Bubba Watson is not getting the final captain’s pick. Davis Love already told us | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

Moments after Davis Love III announced his Ryder Cup captain’s picks Monday morning, in a well-managed press conference that seemed positively sober and tasteful relative to the embarrassing primetime debacle of 2014, one name was on everyone’s lips: Bubba Watson. Love’s conservative choices—J.B. Holmes, Rickie Fowler and Matt Kuchar—added the 10th, 11th, and 12th-place finishers in the Ryder Cup standings to the U.S. team, bringing a dose of relief to three players who had suffered near-misses. But the ninth-place finisher, and the seventh-ranked golfer in the world, was nowhere to be found. Speculation ran rampant—would he get the final pick in two weeks?

The argument I’d like to put forth is that no, he will not, and that we don’t have to speculate at all. For those who were really listening, Love already told us that Bubba is not part of his plans.

He didn’t say it in so many …