2010 Ryder Cup Maltbie, and Dottie Pepper. USA Network aired coverage of the singles live on Monday morning. The coverage was produced by corporate sibling NBC, with NBC's announcers being used on the telecast. The European team consisted of: The captain's picks were named on 29 August. In the previous the Ryder Cup had been two wildcard places on the European team, but on 2009 it was announced that this had been increased to three. The United States team consisted of: The team was finalised on when the four wildcards were announced. The team captains were Colin Montgomerie for Europe and Corey Pavin
Ryder Cup been eligible to join what is now known as Team Europe. The change to include continental Europeans arose from discussion in 1977 between Jack Nicklaus and Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, who was serving as the President of the Professional Golfers' Association; it was suggested by Nicklaus as a means to make the matches more competitive, since the Americans almost always won, often by lopsided margins. The change worked, as the contests soon became much more competitive, with talented young Europeans such as Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer bolstering the European side. The present-day popularity of the Ryder Cup,