Captain Stricker and a stricken Cotter
New US Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker on Wisconsin's fans and Whistling Straits
Andrew claims he has a bug - or rather 鈥減roper flu鈥, to give it its proper name 鈥 so he joins us from his sick bed to speak to the new US Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker. He will lead the Americans in his home state of Wisconsin in 2020 and says engendering a strong team spirit is vital to their success. Good news, then, that the 鈥榝ight鈥 between Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka in Paris was nothing more than fake news and that Patrick Reed is rebuilding relationships after breaking ranks at Le Golf National. There鈥檚 plenty of real news to go at, too - DJ looked untouchable in Mexico despite a late flurry of birdies from Rory McIlroy (a McFlurry, anyone?), Bryson DeChambeau loses his cool again and backstopping is back and it has to stop. Matt Kuchar is all paid up, JB Holmes is still achingly slow and the head of the R&A Martin Slumbers has his say on a shaky start for some of golf鈥檚 new rules. Also, have you ever seen calves like Phil Mickelson鈥檚? They are the bulls of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, to give them their proper name.
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