So now, European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie gets three picks instead of two. And it means precisely what? To get that "extra" pick, one less world class champion will automatically qualify from the World Rankings list. Insignificant, it is.

In 2008, the number 5 European player in the world rankings was Robert Karlsson, who was a stud in Kentucky last Fall. Had he not qualified from that list, he would have been in on the European Order of Merit, effectively kicking Soren Hansen out of automatically qualifying. Six of one, half dozen of the other.

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