To say they wasted no time would be an understatement: Ryder Cup Europe executives removed Henrik Stenson as their captain for next year’s event even before he was announced as a new LIV Golf recruit.
Henrik Stenson confirmed in a statement that he is defecting to LIV Golf following Wednesday’s announcement that he had been stripped of his European Ryder Cup captaincy, while claiming he made efforts to keep the honorary role.
The US has not won a Ryder Cup on European soil since 1993, and Johnson himself has never been to Italy, but already there was a sense that he embraced the challenge of undoing 30 years of history.
Stenson’s name has been often mentioned in possible connection with two things: the Saudi Super League that may or may not be launching, and the 2023 European Ryder Cup captaincy.
There are a multitude of theories emerging as to why just about everything went so disastrously wrong (on the course at least) for the European side in Wisconsin.
The Americans embarrassed the Europeans and took great joy in doing so. There is so, so much to discuss, so here are 18 parting thoughts from Whistling Straits.
Shots have been fired. Daggers have been thrown. Words have been exchanged. The Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka saga, prior to Ryder Cup week, had reached a point where we all had to ask ourselves a simple question – was it ever going to end?
Australian Golf Digest
