As things stand he would need a wild card pick from Europe captain Luke Donald for the Ryder Cup
Currently, the six players – McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Tommy Fleetwood – occupy automatic qualifying places. On the outside looking in are now Matt Fitzpatrick, Straka, Lowry, Justin Rose, Adrian Meronk, Seamus Power and on down the list.
Rahm, meanwhile, has vowed to emulate his hero Seve Ballesteros by taking a leadership role on the European team in Rome.“I’m going to try. It’s two Ryder Cups. It’s not like I have five or six like some others, it’s two. If they want me to be a role model on the team or a leader, I will be. I’m not the most vocal. I’m quite introverted myself, but I’ll do what I can. I’ll try to channel my inner Seve and do what I can do,” said Rahm, who was tied-second behind Harman in the Open.
“He’s a very formidable competitor ... what does he do really well? Well, he does everything quite well. He’s a very good driver of the golf ball and a very, very, very good putter ... he’s gritty,” said Zach Johnson of Harman.McIlroy has remained at number three in the FedEx Cup standings and has consolidated his position as number one on the Race to Dubai standings.
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