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Ian Poulter and Nicolas Colsaerts are the European wild-card picks

 

Wild-card Poulter 7-1 to be top European scorer

IAN POULTER is 7-1 to be top European points scorer at the Ryder Cup after he and Nicolas Colsaerts were named as Jose Maria Olazabal's wild-card picks.

Sunday's Johnnie Walker Championship results saw Martin Kaymer secure the final automatic qualifying position and though Belgian bomber Colsaerts just missed out, he was still handed a debut.

Poulter can be expected to resume his successful partnership with pal Justin Rose on his fourth appearance, while Colsaerts is 25-1 with Paddy Power to collect most points.

Rory McIlroy is 6-1 favourite to be the European main man, with Luke Donald 13-2. 

Europe are the 6-4 underdogs for the clash at Medinah Country Club, which takes place from September 28-30. The United States are 5-6 with the tie 11-1.

Read Steve Palmer's European team analysis in Tuesday's Racing Post and this week's golf previews on Wednesday

 

 

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