Poulter and Casey get Ryder Cup wild cards

Nick Faldo has picked Ian Poulter and Paul Casey as his two wild cards for the European Ryder Cup team.

It means disappointment for Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke who misses out, despite his victory in Holland a week ago which made he and Casey the two favourites to be picked.

Colin Montgomerie also misses out on the match which could have seen him take over from Faldo as the event’s record points-scorer.

Leading final places in the European Ryder Cup table (top five on world list qualify, plus next five on European list. Captain Nick Faldo then adds two wild cards):

World List

1 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 343.03, 2 SERGIO GARCIA 278.46, 3 LEE WESTWOOD 269.66, 4 HENRIK STENSON 245.13, 5 ROBERT KARLSSON 204.76, 6 Miguel Angel Jimenez 202.35, 7 Justin Rose 195.38, 8 Ian Poulter 183.37, 9 Graeme McDowell 175.81, 10 Martin Kaymer 152.17, 11 Luke Donald 134.66, 12 Daniel Chopra 134.05.

European List

1 Harrington 2,676,219, 2 Westwood 2,576,303, 3 Karlsson 2,183,494, 4 MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 2,092,170, 5 Stenson 2,018,162, 6 GRAEME McDOWELL 1,993,608, 7 JUSTIN ROSE 1,504,947, 8 SOREN HANSEN 1,450,097, 9 OLIVER WILSON 1,414,737, 10 Martin Kaymer 1,369,093, 11 Ross Fisher 1,322,407, 12 Ian Poulter 1,315,024, 13 Nick Dougherty 1,253,623, 14 Sergio Garcia, 1,122,436, 15 Peter Hanson 1,093,091, 16 Soren Kjeldsen 1,080,039, 17 Darren Clarke 1,019,085, 18 Paul Casey 1,010,232, 19 Paul McGinley 927,871, 20 Gregory Bourdy 925,701, 21 Colin Montgomerie 920,033

The 10 who qualify are: Harrington, Garcia, Westwood, Stenson, Karlsson, Jimenez, McDowell, Rose, Hansen, Wilson.