August 29, 2018

Made In Denmark Deja Vu All Over Again? Thomas Pieters Is Coming Up On The Ryder Cup Rail

August 29, 2018/ Geoff Shackelford

The 2016 Made In Denmark Open winner is back and again on the outside looking in for a Ryder Cup pick. He can't make the team on points but a pick is not out of the question given the suspect play of Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson.

Pieters been playing beautifully, briefly snuck into PGA Championship contention Sunday and was a big success story in the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.

Paired the first two days with vice captain Lee Westwood and likely team member Thorbjørn Olesen, Pieters is doing something this week that Stenson and Garcia are not doing in Europe this week before Captain Bjorn makes his picks next Wednesday: playing on the European Tour!

I make my case on today's Alternate Shot for player with the most to gain this week while Jaime Diaz went the PGA Tour Champions route:

Geoff Shackelford

Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.