The 2014 Winter Olympic Games were in one word: Triumphant
to us Canadians. We dominated in our
national pastime hockey, curling, skiing, figure skating and more. This doesn’t happen over night these athletes
are handpicked and groomed into champions.
The PGA of America is doing their own “grooming” when it comes to the
Ryder Cup failures that were seen this fall.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are among the 11 member Ryder Cup Task
force that was announced Tuesday to spear head these meetings. The co-chairs are PGA chief executive Pete
Bevacqua and Derek Sprague, next in line to be president of the PGA of America.
The goal of the task force is to examine all aspects of the
Ryder Cup, including selections of captains and players as well as how the week
of the competition would play out. "This
is a great step by the PGA to accomplish what we all want -- to win the Ryder
Cup," Woods said in a statement issued by the PGA. The past captains on the committee are Davis
Love III (2012), Tom Lehman (2006) and Raymond Floyd (1989). Mickelson and
Woods are joined by Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk and Rickie Fowler. The U.S. has lost six of the past seven Ryder
Cups, including a 16½-11½ defeat to Europe two weeks ago in Scotland. Nine-time Ryder Cup selection Lee Westwood,
who went 2-2 in his four matches at Gleneagles, took pride Tuesday in noting on
Twitter that the Europeans' victory forced the U.S. into this decision.
You know it and I know it the USA does not like to
lose. They didn’t take to kindle to
getting beat by us in Olympic Hockey back to back Olympics they don’t take
kindle to losing Ryder Cup after Ryder Cup.
So I say good for them for making changes and inventing a board of
members to make changes so they can see some success again. But the difference between the US and Europe
will always be Europe players are friends.
They travel, live and practice together all year round because it makes
more sense for them. The US players
are thrust into the limelight and expected to play with guys they hardly know
who they have been battling head to head all season.
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