Donald wants defence 'to be even better than in Rome'

European captain Luke Donald insists the defence of their Ryder Cup will not be “rinse and repeat” despite his team featuring an unprecedented 11 members of the victory from two years ago.

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There were no real surprises in his selections which brought together all but one of the players who triumphed in Rome 16.5-11.5 and even the odd man out, Rasmus Hojgaard, is a familiar face as he replaced his twin Nicolai as the final member of the team.

Retaining 11 of the previous team is a record for the Ryder Cup, beating the 10 by Great Britain and Ireland in 1973, and while that continuity will be a benefit Donald knows a Ryder Cup on foreign soil presents a different prospect-particularly somewhere as hostile as Bethpage in New York.