Sir Nick Faldo resumes internet hosting duties on the Betfred British Masters at The Belfry this week the place each he and former event host Luke Donald could have a eager eye on the beginning of the qualification marketing campaign for the 2025 European Ryder Cup staff.
Faldo returns to the event internet hosting position for the second consecutive 12 months because the DP World Tour’s 2024 season enters its ‘Again 9’ on the famend venue the place Faldo made three of his 11 appearances for Europe within the biennial contest, in 1985, 1989 and 1993.
The six-time Main champion is eager to see among the European gamers get off to a very good begin because the marketing campaign to make Captain Donald’s 12-man European staff for Bethpage Black subsequent September begins in earnest.
LIV GOLF
Amongst these hoping to try this can be Tyrrell Hatton, one in every of his staff members in Rome in 2023, who’s focusing on a fourth consecutive Ryder Cup look.
Regardless of having joined LIV Golf in January, Hatton has not given up his DP World Tour card and is awaiting a courtroom resolution on whether or not he should pay fines for the LIV Golf tournaments that he has performed in that clashed with DP World Tour occasions.
Sir Nick Faldo stated: “We’ve got an excellent discipline this week. I’ve received 16 of my Faldo Sequence alumni as properly, a few Englishmen. The course seems nice.
Appears prefer it had a pleasant drop of rain – I assumed it may be burnt in August after a baking summer time, however we didn’t have that. I believe we’ll have good pleasure with the followers and it needs to be a enjoyable week.
“It’s week one in every of Ryder Cup factors, and I do know with me, I might have been on the market. It’s a terrific probability for any individual. I hope a European man wins this week, and he’s like, good begin. Get in there early.
Get your factors. I’m certain this can be a objective, particularly after Rome, a giant objective of all of the gamers that wish to make the subsequent staff.”
RYDER CUP POINTS UP FOR GRABS
Luke Donald, who it teeing up this week, added: “I’ve watched many Ryder Cups and occasions at this place, however by no means truly performed an occasion or performed the course. I’m excited to be right here and enjoying a British Masters.
“It’s thrilling for me to see the factors race beginning. As a participant, I bear in mind when that began and I used to be very enthusiastic about getting going once more, and type of gave me an additional increase.
“And really having a chat with Sir Nick, he was saying in Ryder Cup years, when the factors began, even when I used to be thirtieth, I might grind to the previous few holes to see if I may get 20 extra factors.
You concentrate on these items now and I believe that’s thrilling for the gamers.”
Extremely, Tyrrell Hatton admitted that he has by no means performed The Belfry earlier than. He stated: “This truly my first time right here enjoying the golf course.
After we stroll previous the tenth, I’ve hit that tee shot on my dad’s simulator over time, so it’s thrilling to lastly be right here. It’s an historic venue in British golf and European golf. So I’m very a lot trying ahead to it.
“The Ryder Cup is definitely one of many the reason why I needed to play this week. The Ryder Cup is de facto necessary to me and I’d like to be on that staff subsequent 12 months, and that is the proper week to try to get off to a very good begin.
“I believe any time you’re enjoying in entrance of house followers is all the time going to be a particular week and for me personally, I’d like to go on the market and play rather well.
Make a great deal of birdies and provides the gang one thing to cheer about as will all the opposite English guys enjoying this week.”
