Ranking every player in the 2023 Ryder Cup, from McIlroy to Rahm and Koepka to Fowler - ESPN

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — There will be plenty of new faces on the European Ryder Cup team, as veterans like Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood won't be competing at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club outside Rome after they left the DP World Tour for the LIV Golf League.

There will also be a few unexpected names on the United States team: U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark and Open Championship winner Brian Harman, for starters.

The best players in the world will still be teeing it up over three days, starting Friday, when the U.S. team will try to end a 30-year drought on foreign soil. The home squad has won seven of the past eight Ryder Cups; the lone exception being Europe's 14½-13½ victory at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago in 2012. The Europeans rallied from a 10-6 deficit on the final day in what became known as the "Miracle at Medinah."

While Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, Spain's Jon Rahm, Norway's Viktor Hovland and Americans Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele will be counted on heavily by their respective teams, who are the players flying under the radar?

Here's a look at the golfers who will compete in the 44th Ryder Cup, ranking them from first to 24th:

Team: Europe
Country: Norway
Age: 26
World ranking: 4
Major championship wins: None
Ryder Cup record: 0-3-2 (one appearance)

As a 24-year-old Ryder Cup rookie, Hovland was thrown into the fire during the 19-9 loss at Whistling Straits, playing in each of the five sessions because of the European team's lack of depth. He performed like you'd expect as a first-timer, collecting two half-points with an 0-3-2 record. There wasn't a hotter golfer on the planet a month ago, after Hovland won back-to-back FedEx Cup playoffs events,