The scale of pre-Ryder Cup buildup gets bigger with each contesting of the biennial showdown between the United States and Europe. Not that we’re complaining, as the increased exposure, and things like captain Davis Love III picking Ryan Moore as the final member of the U.S. squad during a primetime telecast of a football game are only good for the game of golf.
The aforementioned Mr. Love will lead his squad of 12 Americans against Darren Clarke’s European side at Robert Trent Jones-designed Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota for a three-day team competition showdown.
The Americans will have the bitter memory of the 2012 Meltdown at Medinah and a sound defeat at Gleneagles in 2014 firmly in the fore of their minds.