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Stricker to be named Ryder Cup Captain

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Steve Stricker

The PGA of America has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday morning at Fiserv Forum to announce what has been assumed for some time now.

According to Gary D’Amato of Wisconsin.Golf, Madison’s Steve Stricker will be announced as the captain of the 2020 United States Ryder Cup team.

Stricker has served as a Ryder Cup assistant captain and will now lead the U.S. squad at Whistling Straits near Kohler from Sept. 25-27, 2020.

The Ryder Cup, held every other year, has never taken place on Wisconsin soil.

The 51-year-old Stricker has won 12 PGA Tour events, as well as three PGA Tour Champions events.  Stricker never won a major, but he did finish second at the PGA Championship in 1998 and has 13 top-10 finishes in majors.

Stricker is widely respected by his peers in the world of golf but will be the first U.S. captain without a major championship.

Europe has won four of the last five Ryder Cups, including last year’s event in France.

 

Stricker picked to assist with U.S. Ryder Cup team

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Steve Stricker

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk has appointed Madison’s Steve Stricker as a vice captain for this years team on Tuesday.  Tiger Woods was also appointed a vice captain.  Davis Love III was selected to assist Furyk earlier.

Stricker will be a vice captain in the third straight Ryder Cup tournament.  It comes after he served as team captain at last falls Presidents Cup.

The Ryder Cup matches are the last week of September outside of Paris.

 

 

Stricker to serve as assistant captain for upcoming Presidents Cup

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Steve Stricker

Steve Stricker

Madison’s Steve Stricker will serve as an assistant captain on the U.S. squad for the upcoming Presidents Cup Oct. 6-11 in South Korea.

Jay Haas is the captain for the U.S. team.  He had already picked Fred Couples and Davis Love III as assistant captains and has now added Stricker.

Stricker played on the U.S. team five times, compiling a 14-10-0 record.  He also played on the U.S. Ryder Cup team three times.  He was an assistant on  the 2014 Ryder Cup squad under Tom Watson and many believe Stricker could lead the U.S. team in 2020 when the Ryder Cup comes to Whistling Straits.

The U.S. Presidents Cup team will be finalized on September 7.

North joins Ryder Cup effort

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U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson has selected television analyst and two-time U.S.

Andy North

Andy North

Open champion Andy North of Madison as a vice captain for next year’s Ryder Cup matches.

North won the 1978 and 1985 U.S. Opens and played on the U.S. Ryder Cup team that lost to Europe in 1985.

The Ryder Cup will be held in September 2014 in Gleneagles, Scotland.  The Europeans have won seven of the last nine Ryder Cups, including the last two in a row.

Stricker goes winless at Medinah

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Madison’s Steve Stricker and his early round playing partner Tiger Woods

Steve Stricker

both went winless at the 39th Ryder Cup as the U.S. fell apart on the final day to lose the Cup 14 1/2 to 13 1/2.  The Americans started the day with a 10-6 advantage and blew the lead.

Stricker lost three times with Tiger Woods as his partner and then lost his singles match on Sunday to Germany’s Martin Kaymer 1-up.  The 45-year-old Stricker was one of U.S. Captain Davis Love III’s four at-large picks.

The only American points on Sunday came from Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson and Jason Duffner.

 

Stricker named to Ryder Cup squad

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U.S. Davis Cup team Davis Love III named Madison’s Steve Stricker to the U.S.

Steve Stricker

Ryder Cup team with one of his four captain’s picks today.

The 45-year-old Stricker will be playing in his third Ryder Cup.  He was a captain’s pick in 2008, when the U.S. won, and made the team on points in 2010, when the Americans lost.  Stricker is 3-3-1 in Ryder Cup competition.

Love also named Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker and Jim Furyk to the 12-man squad that will face Europe’s team in the biennial match play competition Sept. 28-30 at Medinah Country Club in suburban Chicago.

Stricker finished 10th in points, compiled over a tw0-year period.

 

Stricker should be on Ryder Cup team

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A 7th place finish for Madison’s Steve Stricker at the PGA Championship over the weekend.  That leaves Stricker out of the top 8 places for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

U.S. Captain Davis Love III will make the four final picks in three weeks but he made it clear that Steve Stricker would be one of those selections, to serve as Tiger Woods playing partner.