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The United States Ryder Cup team will feature six rookies after captain Steve Stricker selected four to face Europe at Whistling Straits in September.
Stricker chose Daniel Berger, Scottie Scheffler, Harris English and Xander Schauffele among his six picks.
Collin Morikawa and Patrick Cantlay qualified and will also make debuts.
Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau were the other qualifiers with Stricker also picking Jordan Spieth and Tony Finau.
The 43rd Ryder Cup takes place at the Pete Dye-designed course in Wisconsin, with Europe the defending champions after winning 17½-10½ at Golf National in Paris in 2018.
Originally, the US team was going to be made up of the top eight players on the points list and four wildcard picks but that was revised to six and six following the postponement of the event last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The European team, captained by Padraig Harrington, will be confirmed on Sunday, 12 September at the conclusion of the European Tour's BMW Championship at Wentworth.
Harrington will have three picks, with nine players qualifying through the European and world points lists.
Paul Casey, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm have already secured their spots.
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