying and that was it.

“I feel I completed 4 factors behind Tyrrell [Hatton], which is just about a shot, which might have been good. It appears to be like like he is most likely going to go me up and I will want a decide subsequent week, so hopefully I get a pleasant telephone name off Luke.”

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