Alex Noren ‘s 2025 season looked destined to end with another near miss. Despite his strong return from injury, the veteran Swede was overlooked when Luke Donald named his six captain’s picks for the European Ryder Cup team. For a man who had memorably holed the decisive putt against Bryson DeChambeau in 2018, the silence must have felt telling. But that’s when his phone rang.

Noren shares the exact moment when Donald called him on the Ryder Cup YouTube channel . “ It was a big shock. He [Luke Donald] broke the news. I was on the flight back to Sweden to see my family, and he was like, ‘Well, I didn’t actually call because of your game. I just wanted to see if you wanted to be vice captain.’ I was very, very happy to hear those words. ”

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