Do you run Stricker right back in 2 years in Rome?

[getitdaily]

Would I? Yes

 

Will he? No

[JaNelson38]

10 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

The answer has been known for a few years. There is a process in place. Stricker said so and said he won’t, and he won’t. Look at the Vice Captains and you are looking at future Captains.  

 

Yep, this is probably true.

 

Im sure Strick would actually like to play some golf too.  He's never really been able to fully commit to a schedule on the Champions Tour for almost 3 years now.

[bladehunter]

11 hours ago, Mustard_Tiger said:

No. I like Steve Stricker too much to have things go bad in Italy and have him take the blame. Go out on top!

Agree here. I’m fine with running him out.  But you run the enormous risk of having him take the blame if the impending hype machine fails.    The pressure on the next one will be x 100 of this one.  They’re now expected to win big. It won’t be this easy next time.  The Europeans will come back with some youth.  

[Naptime]

No doubt he will be an advisor in some capacity, but why would he want to go through all the second guessing by WRXers again?  I'm sure he started each day deeply reading moronic posts about how he was doing it all wrong.  🤣

[dlygrisse]

Zach

Phil

Tiger

 

[cardoustie]

I see it the same

 

ZJ

Phil

TW

 

100 percent has to be Phil at BP in NY 

[MK7Golf21]

doesnt really matter much who the captain is, Davis Love III was captain twice and he is the most boring person alive.

[3whacker]

5 hours ago, Mustard_Tiger said:

 

 

Why?

since Stricker is now the new benchmark on RC Captain selection...lets take a look at Kuchar's RC resume

 

# of Ryder Cup team- Four

Four Ball record 3-2-2

Foursome- 2-2-0

Singles - 1-3-0

 

major championships won - ZERO

PGA Championship- Zero Top 5 finishes

 

Number of times selected as Vice Captain- ?

 

[Ferguson]

2 hours ago, BlackDiamondPar5 said:

I don't often make predictions however I will make this one.  Zero chance Captain Stricker is Captain again in 2023. Zero... he said he won't do it and it doesn't work that way either.  A US Captain hasn't repeated consecutively since the 1940's. 

 

 

Not according to the annals of WRX.  This marks your 64th prediction.   Your 53rd prediction was spot on.   

You predicted Greg Norman would get 7 figures for his Renoir and he did.  Well done. 

 

 

 

[MK7Golf21]

I was wondering how much the captains get paid, also the players? The event generates so much money off these guys.

[Naptime]

10 minutes ago, Redjeep83 said:

I was wondering how much the captains get paid, also the players? The event generates so much money off these guys.

 

Zippo.  They get to designate a gift to a charity.  TW and Phil raised a furor a decade ago about the players getting stiffed while the RC rakes in multi-millions of $$$.

[lazyjc4]

Johnson seems to be the likely candidate for Rome.  I'd imagine the PGA wants Phil and Tiger to captain home matches, so the '27 match is anyone's guess.  Freddie has either insulted, or poured sugar into the gas tank of every member of the PGA of America (apparently), so he has no shot. 

[bigeasy]

6 hours ago, elwhippy said:

I think Zach is the man. Great player, interviews well, knows all the players. Couples has no chance. Far too old and too easy going. 

Doesnt get too much easier than Stricker except Fred, Fred is going to be a captain if he wants it.

[JaNelson38]

43 minutes ago, 3whacker said:

since Stricker is now the new benchmark on RC Captain selection...lets take a look at Kuchar's RC resume

 

# of Ryder Cup team- Four

Four Ball record 3-2-2

Foursome- 2-2-0

Singles - 1-3-0

 

major championships won - ZERO

PGA Championship- Zero Top 5 finishes

 

Number of times selected as Vice Captain- ?

 

 

I think respect towards the captain goes a long way towards RC captain selection moving forward.  To a man, everyone in that room likes and respects Stricker, no major not withstanding....which was why he was selected.  At age 53/54, if he had played a full PGA Tour schedule this past season instead of bouncing around between the PGA Tour, the Champions Tour, and his RC responsibilities, he would have almost certainly made the FedEx playoffs.  He almost beat Koepka and Xander at Phoenix earlier this year in a stroke play event (which was one of the strongest fields of the season last year), and if Brooks doesnt chip that one in at 17, he might have well won that thing.  The 'legitimacy', for lack of a better word, goes a long way in the team room when the guys on the team know that the captain could probably tee it up and beat some of them.  

 

Its not clear how ZJ, who I assume will now captain the team in Rome, is felt amongst his peers.  But Stricker certainly laid the framework moving forward for this group of guys who will make up the centerpiece of the US RC teams for the next decade.  Hopefully ZJ, Phil, and Tiger have all taken notes.

[2011l6]

I hope no Tiger or Phil… ruin chemistry.  Proof of last 20 some yrs… again please no Phil or Tiger.

I like ZJ but too big of responsibility for him to take.  He is perfect as of a vice captain.  I vote for Strick to retake the captaincy.

[dlygrisse]

I've changed my mind, Ted Lasso should be named the permanent head coach.  

[pccasstpro]

If the PGA of America is smart , which is sometimes questionable, they need to keep the fan engagement going !

 

No offense to Steve Stricker , but his news conferences where like watching the rough grow at Whistling Straits! Some of the interactions seemed forced, the tee shirt cannon thing on the first tee for example.  I think he has a 0% chance of back to back Captainships, get one for your resume and out the door and a wave to the crowd. 

 

As far as the obvious choices in the pipeline would be Fred Couples , and you would be crazy not to have Phil at Bethpage! 

[2011l6]

Players play Ryder Cup, not people.  Popularity don’t win Ryder Cup.

Are players actually wanted to play for Phil or Tiger?  IMO highly doubt it. 

We need someone else ….but cannot think of any.

[TwistedSister]

14 hours ago, cardoustie said:

Like Zinger, take the win and ruuuuuun.   There’s no upside for going for 2 … and a load of work

and what did Zinger do with his kudos.  Just listen to him weekly.  He is squandering all of it!

[jdl]

8 hours ago, Mustard_Tiger said:

 

 

Why?

Too many other better options. 

[ducky50]

I'm not in favor of Zach but the PGA has a tendency to screw things up when it comes to the Ryder Cup hence Davis Love getting two opportunities.   If Stricker wants to do it I would say go for it.

[mat562]

12 hours ago, MattyO1984 said:

If it turns out to be Zach Johnson next time around, please God don’t let him heat corn out of the Ryder Cup. 

 It's even money on the corn, but the bookies aren't offering odds on God being a part of it all.

[MattyO1984]

54 minutes ago, mat562 said:

 It's even money on the corn, but the bookies aren't offering odds on God being a part of it all.

Tiger will be back? This is great news!!

[00steven]

The only right answer is Fred Couples. They need to get over their issues with him and make it happen. Phil, Johnson, Tiger next.

[Tpfol]

Couples would be the oldest 1st time US Captain ever if he was to get the shot in Rome, just shy of his 64th birthday. Would players who are all more than half his age even respond to him?

[Naptime]

Freddie is 61.  Harris, Tony, Brooks and Dustin are more than half his age now, and the gap will actually close as time passes.

[Loki]

8 hours ago, Naptime said:

Freddie is 61.  Harris, Tony, Brooks and Dustin are more than half his age now, and the gap will actually close as time passes.

Harris, Tony, Brooks and Dustin are going to age faster than Freddie or Freddie is going to get older slower? 😉

[Naptime]

40 minutes ago, Loki said:

Harris, Tony, Brooks and Dustin are going to age faster than Freddie or Freddie is going to get older slower? 😉

 

31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40

61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70

 

31/61 = 0.503. 

40/70 = 0.573

 

A 30 year gap becomes a smaller relative difference over time.

 

If you are 30 and you marry an 18 year old, her older brothers may beat you up.

If you are 70 and she is 58, her brothers will probably buy you a drink.

[Loki]

28 minutes ago, Naptime said:

 

31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40

61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70

 

31/61 = 0.503. 

40/70 = 0.573

 

A 30 year gap becomes a smaller relative difference over time.

 

If you are 30 and you marry an 18 year old, her older brothers may beat you up.

If you are 70 and she is 58, her brothers will probably buy you a drink.

Oohhh, it's all relative.  ???

 

She's STILL 12 years younger than you. Relativity really doesn't make a difference. The cultural differences are still there.

 

 

[iBanesto]

Zach Johnson and Tiger Woods in Italy.