The only player who has said the Ryder Cup is not his number one priority is Jose Maria Olazabal because his first priority is to get his game into better shape. But that doesn't mean he's not bothered, he wants to play, not only in this one but in the next two or three. Angela, Truro Are there any high profile names that are likely to miss out on Ryder Cup spots this year. The US selection procedure is different in that they qualify over two years. They qualify through a very complicated points system.
Every tournament is worth a different number of points.
In Europe it's a 12-month period starting in September and it's very much on money won on the European Tour, the four Majors and the World Championship events as well. As for players that won't make it, there are always one or two players who go through bad periods in the year. The one person we are concerned about is Colin Montgomerie, who has had problems on and off the course. We must hope he gets his game together and qualifies into the top ten. If he doesn't Sam Torrance, the European caption has two 'picks' as does the American Ryder Cup captain, Curtis Strange.