The U.S. Ryder Cup roster continues to be very a lot up within the air. The U.S. Ryder Cup management, although?

That has been finalized.

On Monday afternoon, U.S. captain Zach Johnson named his ultimate assistant captain for the U.S. aspect — the final of 5 “vice captains” who will help him when the biennial occasion travels to Rome subsequent month. And the choice?

Stewart Cink.

On Monday, Johnson introduced that Cink, a five-time Ryder Cupper (with one Cup victory) and eight-time PGA Tour winner, could be his fifth and ultimate assistant.

Johnson has been teasing the ultimate spot on his Ryder Cup captain’s roster for a while now — leaving some to take a position he was leaving open the potential for a well-liked U.S. participant like Tiger Woods or Justin Thomas getting an assistant nod.

“I’ve another left in my pocket,” Johnson instructed Golfweek coyly in July when requested explicitly concerning the vice captaincy.

Because it turned out, although, Johnson adopted the same blueprint to his different 4 assistant captain’s picks, selecting a determine from his “enjoying prime” with Ryder Cup expertise. The 4 different assistants are ’21 Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk and Fred {Couples}.

Cink joins an American aspect grappling with one in all its most troublesome roster selections to this point. A crowded image was made murkier by the foremost championship victories of each Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark, who look prone to safe computerized berths on the U.S. roster. A number of American Ryder Cup “favorites” — Thomas and Tony Finau amongst them — now enter the ultimate weeks earlier than roster choice combating for his or her slots on the group.

The hopefuls may have till the conclusion of the BMW Championship on Aug. 20 to safe an computerized bid on the U.S. group. If a slot isn’t earned by then, they’ll have till after the conclusion of the Tour Championship, on Sept. 3, to make their case to U.S. Ryder Cup management that they deserve one in all six “captain’s picks” on the group.

Cink sports activities an all-time particular person file of 5-7-7 on the Cup, and a group file of 1-4. This 12 months’s occasion will likely be his first as an assistant captain.

The Ryder Cup will likely be performed at Marco Simone Golf and Nation Membership in Rome, Italy from Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

James Colgan

Golf.com Editor

James Colgan is a information and options editor at GOLF, writing tales for the web site and journal. He manages the Sizzling Mic, GOLF’s media vertical, and makes use of his on-camera expertise throughout the model’s platforms. Previous to becoming a member of GOLF, James graduated from Syracuse College, throughout which period he was a caddie scholarship recipient (and astute looper) on Lengthy Island, the place he’s from. He will be reached at james.colgan@golf.com.