Alex Nore, the winner of the BMW PGA Championship, admitted that despite his play in recent months, he did not deserve to play for Team Europe’s Ryder Cup squad, even though he is a co-captain
Alex Noren admitted that despite winning the BMW PGA Championship, he doesn’t deserve to play for Team Europe’s Ryder Cup team, which has deployed radical training methods ahead of the tournament thanks to captain Luke Donald.
Noren defeated Adrien Saddier in a playoff to notch his second win in the last two months. Because of his success in recent months, the Swede rocketed to No. 18 in the Official World Golf Ranking, putting him firmly in the mix with some of the best European players and those on the Ryder Cup team.
That said, Noren, who is also a vice captain to Luke Donald, shared that his form throughout the year did not warrant him a spot on the roster. His admission comes after Scottie Scheffler made his feelings clear on his new Ryder Cup teammate for USA.
Playing at Bethpage Black are Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Hojgaard, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, and Sepp Straka.
Speaking after his BMW PGA Championship win, Noren laid out why he believes he doesn’t deserve a spot on the team heading to New York. “I think the other guys have played better than me throughout the year,” he admitted, according to Golf Monthly.
“I’ve had a great result now the last month but it came a little bit too late. I think the guys on the team is going to be fantastic. Yeah, I don’t know, the different mental aspects, I remember back in 2018, I wanted to perform well to kind of show that I could play a lot of matches in the Ryder Cup, and I got three. I think that was fair.”
The Swedish star added that in order to be properly considered to be part of the team, he would have had to play top-notch golf all year round, rather than just having two months of excellent play to offset an overall up-and-down 2025.
“You’ve got to just play really well all the time, and that’s what the best players do,” he continued. “I think we have a great team and I think it’s the right 12 guys that are playing.
“I showed good form late, but it was the wrong time, and I didn’t really show the form I needed to show when I started playing, and too many kind of bad tournaments in the middle of the season. Then way better the last six starts.”
Although Noren stated that he was not deserving of the honor to play in the Ryder Cup, the 43-year-old shared that he would do anything needed from him to help guide the team to victory. “I think my role is an extra set of eyes for Luke,” he added.
