As it turns out, Fred Couples could be the guy asked to end the United States’ three-match Ryder Cup losing streak. Couples, according to Golf.com, has been contacted by the 11-person PGA of America Ryder Cup task force about the possibility of assuming the captaincy from Tom Watson, whose leadership and a five-point American loss […]
Woods on Ryder Cup task force: Hopefully, we only do this once
December 3, 2014 by
The path to future American Ryder Cup dominance starts getting paved next week, when the PGA of America-commissioned, 11-man Ryder Cup task force meets for the first time. Golf Channel reports the kickoff meeting was originally planned for this week at the Tiger Woods-hosted Hero World Challenge. Instead, it’ll begin with a conference call in the […]
Rickie Fowler defends Tom Watson, looking forward to task force
November 9, 2014 by
Rickie Fowler thinks 2014 Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson has been unfairly derided after his 12 charges were handily defeated at Gleneagles in October. “I thought Tom did a great job of talking to the guys,” Fowler said, according to The Telegraph. “He has been there plenty of times, and I enjoyed the time I […]
Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter mock Ryder Cup task force on Twitter
October 15, 2014 by
The idea of forming a committee to try to figure out how to win a biennial exhibition match seems kind of silly, so maybe that’s why European Ryder Cup stalwarts had no problem mocking PGA of America’s announcement of its Ryder Cup task force. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk and Rickie Fowler are among […]
Woods, Mickelson and Azinger likely members of Ryder Cup task force
October 8, 2014 by
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson made for terrible partners at the 2004 Ryder Cup. A decade later, the two appear poised to work together to fix a systemic problem. PGA of America president Ted Bishop has indicated multiple times in the last week there would be change coming to the entire U.S. approach to the […]
Teeing Off: Will the PGA Tour’s anchoring response force the USGA’s hand?
February 27, 2013 by
Welcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Shane Bacon and national columnist Jay Busbee take a day’s topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by hitting us on Twitter at@shanebacon and @jaybusbee. Today, it’s anchors aweigh! Busbee: So we had Match Play this weekend, and what should have been […]
