Teams
The top players for the USA (8) and Europe (9) as determined by their points performance (described above) received automatic selection. The remaining players on each team were selected at the discretion of the team captains. Qualification for Team Europe ended on 29 August, at which time, the captain's picks were named. Team USA was finalised on 7 September. Tiger Woods was a captain's pick for the first time ever. The Official World Golf Rankings shown are as of 26 September 2010, the last assessment issued before the Ryder Cup. The average ranking of the American team was 17.3 and that of the European team was 18.3.
In December 2010, BBC Sport named the Europe squad "Team of The Year".
| Team Europe | ||||||
| Name | Age | Residence | Points rank (W) |
Points rank (E) |
World ranking |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Montgomerie | 47 | Dunning, Scotland | Non-playing captain | |||
| Lee Westwood | 37 | Worksop, England | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7th appearance |
| Rory McIlroy | 21 | Holywood, Northern Ireland | 2 | 3 | 9 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Martin Kaymer | 25 | Mettmann, Germany | 3 | 2 | 6 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Graeme McDowell | 31 | Portrush, Northern Ireland | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2nd appearance |
| Ian Poulter | 34 | Milton Keynes, England | 7 | 5 | 16 | 3rd appearance |
| Ross Fisher | 29 | Cheam, England | 14 | 6 | 27 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Francesco Molinari | 27 | Turin, Italy | 10 | 7 | 32 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 46 | Málaga, Spain | 11 | 8 | 26 | 4th appearance |
| Peter Hanson | 32 | Trelleborg, Sweden | 13 | 9 | 42 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Edoardo Molinari | 29 | Turin, Italy | 5 | 10 | 15 | Captain's pick, Ryder Cup rookie |
| Luke Donald | 32 | High Wycombe, England | 6 | 16 | 8 | Captain's pick, 3rd appearance |
| Pádraig Harrington | 39 | Dublin, Ireland | 8 | 12 | 22 | Captain's pick, 6th appearance |
| Team USA | |||||
| Name | Age | Residence | Points rank |
World ranking |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Pavin | 50 | Dallas, Texas | Non-playing captain | ||
| Phil Mickelson | 40 | Rancho Santa Fe, California | 1 | 2 | 8th appearance |
| Hunter Mahan | 28 | Plano, Texas | 2 | 14 | 2nd appearance |
| Bubba Watson | 31 | Bagdad, Florida | 3 | 24 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Jim Furyk | 40 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | 4 | 5 | 7th appearance |
| Steve Stricker | 43 | Madison, Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | 2nd appearance |
| Dustin Johnson | 26 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | 6 | 12 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Jeff Overton | 27 | Bloomington, Indiana | 7 | 48 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Matt Kuchar | 32 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | 8 | 11 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Zach Johnson | 34 | Lake Mary, Florida | 11 | 19 | Captain's pick, 2nd appearance |
| Tiger Woods | 34 | Windermere, Florida | 12 | 1 | Captain's pick, 6th appearance |
| Stewart Cink | 37 | Duluth, Georgia | 14 | 35 | Captain's pick, 5th appearance |
| Rickie Fowler | 21 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 20 | 33 | Captain's pick, Ryder Cup rookie |
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