Team USA had already been under a cloud since an opening-day incident in which an Egyptian spectator had reportedly lost the sight of an eye after being struck by a loose tee-shot from Brooks Koepka. A seemingly Dis-United States team looked increasingly unmanageable, while the multi-national European team seems to bind and blend with remarkable ease.
Succession planning is said to be already underway, and one might suspect there could be a few more applications on European bosses’ desks than solicitations for what some contemporary PGA TOUR stars are beginning to see as something of a poisoned chalice.
Indeed, rumour already has it with Lee Westwood reportedly standing aside until Italy 2022 that Pádraig Harrington will be the 26th captain for the re-match as Whistling Straits in 2020.
Furyk then jumped into the Spieth/Reed debate, saying "Jordan and Patrick have been great in the past. Whether that’s a point of contention or not I felt we had two great pairings out of it.
“So, it was totally my decision and my call,” continued Furyk, few believing him, insisting, “'It just didn't work out for them this way, but I would like to put it down to our 12 players just playing really, really well.”
