By Joey Warren, contributing writer

Former ASU golfer, Oliver Wilson, secured a place on the European Ryder Cup team after tying for 10th place in the European Tour’s Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Golf Club in Perthshire, Scotland, on Aug. 31. Wilson becomes the second ASU golfer to play in the prestigious biannual tournament that pits European players against American golfers. The 37th Ryder Cup Matches will be staged Sept. 19-21 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.

Wilson, the only three-time All-American in the history of the Jaguar men’s golf program, enjoyed his best season professionally in 2008. He moved inside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings earlier in the year and currently ranks eighth on the European Tour’s Order of Merit and 51st in the world rankings.

In 23 events in 2008, Wilson has posted 11 top-25 finishes, 10 top 20s, and seven top 10s, including four runner-up efforts.

With Wilson’s qualification, Augusta State is one of five U.S. men’s collegiate golf programs to be represented in each of the last two Ryder Cups (Stanford–Tiger Woods; Arizona State–Phil Mickelson and Paul Casey; Arizona-Jim Furyk; and Georgia Tech–Stewart Cink).

Augustan, Vaughn Taylor, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour and an All-American as a senior at ASU in 1998, was a member of the 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team that Europe defeated 18.5 to 9.5 at the K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.

The Ryder Cup will mark the sixth time Wilson has represented his homeland in international competition. As a collegian, Wilson was a member of the Great Britain & Ireland Palmer Cup teams in 2001, 2002, and 2003 and played a key role in clinching the 2003 Walker Cup for Europe at Ganton Golf Club. As a professional in 2007, Wilson was a part of the winning GB&I squad that defeated continental Europe in the Seve Trophy.

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