- Thomas Bjorn led Europe to well-known Ryder Cup win in Paris in 2018
- He was vice-captain final 12 months when Europe defeated the USA in Rome
- Bjorn will once more work below Luke Donald in subsequent 12 months’s event at Bethpage
Ryder Cup-winning captain Thomas Bjorn will serve once more as assistant to European skipper Luke Donald in subsequent 12 months’s event at Bethpage Black.
The Dane, who led Europe to victory in Paris in 2018, will reprise the vice-captaincy position he served below Donald’s management for final 12 months’s triumph in Rome.
Bjorn’s reappointment was confirmed by Donald on Tuesday and comes after Italian Edoardo Molinari was additionally re-engaged forward of the competition in New York.
Donald hopes the continuity will serve Europe properly as they bid to win in america for the primary time since 2012.
Donald mentioned: ‘I’m very excited to have Thomas again on the crew. As soon as I used to be appointed as captain once more, my ideas shortly went to who I wished to have within the backroom workers – and Thomas actually was a kind of.
Luke Donald led Europe to victory over the USA in Rome on the Ryder Cup final 12 months
Thomas Bjorn is vastly skilled and led his personal Ryder Cup triumph in Paris
‘He means so much to me. He is handed on his information and I’ve had an important relationship with him over the previous few years.
‘That is an away Ryder Cup, so the sooner we are able to begin planning, the higher.’
It will likely be the sixth time Bjorn has taken on a vice-captaincy and his tenth involvement in a Ryder Cup total having additionally represented Europe thrice as a participant.
The 53-year-old mentioned: ‘It was a pure development from final time.
‘We had a improbable atmosphere in Rome. Luke did a tremendous job. He was a improbable chief, not simply of 12 gamers, however of the entire Ryder Cup Europe crew that labored so laborious behind the scenes.
‘It was superb for me to be a part of that as a result of I knew how all of these issues labored from Paris. To see how he added a couple of additional issues in Rome and made it even higher was superb and I used to be very happy with him. He was distinctive.’
