Luke Donald leads Team Europe into battle once again this year, with the Englishman becoming the first back-to-back European captain since Bernard Gallacher in 1995.

Gallacher was skipper for the third consecutive time 30 years ago at Oak Hill so Donald going three-in-a-row shouldn't be completely written off, but it does seem unlikely.

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