EurAsia Cup not a Ryder Cup dress rehearsal for Shane Lowry

Shane Lowry insists the EurAsia Cup is not just a dry run for this year’s Ryder Cup as Europe look to make amends for squandering a massive lead in the inaugural event two years ago.

Darren Clarke captains the 12-man European team in Kuala Lumpur before performing the same role at Hazeltine in September. He has chosen Ryder Cup stalwarts Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood as his wild cards.

Teammates Victor Dubuisson, Matt Fitzpatrick, Andy Sullivan, Chris Wood, Danny Willett, and Kristoffer Broberg all currently occupy automatic qualifying places, but Lowry believes the visitors will be focused on the task at hand against an Asia team captained by India’s Jeev Milkha Singh.