Brooks Koepka was "forced" in to US Ryder Cup team admits former captain
Brooks Koepka was forced in and Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau will be missed, explains former Ryder Cup captain.
Three-time European Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher believes Zach Johnson was forced to pick LIV Golf's Brooks Koepka in his US Ryder Cup team.
Gallacher, speaking to Mirror Sport, thinks the decision was made for him simply because Koepka won the US PGA Championship earlier this season which is run by the PGA of America, who also run the US Ryder Cup team.
He also considers Koepka's fellow LIV Golf players Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau, who were both refused a pick, will be hugely missed in the US Ryder Cup side at Marco Simone in two weeks' time.
Gallacher told Mirror Sport:
Gallacher became the youngest player to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the Ryder Cup aged 20 in 1969.
That record was then beaten by Sergio Garcia, aged 19 in 1999.
Gallacher played in eight Ryder Cups and he was a non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 1991, 1993 and 1995.
Despite losing out in 1991 and 1993, Gallacher got revenge with victory at Oak Hill in 1995.
Team USA has not won a Ryder Cup on European soil since 1993.
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