2016 Ryder Cup consisting of the last three Ryder Cup captains: Paul McGinley, José María Olazábal, Colin Montgomerie, another ex-Ryder Cup player David Howell and the European Tour chief executive George O'Grady. Davis Love III was named the United States captain on February 24, 2015. He had previously captained the 2012 team. Each captain selects a number of vice-captains to assist him during the tournament. Clarke selected Thomas Bjørn, Pádraig Harrington, and Paul Lawrie as European team vice-captains in May 2016. He added Ian Poulter in June and Sam Torrance in July. Tom Lehman was named as a United States vice-captain at the
2010 Ryder Cup Cup. Peter Hanson celebrated his 33rd birthday on the final day. Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2010 Ryder Cup. Four-balls play on Friday began on schedule but was suspended at BST due to poor course conditions because of rain. Play was resumed at as the water had drained off the course but was suspended again for the day just after BST. Play was completed Saturday morning. In order to fit the intended number of matches into a schedule that had been condensed due to the weather, three sessions