The United States will announce their new Ryder Cup captain today, breaking with tradition by revealing his identity on breakfast television.
The PGA of America said the captain would be introduced on NBC’s Today Show before attending a formal news conference near the top of New York City’s Empire State Building.
The new captain will take charge of the 12-man American team for the next Ryder Cup against Europe, at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2014, replacing Davis Love III.
The US lost the most recent Ryder Cup, held on the outskirts of Chicago in September, after blowing a four-point lead heading into the final day.
Europe equalled the biggest comeback ever with their surge in the Sunday singles matches to win 14½ to 13½ for their seventh Ryder Cup victory in the last nine editions of the biennial match play event.
“I’m going to tell you, we’re tired of losing,” PGA of America president Ted Bishop said yesterday, while praising the efforts of Love. “That’s the bottom line.”
The PGA has kept a close guard on the name of the new captain, although local media have speculated that Tom Watson and Larry Nelson were among the leading candidates for the job.
Watson, a winner of five British Open titles, captained the US team to their last victory on European soil, a 15-13 win at The Belfry. Nelson won the PGA Championship (1981 and 1987) and US Open (1983).
