EurAsia Cup: Westwood, Poulter picked for Europe
Darren Clarke. PHOTO: AFP
European captain Darren Clarke added some formidable match-play experience to his EurAsia Cup line-up on Monday when he named Ryder Cup veterans Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood as his captain’s picks.
The announcement rounds out the 12-man European squad for the January 15-17 team event in Malaysia that already had seen young guns such as England’s Danny Willett and Frenchman Victor Dubuisson qualify on merit.
“To add the vast experience of Ian and Lee into the mix gives us a very strong and balanced side as we look to take the EurAsia Cup trophy back to Europe,” said Clarke.
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The European side also includes Englishmen Ross Fisher, Chris Wood, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan, Ireland’s Shane Lowry, Bernd Wiesberger of Austria, Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen and Swede Kristoffer Broberg.
None of them, however, have the match-play experience of Poulter and Westwood, who have a combined 14 Ryder Cup appearances.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2015.