Faldo confirms wild cards

12 April 2012

Europe captain Nick Faldo has handed Ryder Cup wild cards to Ian Poulter and Paul Casey.

As a result Colin Montgomerie misses out on the match which could have seen him take over from Faldo as the event's record points-scorer.

Darren Clarke also misses out, despite his victory in Holland a week ago which made he and Casey the two favourites to be picked.

Casey and Poulter will join Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Graeme McDowell, Justin Rose, Soren Hansen and Oliver Wilson, who all automatically qualified for the event at Valhalla next month.

Faldo revealed Poulter's attitude was one of the major factors behind his selection.

Faldo said: "I don't have to reel off all their statistics.

"I've been watching these guys through the summer.

"Ian is a very determined guy, I love his attitude and what he did at The Open - that back nine he played with the intention to win and had that emotional feeling."

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