Sky Sports Golf pundit Rob Lee has said if you want to play in the Ryder cup then playing Le Golf National is ‘a no-brainer’.
Lee told Sky Sports: “It’s great for Keith Pelley and the European Tour that Rory, our top player, is coming across and playing at the Open de France at Le Golf National. It’s something I’m very pleased out, that’s for sure.
“The European Tour was put in a difficult position with the movement of the WGC-Bridgestone to the week opposite the French Open, but they couldn’t mess around with the tournament when it has been such a high calibrate event for so long and deserves the Tour’s loyalty.
“If you’re on the PGA Tour and you want to play in the Ryder Cup, then playing in France is a no-brainer for me. Le Golf National is a great course, it’s going to be a Ryder Cup venue in 2018 and then there’s also the added incentive of double event points being up for grabs.”
The Englishman went on to talk about how the European Tour has some ambitious plans and that he is thrilled because of it. He said “I think the Tour has got some ambitious plans and I’m sure the French Open would have been right up there in their top events. I’m really thrilled for them because over the years because they’ve put up big prize money and not got quite the high-profile fields they would have wanted, so this year with Rory changes all that.”
