Teams
The top players for the USA (8) and Europe (10) as determined by their points performance (described below) received automatic selection. The remaining players on each team were selected at the discretion of the team captains. Team USA was finalized on September 2, while qualification for Team Europe ended on August 31. The Official World Golf Rankings shown are as of September 14, 2008, the last assessment issued before the Ryder Cup. The average ranking of the American team was 24.8 and that of the European team was 22.2.
| Team USA | |||||
| Name | Age | Residence | Points rank |
World ranking |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Azinger | 48 | Bradenton, Florida | Non-playing captain | ||
| Phil Mickelson | 38 | Rancho Santa Fe, California | 2 | 2 | |
| Stewart Cink | 35 | Duluth, Georgia | 3 | 11 | |
| Kenny Perry | 48 | Franklin, Kentucky | 4 | 20 | |
| Jim Furyk | 38 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | 5 | 9 | |
| Anthony Kim | 23 | Dallas, Texas | 6 | 10 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Justin Leonard | 36 | Dallas, Texas | 7 | 23 | |
| Ben Curtis | 31 | Stow, Ohio | 8 | 30 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Boo Weekley | 35 | Jay, Florida | 9 | 35 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Steve Stricker | 41 | Madison, Wisconsin | 10 | 8 | Captain's pick, Ryder Cup rookie |
| Hunter Mahan | 26 | Plano, Texas | 13 | 36 | Captain's pick, Ryder Cup rookie |
| J. B. Holmes | 26 | Campbellsville, Kentucky | 18 | 56 | Captain's pick, Ryder Cup rookie |
| Chad Campbell | 34 | Colleyville, Texas | 21 | 57 | Captain's pick |
Note: The leading player on the points list, Tiger Woods, was recovering from knee surgery and unable to compete.
| Team Europe | ||||||
| Name | Age | Residence | Points rank (W) |
Points rank (E) |
World ranking |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Faldo | 51 | Welwyn Garden City, England | Non-playing captain | |||
| Pádraig Harrington | 37 | Dublin, Ireland | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Sergio García | 28 | Borriol, Spain | 2 | 14 | 5 | |
| Lee Westwood | 35 | Worksop, England | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Henrik Stenson | 32 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| Robert Karlsson | 39 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 44 | Málaga, Spain | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Graeme McDowell | 29 | Portrush, Northern Ireland | 9 | 6 | 32 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Justin Rose | 28 | London, England | 7 | 7 | 13 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Søren Hansen | 34 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 13 | 8 | 42 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Oliver Wilson | 27 | Weybridge, England | 15 | 9 | 48 | Ryder Cup rookie |
| Ian Poulter | 32 | Milton Keynes, England | 8 | 12 | 29 | Captain's pick |
| Paul Casey | 31 | Esher, England | 16 | 18 | 38 | Captain's pick |
The final line-up for the European team was announced after the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on August 31, 2008. Søren Hansen, Oliver Wilson and Justin Rose were the last three automatic qualifiers after successful tournaments. Nick Faldo handed wildcards to Paul Casey and Ian Poulter.
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