Luke Donald watching rookies closer than proven commodities

POTENTIAL ROOKIE: Seamus Power of Ireland plays his shot from the ninth tee during the second round of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. Pic: Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Luke Donald will not get into names – not in May. Over the next four months he will be building a very new kind of European team that will try to maintain a legacy of success in the Ryder Cup that includes dominance on home turf since 1993. The familiar old guard is gone. A new generation needs to step up.

If Oak Hill is any indication, there may be more hope than it seems at first blush. Major championship stages are incubators for emerging talent, and Donald hoped to be able to assess his options this week in western New York.