Do Ryder Cup captains really matter?
You’ve gotta believe you will do your bit to create a good atmosphere and prepare the guys. Crumbs, I’ve got 35 years experience as a pro and 20 years experience of majors and as a Ryder Cupper. You’ve gotta believe that if they need something right there and then, I can have a really good stab at helping them. 2. Twenty years ago a close defeat for GB&I felt like a victory. Is Team USA at that point now? Well, Zinger is trying to play that game that we are under pressure and they are not. He’s really trying to play up the underdog thing. But I just don’t see it like that. The Americans are under pressure to come and perform. It’s time to make it happen. 3. Hal Sutton’s decision to pair Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in 2004 was widely panned. Would you have paired them? I don’t know. I think the biggest mistake that Hal made was not putting them out together to practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, because the talk would have been unbelievable. There’s a psychology to doing tha
