Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup captain's schedules are very alike, Davis Love III says it's no coincidence

Jim Furyk, Davis Love III, Fred Couples, and Steve Stricker were assistants to Jay Haas in 2015 President Cup Captain, when the Americans won by one point in Korea. Since that year, Love, Stricker and Furyk have captained the next three US Ryder Cup teams the other two being vice-captains while Capos was Stricker's vice-captain on Whistling Straits One of the captains. Ryder Cup fans can buy Ryder Cup 2023 Tickets from our website.

Davis Love III has captained the next three US Ryder Cup teams the other two being vice-captains
Davis Love III has captained the next three US Ryder Cup teams the other two being vice-captains

The next two Presidents Cup captains are Stricker and Tiger Woods, with Love taking over at Quail Hollow in 2022. Woods was also vice-captain at the 2016 Ryder Cup, and if he doesn't play and is injured, he will become vice-captain. Captain in 2018 and 2021. Meanwhile, Zach Johnson served as President Cup Assistant in 2019 and Ryder Cup vice-Captain in 2017 and 2019 after completing several events - he will be Italy's next Ryder Cup Captain in 2023, and one of Davis Love III's assistants this year.

“Starting with Raymond Floyd,” he described, taking us to the Ryder Cup task force's first winter meeting after the Gleneagles disaster in 2014. “All the way down to Rickie Fowler, It was a huge group, of young people, we had Tiger, Stricker, Tom Lehman, Phil, just on the list. We all sat there and said, 'We need to do something else."

Technically it was a Ryder Cup conference, but they started looking at things differently. Not the Ryder Cup or the Presidents Cup, it's just Team America, and Team America goes from game to game, maybe with different players, but with the same philosophy and in many cases the same leadership.

“One of the things Phil really pushes for is consistency and continuity from year to year,” Love said. "We can use an assistant captain for the President Cup, give him Ryder Cup experience and let him get the President Cup captain experience. We do that all year round."

Love thought Tiger should do it again, but Woods called him
Love thought Tiger should do it again, but Woods called him

Love pointed to Johnson as a prime example of the new system. In fact, he said it was "embarrassing" to choose who presided over which game and Johnson was initially seeded in Charlotte to captain this year's Presidents Cup. That changed when a spot "opened up" in Italy - likely Woods' crash disqualified him as successor.

Johnson was the obvious choice for the Ryder Cup, while Love moved to the Charlotte Presidents Cup. (During discussing the move, Love pointed out that Woods had actually given him the job. Love thought Tiger should do it again, but Woods called him and said, "Well, you're from Charlotte.) Captain, this is the right thing to do right now.")

This new system has advantages for captains themselves, in particular, that they are well prepared before being promoted to the top position. But there are also some smaller system benefits that are less obvious.

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