Tiger selects himself for Presidents Cup roster

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Americans won back the Ryder Cup and perhaps a whole lot more Sunday, sending a strong message to Europe with a powerful performance from their youngest team in history. RELATED: Full recap from Day 3 | Rory McIlroy tearful after Sunday singles win Scottie Scheffler, one of six Ryder Cup newcomers for the Americans, took down the No. 1 player in the world with a 4-and-3 victory over Jon Rahm as the scoreboards around Whistling Straits quickly filled with American red. The final blow came from Collin Morikawa, at 24 the youngest player on the team and already a two-time major champion. He holed a 3-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole that assured the Americans at least the 14 1/2 points they needed. Then it was a matter of the final margin. “I woke up this morning and I was trying to tell the guys, ‘Let’s get to 20 points,’ because this is going to be the next era of Ryder Cup team for the U.S. side,” Patrick Cantlay said, finishing an unbeaten week with a win over Shane Lowry. “We’ve got a lot of young guys. I think they’re going to be on teams for a long time, and I wanted to send a message.” Tony Finau had said on the eve of these matches that this was “the big one” because Europe had won nine of the last 12, and the Americans had so many fresh faces without any lasting scars from watching Europe celebrate so much over the years. The big one became one big rout. The Americans were young, yes, and very good, with four of the top five in the world ranking. The difference is they finally played like it.

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How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. Adding to the challenge is that every golfer can be used only three time per each of four Segments. The first fantasy golf game to utilize live ShotLink data, PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO allows you to see scores update live during competition. To learn more or sign up click here. Aside from the experts below, Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the field at this year’s Sentry Tournament of Champions in his edition of the Power Rankings. CDW, an official partner of the PGA TOUR, offers its weekly fantasy selection. Here’s this week’s “Data-Driven Decision.”  The computer selected driving distance, strokes gained: tee-to-green, and proximity to the hole as the three most important statistics this week. After calculating this season’s ranks in those categories of every player in the field, the computer made the following prediction for this week’s winner. THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN OUR EXPERTS?  The PGA TOUR Experts league is once again open to the public. You can play our free fantasy game and see how you measure up against our experts below.  Joining the league is simple. Just click here to sign up or log in. Once you create your team, click the “Leagues” tab and search for “PGA TOUR Experts.” After that? Pick your players and start talking smack.

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Viktor Hovland successfully defended his title at the Hero World Challenge. Check out his equipment setup below. RELATED: Final leaderboard from Hero Driver: Ping G425 LST (9 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Speeder TR 661 TX (45.75 inches) 3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (15 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X Utility: Titleist U510 (3) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Hybrid 85 X Irons: Ping i210 (4-PW) Shafts: KBS Tour-V 120 X Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (50-12SS, 56-06SS), Ping Glide 2.0 (58-12TS) Shafts: KBS Tour-V 130 Putter: Ping PLD DS 72 Prototype Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Grips: Golf Pride MCC

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