A lot of people figured Fred Couples would be the 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain.
Several players on the losing 2014 Ryder Cup team asked him to take on the task. Multiple players on the 11-person PGA of America Ryder Cup task force implored him to lead. Couples, who led the U.S. to three consecutive Presidents Cup wins in his tenure as captain, said he wanted the job.
PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua told Couples in December that there would be more conversation and the decision, perhaps already made at that point, wouldn't be made for some time. Well, here we are: Davis Love III is going to be once again be captain and Couples has been shunned.
Couples is happy for his friend.
“I was in Chicago with Davis, he did a phenomenal job,” Couples said Wednesday, according to Golf Channel. Couples was an assistant captain for Love in 2012 at Medinah, where Love's charges surrendered a four-point, final-day lead in record-tying fashion to lose for the second consecutive time in the biennial matches.
He added, “In maybe a couple of years down the line, I’ll have another shot at it. I’m not bitter or upset or anything like that, because in my opinion they picked a great guy."
However, the 1992 Masters champion indicated that were Love, his good friend, not given a crack at redemption, he would have not reacted as cordially to the news.
“And to be honest with you, I will tell you that if it was maybe not Davis, I might have a different attitude toward this, but he’s been my friend for 30 years and I’m very happy for him," Couples said.
Couples acknowledged back in November he didn't consider himself a "PGA of America guy," meaning he didn't fit the archetype of a U.S. Ryder Cup captain. He also questioned the necessity of the task force. It's an open and obvious question to wonder if those public statements didn't cost Couples this opportunity.
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