Europe The European team qualification rules were announced on 18 January 2017. There were a number of changes compared to 2016 with an increase in the number of captain's picks from three to four, based on recommendations from the analytics team behind Team Europe. The team consisted of: •
The leading four players on the Race to Dubai Points List • Points earned in all
Race to Dubai tournaments starting with the 2017
D+D Real Czech Masters and ending with the 2018
Made in Denmark that finished on 2 September 2018. Points earned from the 2018
BMW PGA Championship onwards, were multiplied by 1.5. •
The leading four players, not qualified above, on the World Points List • Total World Points earned in
Official World Golf Ranking events starting on 31 August 2017 (the start date of the D+D Real Czech Masters) and ending on 26 August 2018 and thereafter only at the
Made in Denmark tournament. Points earned from the date of the 2018
BMW PGA Championship onwards, were multiplied by 1.5. No World points were earned from tournaments staged opposite Rolex Series tournaments in both
2017 and 2018. • '''Four captain's picks''' Membership criteria for the
European Tour were reduced from five tournaments to four (outside the majors and WGCs) for the 2018 season. As in previous Ryder Cups, all players had to be members of the European Tour to be eligible to play for Europe. Changes were also made to the eligibility of future captains and vice-captains.
Paul Casey became a member of the European Tour at the start of 2018. Since he was not a member during 2017 he did not earn points until the start of 2018. The leading players in the European Ryder Cup points lists were: :Players in qualifying places (Q) are shown in green; captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow; those in italics (q) qualified through the other points list. The remaining three players selected as captain's picks,
Ian Poulter,
Sergio García and
Paul Casey, finished in 22nd, 24th and 35th place respectively on the European points list. The majority of the team were selected from the Ryder Cup points list which was based on prize money won in important tournaments. Generally one point was awarded for every $1,000 earned. The team consisted of: •
The leading eight players on the Ryder Cup points list, gained in the following events • 2017
major championships • 2017
World Golf Championship events and
The Players Championship (half points) • 2018
major championships (double points for the winner, 50% extra for those who make the cut) • 2018
PGA Tour events. Qualifying events in this category were those played between 1 January and 12 August 2018, the date of the
PGA Championship, and including the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event. "Alternate" events (those played opposite a major or WGC event) did not earn points • '''Four captain's picks''' • Three announced after the 2018
Dell Technologies Championship, which concluded on 3 September. • One announced after the 2018
BMW Championship, which concluded on 9 September. The qualification rules were similar to those used for the 2016 Ryder Cup. The points given for the 2018 season
major championships were reduced from double to 50% extra (except for the winner who still received double points). The dates on which the captain's picks were made were brought forward by one or two weeks. The leading 15 players in the final points list after the final qualifying event, the
2018 PGA Championship were: Players in qualifying places are shown in green. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. ==Teams==