Tom Watson and Lanny Wadkins were named...
Tom Watson and Lanny Wadkins were named as the wild-card selections to the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
The selection of two 39-year-olds by Raymond Floyd, the team captain, completed the 12-man team that will play Europe’s best pro golfers in the biennial matches at Sutton-Coldfield, England, Sept. 22-24.
The United States holds a 21-5-1 record in the competition that began in 1927 but has lost the last two matches.
The others on the team qualified on the basis of a two-year point list that closed last week at the PGA. They are British Open champion Mark Calcavecchia, PGA titleholder Payne Stewart, U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange, Tom Kite, Chip Beck, Paul Azinger, Fred Couples, Ken Green, Mark O’Meara and Mark McCumber.
The European team has not yet been named.
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