Bjorn’s reappointment was confirmed by Donald on Tuesday and comes after Italian Edoardo Molinari was additionally re-engaged forward of the competition in New York.
Donald hopes the continuity will serve Europe effectively as they bid to win in the USA for the primary time since 2012.
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Donald mentioned: “I’m very excited to have Thomas again on the workforce. As soon as I used to be appointed as captain once more, my ideas shortly went to who I needed to have within the backroom employees – and Thomas definitely was a kind of.
“He means quite a bit to me. He’s handed on his information and I’ve had an awesome relationship with him over the previous couple of years.
“That is an away Ryder Cup, so the sooner we are able to begin planning, the higher.”
It is going to be the sixth time Bjorn has taken on a vice-captaincy and his tenth involvement in a Ryder Cup total having additionally represented Europe thrice as a participant.
The 53-year-old mentioned: “It was a pure development from final time.
“We had a incredible atmosphere in Rome. Luke did an incredible job. He was a incredible chief, not simply of 12 gamers, however of the entire Ryder Cup Europe workforce that labored so exhausting behind the scenes.
“It was wonderful for me to be a part of that as a result of I knew how all of these issues labored from Paris. To see how he added just a few additional issues in Rome and made it even higher was wonderful and I used to be very pleased with him. He was distinctive.”