{"id":7964,"date":"2023-01-16T03:53:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T03:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/hero-cup-serves-as-preview-for-european-ryder-cup-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T03:53:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T03:53:49","slug":"hero-cup-serves-as-preview-for-european-ryder-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/hero-cup-serves-as-preview-for-european-ryder-cup-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero Cup serves as preview for European Ryder Cup qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"90.846546310832\"><!-- tml-version=\"2\" --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more weekly: <\/strong>Liberation Story of Conflicting Events | Can Tiger Play in the Ryder Cup? | | Fore!thing<\/p>\n<p>A new Ryder Cup format event was held in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, with Continental Europe defeating Great Britain and Ireland 14.5 to 10.5.<\/p>\n<p>    The tournament was a refresh of the old Seve Trophy, which ran eight times between 2000 and 2013 and was clearly seen as a Ryder Cup tune-up.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p>    The event featured 10 players from each side, all playing in all Friday and Saturday matches as well as Sunday&#8217;s singles. The continental European side was captained by Francesco Molinari and the GB&#038;I side was captained by Tommy Fleetwood.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<p>    The event featured only five four-ball matches on Saturday, while ten foursome matches were played to familiarize players with the format.  European riders such as Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland and Matt Fitzpatrick did not attend key members of his Cup team, but the event was certainly worth it. This year&#8217;s Ryder Cup.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5\"><phoenix-picture><a><picture class=\"is-waiting-to-load\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.webp 380w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.webp 620w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1240\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.webp 1240w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1300\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.webp 1300w\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1240\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1300\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.jpg 1300w\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" alt=\"Francesco Molinari will hit the tee shot at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open.\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTk1MTkwNzkzOTM2MzE2MTMw\/molinari.jpg\" height=\"724\" width=\"1300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" itemprop=\"contentUrl url\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/phoenix-picture><!-- disableImageMeta is needed to prevent duplicate rendering of the image meta.--><!-- Duplicate rendering can occur because we have moved the image metadata outside of--><!-- the .m-detail-header--container. The original image metadata in tmlImage is needed--><!-- for the InContent detail header which renders when the media size is inline or breakout.--><figcaption wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Francesco Molinari, who was named captain at this weekend&#8217;s Hero Cup, was Europe&#8217;s hero at the 2018 Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\" itemprop=\"author\"><span>Eric Williams\/USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p>    Still, Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hutton, Seamus Power, Fleetwood, and Molinari competed in this format, and it was a good opportunity to give feedback to Captain Luke Donald, who presided over the three-day event.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<p>    Molinari is particularly interesting in this respect. He went undefeated in competition and was a European star in 2018 with a 5-0 record, but his form faltered in late 2019.he is now 164 years old<sup>th<\/sup>.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p>    Although he&#8217;s miles away from qualifying for the team now, Molinari definitely wants to compete in his home country.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s priceless,&#8221; Molinari said of the experience.  &#8220;Especially for the young players, but also for us, to get the juice early in the year to play match play. It&#8217;s a great event. We&#8217;re really enjoying it. DP World Tour did a great job setting it up.Clearly, the crowd is enjoying it too.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, that&#8217;s a huge motivation for me. You have to be careful. It&#8217;s a long way, there&#8217;s a lot of golf in between, and there&#8217;s a lot of goals to get there, goals in between. Stay focused on it&#8217;s definitely better than it ever was so hopefully we can play some good golf and stay in Rome.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be in Rome is absolutely unbelievable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiQWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNpLmNvbS9nb2xmL25ld3MvZXVyb3BlYW4tcnlkZXItY3VwLWhvcGVmdWxzLWhlcm8tY3Vw0gFGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2kuY29tL2dvbGYvLmFtcC9uZXdzL2V1cm9wZWFuLXJ5ZGVyLWN1cC1ob3BlZnVscy1oZXJvLWN1cA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Read more weekly: Liberation Story of Conflicting Events | Can Tiger Play in the Ryder Cup? | | Fore!thing A new Ryder Cup format<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/molinari.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}