Team Europe, Team US announce captains’ picks for Collins Cup

Team Europe and Team US have announced their captains’ picks for The PTO’s flagship event, The Collins Cup, to go alongside the automatically qualified athletes. The automatic qualifications were finalised after last weekend’s PTO Canadian Open, the first-ever PTO Tour event. Ad/> Team Internationals will announce its captains’ picks on August 5.

The Collins Cup starts on August 20. /> PTO TourPTO Tour Canadian Open — All the highlights from the Men's event27/07/2022 AT 20:45 /> TEAM EUROPE’S CAPTAINS’ PICKS Team Europe captains Normann Stadler and Natascha Badmann have made the following selections. Nicola Spirig (SWI) Holly Lawrence (GBR) Daniel Bækkegard (DEN) Sam Laidlow (FRA) The above athletes will compete alongside automatically qualified Daniela Ryf (SWI), Anne Haug (GER), Laura Philipp (GER), Kat Matthews (GBR), Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR), Gustav Iden (NOR), Patrick Lange (GER) and Magnus Ditlev (DEN).

Commenting on the selections, Normann Stadler, returning Champion European captain, commented: “It is always very difficult to choose the European captains’ picks as there are so many outstanding athletes. In Daniel Bækkegard, we have an experienced Collins Cup campaigner who knows the course and conditions well and had the third fastest time at last year’s Collins Cup. Daniel, as PTO World #7, is also the highest PTO ranked athlete to not automatically qualify for any team.