Monty will have three wild card selections

for 2010 Ryder Cup match at Celtic Manor

Colin Montgomerie wanted to boost the number of captain's picks from two to four for the 2010 Ryder Cup match at Celtic Manor. He has had to settle for three. Still that's one more than Nick Faldo and other past European captains had since 1995.
Only the top four players instead from a points list based on world rankings will be automatically selected. Previously the top five from a world points list and the leading five from what amounted to a European Tour money list were guaranteed places.
At skipper Paul Azinger's insistence, the United States revamped its system for the 2008 matches, allowing four captain’s picks. The Americans ended its longest losing streak by winning at Valhalla.

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The qualification process for Europe’s 2010 Ryder Cup Team has been announced following a meeting of the European Tour’s Tournament Players Committee.
After discussion with Europe’s 2010 captain, Colin Montgomerie, it was decided that the leading four players from the Ryder Cup world points list would be joined by the leading five players, not otherwise qualified (having selected the four players from the Ryder Cup world points list) from the Ryder Cup European points list in automatically qualifying for Europe’s 2010 Ryder Cup team at the end of the qualification period.
Those nine players will then be joined by three captain’s picks to make up the 12-man team to take on the United States over the Twenty Ten Course at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales, from October 1-3, 2010.