Well we didn’t need Julian Assange or any other subversive web-site to get the milquetoast news of a couple of quiet, warm dweebs battling it out as Captains at Medinah for the 2012 Ryder Cup.
Golf Channel reports that Davis Love III, one of the smarter guys out on tour, but also a remarkably stoic fellow, is the overwhelming favorite to be named U.S. Captain. In keeping with picking a middle-of-the-road journeyman pro who fell into a major or two, Love resembles Pavin, Curtis Strange, Dave Stockton, and Paul Azinger. No word on why they haven’t tapped Steve Jones, Andy North, or Lee Janzen. Just think…fifteen years form now, it’ll be Lucas Glover’s turn.
I just can’t see Love rallying the troops like Crenshaw, so that means look for plenty of celebrity chumps cluttering up the scene, including, God forbid, Barack Obama, Shaq-fu, or Devin Hester as we return to the other mistake by the Lake – Lake Kudijah, a.k.a. Lake Unpronounceable: Medinah, twice voted the most overrated course in America.
Meanwhile, Europe looks to quintessential Ryder Cup Yankee-killer Jose Maria Olazabal. Good choice. He was an assistant to Faldo in ’08 and Monty in ’10.
Well at least we won’t get the embarrassment of Lisa Pavin’s ubiquitous, superfluous presence, crappy rain gear, and four days of rain. That being said, the clubhouse at Medinah looks like – as Dan Jenkins wrote – “either a Shriner’s club or the architect put on a fez and hit every bar on Rush Street.” can’t we shoot this mangy old dog like Old Yeller and move to Chicago Golf Club instead?
