Tuesday, November 13, 2012

DAVIS LOVE DOES NOT WANT TO BE 2014 RYDER CUP CAPTAIN AT GLENEAGLES

FROM THE GOLF CHANNEL.COM WEBSITE
The PGA of America has a new chief executive and a new president, and it might not be long before it picks a new Ryder Cup captain. 
Davis Love III has some insight on the selection, at least one aspect of it.
''I can guarantee you it won't be me,'' Love said after he finished his final round of the year at Disney.
Love's name surfaced not long after Europe's amazing rally at Medinah. The Americans have not had a captain serve more than once since Jack Nicklaus in 1987, and the last U.S. captain to do it twice in a row was Ben Hogan in 1947 and 1949.
Love said he hadn't been asked, and he wouldn't be interested. At least not for 2014 at Gleneagles.
''I love my team; I love the way they played, everything they did,'' he said. ''If I had another chance, the only thing I'd change is winning. 
"It would almost be wrong for the guys who played for me and played so hard and so well ... to try to make up for it. I don't think it would be good. Maybe down the road if they had a gap.''
Love doesn't understand why the PGA of America is hung up on a captain being in his late 40s, or having won a major. He has yet to figure out how winning a major translates into being a good captain. 
He said the players argued for Jay Haas immediately after the 2004 Ryder Cup. Love figures with the Champions Tour, television and news coverage, the older players still know what's going on.
David Toms, Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson appeared to be logical candidates for the next several years. After that?
''If there's a gap where they don't have anybody who fits, and they asked me to do it 10 years from now, I'd do it – maybe,'' Love said. ''Back to back? I don't think so.''

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