Ten members of Keegan Bradley's Ryder Cup team have confirmed they will play at the PGA Tour’s Procore Championship next week, live on SportNews, ahead of representing Team USA later this month.
The tournament - taking place at Silverado Resort in Napa, California - is the first event of the FedExCup Fall Series and last scheduled PGA Tour event before the United States face Team Europe in New York, live from September 26-28 on SportNews.
The Procure Championship traditionally attracts players lower down the FedExCup standings but this year is headlined by world No 1 Scottie Scheffler, making his tournament debut after two major wins this season, with his Ryder Cup team-mates coming together to create a stacked field.
Russell Henley, Justin Thomas and US Open champion JJ Spaun are all listed, along with Collin Morikawa, Harris English, Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns, with Ryder Cup rookies Ben Griffin and Cam Young also heading to California.
Xander Schauffele was initially undecided but now will sit this competition out, while Bryson DeChambeau is ineligible to feature due to LIV Golf League players being banned from teeing it up on the PGA Tour.
Schauffele last featured competitively at the BMW Championship on August 17, having failed to qualify for the Tour Championship - where 10 of Team USA were in the field - after a winless PGA Tour season.
Team USA came under scrutiny for a lack of competitive preparation ahead of their 16.5-11.5 loss in Rome two years ago, where nine of Zach Johnson's 12-man team had over four weeks off between the Tour Championship and the Ryder Cup.
A different build-up for Team USA gives them an opportunity to compete together and get competitive reps in ahead of the Ryder Cup, where Bradley is looking to regain the trophy and continue home dominance in the biennial contest.
Who will win the Procore Championship? Live coverage begins on Thursday September 11 with Featured Groups from 9pm on SportNews Golf, ahead of full coverage from 11pm.
Luke Donald's European team will be in DP World Tour action the same week in the BMW PGA Championship, where Sepp Straka is the only member of the 12-man line-up not featuring.
Straka skipped the BMW Championship last month due to personal reasons and finished last at the season-ending Tour Championship, and he is also sitting out the Amgen Irish Open ahead of the Rolex Series event at Wentworth.
Donald revealed that the absence was due to the early arrival of his child and said Straka is "very motivated" to make a second Ryder Cup appearance later this month.
The Austrian is set to join the rest of his team on a two-day team trip to Bethpage Black after next week's event.
"Had many conversations with Sepp - he's very motivated," Donald said ahead of the Amgen Irish Open. "He's going to be continuing to work on his game hard. He'll join us for the practice trip. But that's the reason why he won't be in Wentworth."
Team Europe stars Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton are all past winners at Wentworth, where Jon Rahm and Justin Rose are both two-time runners-up, while the rest of Donald's experienced line-up will be looking to impress.
SportNews will have extended live coverage from all four rounds of the DP World Tour's Flagship Event, with Featured Group coverage starting at 8.30am over the first two days at SportNews Golf ahead of full coverage at midday.
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