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WENTWORTH, England -- European captain?Darren Clarke has named?Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Thomas Pieters as his picks for next months Ryder Cup.Clarke, who will lead Europe into the defence of the title at Hazeltine from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, made the announcement at the European Tours headquarters at Wentworth on Tuesday.The trio will join automatic qualifiers Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose,?Rafael Cabrera Bello, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Andy Sullivan, Danny Willett and Chris Wood in the team.There is no place in the team for Scotlands world No. 20 Russell Knox, who finished 10th in qualifying, just 0.04 points ahead of Pieters.With rookies filling five of the nine automatic qualifying places -- albeit one of them being Masters champion Willett -- Clarke had made no secret of the fact that he wanted to balance the team with experienced players.Westwood and Kaymer had long been favourites to be selected and finished 13th and 14th on the world points list respectively, with Westwood securing a 10th consecutive appearance in the event. Clarke revealed hes been losing sleep over the decision to choose Pieters or Knox -- but it was the Belgians incredible win at last weeks Made in Denmark tournament, where he opened with a 62 on Thursday before birdying the final three holes on Sunday to earn his third European Tour in three months. Knox, meanwhile, is left kicking himself for not taking up European Tour membership before his WGC-HSBC Champions win in November.Lee and Martin were two pretty obvious choices but the last one was very difficult, Clarke told reporters at Wentworth. Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald, in terms of experience, could have been in the three, but those two havent quite been on top of their own games.So then it came down to the choice between Russell Knox and Thomas Pieters and it was an incredibly difficult decision. I havent slept a lot.Having to phone Russell yesterday and give him the information was probably one of the toughest phone calls Ive ever had to make. Russell has played unbelievably well over the qualification period.Some people would say he deserves a position on the team but I took a look at it and put them side by side... Ive always been a big Thomas Pieters fan from when I first witnessed how he hits the golf ball.To win that tournament in the manner that he did [with birdies on the last three holes] impressed me and I found it impossible to leave him off the team.He didnt hole anything [for the 62]. Usually somebody shoots a really low number, they hole a couple of 30-footers or they chip-in. But he made the game look ridiculously easy. He has the talent to go all the way to the top in the world in my belief.Clarke insisted Westwood had not been selected because of the pairs longstanding friendship, adding: I selected him because he brings something that no one else can bring to the Ryder Cup. This is his 10th one. There is nobody that has that amount of experience on the team.He will be somewhat like the general amongst the team. Anything he says, everybody sits up and listens. Thats what makes Europe the team that we are, because theres always guys that want to learn and want to get better, and you cant have a better guy from a playing point of view than Lee Westwood in that team room.The selection of Pieters means the European team features six rookies for the first time since 2010 and the most in America since there were seven at Brookline in 1999.Its going to be a monumental task but Ive got full confidence in the team were going to take, Clarke added. Its a team thats going to go there and do everything we possibly can to bring that trophy back home again.Press Association Sport contributed to this report. Cheap Falcons Jerseys Authentic .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. 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