Have No Fear, the U.S. Ryder Cup Task Force Is Here

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Published: October 24, 2014

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The United States has lost eight of the past 10 Ryder Cup matches, including a 16 ½ - 11 ½ thrashing just last month at Gleneagles.

But have no fear.

The PGA of America recently announced that it has assembled a task force that includes the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Raymond Floyd, Steve Stricker and Rickie Fowler to try to figure out how to reverse this losing trend.

So, we can all rest easy.

After all, what better way to figure out how to make more birdies than by creating a task force?

While it is clear that the PGA of America needed to be seen as taking some form of action after yet another embarrassing Ryder Cup loss, the fact of the matter is that there is very little that can be accomplished with a task force.

Can this task force make the European Tour agree to change the format of the matches from stroke play to medal play?

Perhaps Mickelson can talk the European Tour into spotting the American side four points before the matches even begin.  

Maybe Rickie Fowler can come to some sort of arrangement with Rory McIlroy where the two agree not to attend another match throughout the remainder of their careers. After all, that would certainly be an equal loss for both teams.

Perhaps Woods can convince the European Tour to bring back a long-lost eligibility requirement from the 1930s and 1940s where all European team members (Great Britain team members at that time) not only had to be born on European soil, but they also had to reside in Europe and play the European Tour full time. That would certainly exclude 90 percent of the current European team from competing in the next Ryder Cup and give the Americans a legitimate chance at victory.

But all joking aside, the fact of the matter is that very little can or will be changed through the creation of this high-profile task force.

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