Let the speculation begin. Six Americans have qualified for the Ryder Cup. Now it falls to Zach Johnson to make six captain's picks.
. Using one of two picks on Thomas would have the appearance of strengthening the team. Making him one of six puts greater emphasis on who got left out and why.
“We forget the real reason we had picks in the first place,” said Curtis Strange, a former Ryder Cup captain, player and one-time captain’s pick. Azinger wanted four picks in 2008, much of that geared around his concept of a “pod” system in which each of three groups chose the pick . The four picks stayed for the next six Ryder Cup matches, except for 2014 when Tom Watson reduced the number of picks to three.
It likely would have worked out the same way with two picks, only it would have felt like players were competing for 10 spots and had earned it. No one wants a phone call. And players who are picks are always under more scrutiny.“Picks only complicate it,” he said in an interview with RTE in Ireland. “You want situations where you’ve got guys who qualify, then a limited number of picks to strengthen the team.
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