( CNN ) -- Captain Colin Montgomerie has picked Edoardo Molinari , Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington as wild cards to complete his European Ryder Cup team . Montgomerie 's decision means English duo Paul Casey and Justin Rose both miss out on a place , despite Rose winning twice on the PGA Tour this season and Casey sitting ninth in the world rankings . Molinari , a European Tour rookie , secured his inclusion with a sparkling victory at the Johnnie Walker Classic , where he birdied the final three holes to win by a shot . The Italian takes his place in the team alongside brother Francesco as Europe try to regain the trophy from America -- the first time brothers will have competed in the Ryder Cup . Swede Peter Hanson and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiminez both cemented their places in the team with their performances at the Gleneagles tournament . Harrington is included despite a disappointing year , though the Irishman did finish second at the Irish Open earlier this month and performed well in the opening three rounds of the Barclays tournament in New Jersey . Donald has had a solid year but boasts a strong Ryder Cup record . Those players join English trio Lee Westwood , Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher , Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell from Northern Ireland and Germany 's Martin Kaymer in the 12-strong team . Montgomerie also announced that Spain 's Sergio Garcia would be joining his team as a vice captain to work alongside existing trio Darren Clarke , Thomas Bjorn and Paul McGinley . Explaining his picks , Montgomerie told a press conference : `` Padraig Harrington has won three majors in the last three years . The stature of Padraig Harrington is such that we feel nobody in matchplay golf would want to play against him . He 's a great competitor . `` Luke Donald is someone who can compete in the foursomes and fourballs and not just the singles . He 's played seven times in the Ryder Cup and only lost once . `` And Edoardo Molinari , what can one say about his performance today ? In my time on the European Tour , over 24 years , I do n't think I 've seen a finish of that quality under that pressure by anyone , ever . All credit to him , having to win and doing just that . `` We [ the vice captains ] are all unanimous in our decision that we have the strongest possible team for Europe . I just want to think positively about the team that we have selected . I think the three picks are strong in every way . `` Since my day -- I was a Ryder Cup rookie in 1991 -- I do n't think any captain has had the difficulty I have had today picking three from a possible ten . '' American captain Corey Pavin announces his four wild card picks on September 7 before the Ryder Cup gets underway at Celtic Manor in Wales on October 1 .
Edoardo Molinari , Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington get wild card Ryder Cup picks . European captain Colin Montgomerie leaves out Justin Wilson and Paul Casey . Wilson wins the Johnnie Walker Trophy hours before the wild cards are finalized . Ryder Cup begins at Celtic Manor in Wales on October 1 .