Grinding out a ninth consecutive Presidents Cup victory on Sunday might be a launching pad for United States golfers to realize one thing they have not managed since 1993 – a Ryder Cup victory on overseas soil.
(Back L-R) Assistant Captain Steve Stricker, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Assistant Captain Fred Couples, Cameron Young, Captain Davis Love III, Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Billy Horschel, (Front L-R) Xander Schauffele, Assistant Captain Zach Johnson, Assistant Captain Kevin Kisner, Sam Burns and Assistant Captain Webb Simpson of the United States Team pose with the Presidents Cup in the course of the closing ceremony after defeating the International Team throughout Sunday singles matches on day 4 of the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Country Club on 25 September 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Picture: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images/AFP
CHARLOTTE – Grinding out a ninth consecutive Presidents Cup victory on Sunday might be a launching pad for United States golfers to realize one thing they have not managed since 1993 – a Ryder Cup victory on overseas soil.
Many of those that defeated a non-European Internationals squad 17.5-12.5 at Quail Hollow determine to play for the Americans in opposition to Europe subsequent yr in Rome.
Jordan Spieth, who went 5-0 to steer the US Presidents Cup squad, mentioned his road-win confidence stays as excessive because it was after the Americans routed Europe 19-9 final yr at Whistling Straits – the most important Ryder Cup blowout since 1967.
“The same as it was the Sunday a year ago, if not more,” Spieth mentioned. “It’s a tall task to ask, going over there. I’ve played in a couple of away games now, and they’re very different.
“But I’d take this crew over there in opposition to anyone on the earth.”
Since a US golf task force was formed after a 2014 Ryder Cup loss at Gleneagles, the Americans are 6-1 in Ryder and Presidents Cups. The lone defeat came at the 2018 Ryder Cup in France.
“Going over there on the street and profitable could be extremely particular subsequent yr and I actually hope I’m part of the crew,” Spieth said.
“I’m very assured in our capability to go over there and win. Nobody right here has any scar tissue. Everybody on this (crew) would very a lot embrace what that appears like subsequent yr.”
When it comes to US squads going forward, Max Homa is confident after a 4-0 showing this week after a PGA victory last week. At 31, he could be around for a while.
“I like our probabilities,” Homa said. “I’m one of many older guys on this crew, which is loopy. But there is a ton of nice Americans proper now, some not even right here.
“So I think America’s going to be in a pretty good place for a little while.”
Spieth mentioned every participant’s consideration to element getting ready for matches and crew room camaraderie have constructed robust crew bonds amongst US gamers.
“What was so cool, which has been very consistent in the previous few Cups that I’ve been involved in, is everyone’s really good at what they do,” he mentioned. “Stay to your routine, do what you normally do to prepare for the biggest tournaments. Nobody took anything lightly.”
Zach Johnson, subsequent yr’s US Ryder Cup captain, was an assistant beneath US Presidents Cup captain Davis Love, desperate to be taught issues that may assist him subsequent yr.
Seven gamers from final yr’s Ryder Cup crew lifted the Presidents Cup on Sunday.
“They’re unbelievably prepared and unbelievably confident,” Love mentioned of his gamers. “I think that’s what we saw last year at the Ryder Cup.”
Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka have been ineligible, having jumped from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series.
But the Americans nonetheless had 10 of the world’s 16 top-ranked gamers for the Presidents Cup and that was with eighth-ranked Will Zalatoris sidelined as a consequence of a again damage.