Ryan Moore Becomes US Ryder Cup Captain Love’s Last Pick

“For some reason we keep individual records of players’ achievements in the Ryder Cup, but all that really matters is did the team win”, Rotella told the Press Association.

The continent’s finest golfers are set to do battle with an American team at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Minnesota from September 30 to October 2.

Phil Mickelson kept hearing the wrong tone of cheers coming from the 18th green, one after another, until he realized the singles match he was on the verge of winning would not prevent Europe from capturing the Ryder Cup. “I think our experience is really going to help us”. Each Ryder Cup is individual in its own rights, ” he said.

“What I can do is chat to the players and help prepare them the best way you can by passing on your experience”.

“I just think with all those rookies. when you lose (Ian) Poulter, it’s like tearing your heart out”, Miller said. Several reasons, perhaps. He hasn’t had the greatest year of his career and fell outside of the top eight in Ryder Cup points who earn an automatic berth.

“There’s a lot more input from players and assistant captains and building a platform for years to come”. There’s always a jockeying going on as to who’s favourite and who’s the underdog. Won the 2014 Turkish Airlines Open on the European Tour and added the 2015 US PGA Phoenix Open. “Love’s has not picked Bubba Watson, and I don’t know what that does for team spirit”.

“The Tour run a very tight ship”.

And all that time, Europe never had to create a task force.

Amid pictures that had to be hung in just the right places and written messages of rousing encouragement that had to have the ideal level of prominence, McGinley cast his net wide as his meticulous methods even embraced a shoal of tropical fish in the blue and yellow colours of the European flag.

“We’ve been very fortunate that it’s been a formula that seems to be very successful”.

Westwood’s European teams have won seven of the previous nine tournaments. Can Love in all good conscience not select Bubba Watson, a two-time Masters victor and the No. 7 player in the Official World Golf Rankings?

But despite putting the whole process under the microscope Love admits it is still far from ideal.

Combine that with his quirky personality – he was the “winner” in an infamous, anonymous poll past year asking PGA Tour players who they wouldn’t help in a fist fight – and even Watson started to realize his chances of making the team weren’t good. Chris Wood? Who knows?

“The whole goal is to give the players an opportunity to succeed as opposed to giving them challenges to overcome”, Mickelson said. Those things were very awkward.

Love hopes the players will take care of business for him on the course and is looking for his senior players to assume responsibility at key moments.

I have the sinking feeling Watson is going to get that call and be wearing a team uniform starting Friday morning.

US roster: Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Jimmy Walker, Rickie Fowler, J.B. Holmes, Matt Kuchar, x-TBD.

“We are heavy on leadership and heavy on passion”.

There are guys like Ryan Moore and Kevin Chappell, but now we’re starting to get down into players ranked in the 20s in the Ryder Cup point standings.