Shane Lowry has fallen out of the automatic spots to make the European Ryder Cup team and will now rely on a pick.

The Irish star had held the final automatic qualifying spot for next month’s showpiece tournament in New York, but with no Ryder Cup points at stake at this weekend’s TOUR Championship , Lowry has been overtaken by Rasmus Hojgaard.

A top-30 finish for Hojgaard at the British Masters would have been enough to snatch the sixth and final automatic spot.

And the Dane, who has finished 16th and 3rd in the last two British Masters events, secured a T13 finish to take the last guaranteed place on Luke Donald's team.

Lowry will be ruing disappointing results at both the St. Jude Championship and last week's BMW Championship leaving just 13.6 points between him and Hojgaard.

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