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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3950824, member: 1969"]
I assume the pick came down to one of Reed, Scheffler, Simpson.

I am a bit surprised it was Scheffler who got the call as they already have some new blood in Morakawa, English, Berger.   I expected they would go with the pedigree or experience of Reed/Simpson instead.   Although it is not a bad pick - he is a bomber that should do well in 4 ball play.

I though they would go with Reed.    While he was middle of the pack at the Tour Championship (not the bottom ) after 4 weeks off which is not bad, so the recent health issue may not have been a big concern going forward.   His play his last 10 events has been middling, but not terrible either.

Scheffler has not exactly been killing it since the majors were done, but he has been quite solid in the majors.   Mediocre play in the playoffs -- his play has trended similar to Reed's post majors.

Simpson has been trending similar to the others since the end of the majors -- on average he has played slightly better than the other two since the US Open.

In the end I suspect the fact that the presence of Reed has been a distraction at 2018 RC and 2019 PC may have did him in.   2018 was not really Reed's fault, it was more on JT shunning him.  2019 he was a big part of the story because of a course violation the week prior.    Some of the lustre may be off on him in terms of international play.

It probably didn't help him that there was already drama because of BC/BK.   I am still surprised in the end that he did not get picked, because Scheffler did not really outplay him.
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