jim furyk was the ryder cup captain this year.
jim furyk was the ryder cup captain this year.
who is the ryder cup captain this year?
jim furyk
following the european victory in the 2014 ryder cup, the pga of america created a "ryder cup task force". the task force consisted of three pga officials and eight players with ryder cup experience. there were three previous ryder cup captains: raymond floyd, tom lehman and davis love iii together with rickie fowler, jim furyk, phil mickelson, steve stricker and tiger woods. the task force considered a number of issues including the selection of the ryder cup captain and vice-captains and the team selection process.
2016 ryder cup
in the 2012 ryder cup, mcginley served as one of the vice-captains to european ryder cup captain josé maría olazábal. mcginley previously acted in this capacity for colin montgomerie at the 2010 ryder cup.









































on 15 january 2013, he was named the europe team captain for the 2014 ryder cup. – the first irishman in that role. his team went on to beat the usa.
paul mcginley