Justin Rose remains determined to play his way into Europe Ryder Cup team (8/15 favourites in the antepost betting) but is hopeful that his performance from two years ago will swing things in his favour if he has to rely on being one of captain Colin Montgomerie’s wildcard selections.

USA were comfortable 16.5-11.5 winners at Valhalla two years ago to end a three-event losing streak but are available at 15/8 to retain the trophy (9/1 the tie) when battle commences at Celtic Manor in October.

There is not long to go now before the team is confirmed on August 29 after the conclusion og the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, and some big names, including Rose, Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia, currently sit out of the automatic top nine in the standings.

Should Rose miss out on automatic selection, he remains hopeful that the strong partnership he formed with Ian Poulter two years ago will persuade Montgomerie to include him in the team as one of his picks.

“I think you’ve got to look at natural pairings, there is no doubt about it,” he said. “Me and Poults did really well together last time and we feel very comfortable playing together in both formats. I think we work well together, we read greens well together.

“But then you have also got the Molinari brothers who are both there and thereabouts – another great natural pairing I’d assume… then there’s GMac (Graeme McDowell) and (Rory) McIlroy, so the team shapes up really well from that perspective, assuming I can play my way on. Who knows? If it counts in my favour, then who knows?”

Rose, who has one twice on the PGA Tour in the last two months and lies fourth on the FedEx Cup points list, can propel himself up the Ryder Cup standings with a strong performance at the year’s final major, the US PGA Championship, which gets underway on August 12.

Rose is currently available at 33/1 in the ante post outright market, headed by the world’s top two players, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at 13/2 and 11/1 respectively.

Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy are both on offer at 16/1, ahead of Ernie Els at 25/1 and Harrington at 28/1.