Steve Stricker paid his dues to become a Ryder Cup captain, and it had nothing to do with winning a major. Stricker was appointed Ryder Cup captain on Wednesday, his seventh straight time taking part in the matches, this time in charge of an American team trying to win back the gold trophy in his home state of Wisconsin. “But it kept going further along, me putting in the time last year, the Presidents Cup a couple of years ago, and the PGA of America and Ryder Cup committees saying they wanted to move off from that.”All that matters now is bringing the Ryder Cup back to America. Tiger Woods, among three players on the Ryder Cup committee, said Stricker was a unanimous choice. Stricker wept after each of his 12 victories on the PGA Tour, so imagine being introduced in his home state as a Ryder Cup captain.

Source: National Post February 20, 2019 14:03 UTC