He also said 10 countries, including Germany, France and Italy, were still not automatic qualifiers for EMU.

Not one of the automatic qualifiers has a record above 50% in Ryder Cup play.

The remaining automatic qualifiers and playoff spots will be settled from Monday to Wednesday when the final games are played.

Selection for the 12-man European Ryder Cup team will be made up of nine automatic qualifiers and three wildcard picks.

With only three automatic qualifiers, Shinkins faced a difficult assignment, not least because she was the fourth-ranked athlete in the race.

Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal were this afternoon confirmed as the last two automatic qualifiers for the European Ryder Cup team.

Europe's nine automatic qualifiers and three wild cards will be named in two weeks at the end of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Gleneagles.

At the conclusion of this week's Made in Denmark event on the European Tour we will know the eight automatic qualifiers fo(...)

The third automatic qualifiers were Switzerland, who ran a national record time of 42.50, pointing to a high caliber final later on Saturday.

Westwood's 28th place in the final counting event, the BMW International Open, came too late to make him one of the 10 automatic qualifiers.