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U.NEW YORK —Brandt Snedeker had nothing more than big hopes and another strong
finish when he left the TPC Boston, expecting to wait deep into the night for a
phone call from Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III that would determine if he was
on the U.S. team. “I had no clue one way or another,” Snedeker said Tuesday.
“Got on the plane, got here to Indianapolis and got a voicemail from Davis just
asking if I brought my putter from Boston and if I wanted to be on the team. I
was just so excited. Couldnt hardly sleep last night. Just a huge, huge thing
for my career.” Snedeker was among four players whom Love selected to fill out
his 12-man Ryder Cup team. The captain also took a pair of veterans, Jim Furyk
and Steve Stricker, and Dustin Johnson, who showed the hottest hand over the
past two weeks and who Love said was “perfect for Medinah.” The Ryder Cup is
Sept. 28-30 at Medinah outside Chicago, which has hosted the PGA Championship
twice since 1999 and is known as a power golf course. Tiger Woods won two majors
there. More than power, however, Love emphasized putting. Stricker is regarded
as one of the best in the game, and Snedeker is not far behind, as he showed at
the British Open and during his charge up the leaderboard the past two weeks at
Bethpage Black and the TPC Boston. “Ive been saying a lot that we need hot
putters, and there really has not been a hotter putter on tour since the British
Open,” Love said, referring to Snedeker, one of four Ryder Cup rookies for the
U.S. There was just as much talk about who didnt make the team. Hunter Mahan,
whose two PGA Tour wins this year included the Match Play Championship when he
beat Rory McIlroy, was leading the Ryder Cup standings after the Masters and
still didnt qualify for the eight automatic spots. He had to rely on a pick
after he missed the cut in the PGA Championship, and then he missed the cut at
The Barclays and was in the middle of the pack at the Deutsche Bank
Championship. “The Ryder Cup has been a goal for every American player, and its
disappointing not to be a part of it,” Mahan said Tuesday from the BMW
Championship in Indiana. “Ive been part of the last five teams, so it hurts not
to be a part of it, and it feels a little empty right now. Its tough because Ive
still got two events to play, and they dont feel quite as important as I want
them to be right now.” Also left off was Rickie Fowler, who picked up his first
PGA Tour win this year at Quail Hollow and turned in the most dynamic American
performance at Wales two years ago when he won the last four holes to earn a
halve that kept alive the American chances. Love said all the players who didnt
make the team handled the news well. “It was tough to leave anybody off,” he
said. “This is probably the deepest, strongest year of earning points that I
have seen. There was a lot of guys that played a lot of really good golf, and
you can analyze the number up and down and back and forth. ... Theres four great
players that we picked that are all playing very well and bring a lot to the
team. And it was definitely a tough call for me.” Indeed, both teams are as
stacked as ever. The eight players who qualified three weeks ago for the U.S.
team are Woods, Jason Dufner, Masters champion Bubba Watson, U.S. Open champion
Webb Simpson, Keegan Bradley, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Phil Mickelson. They
have combined to win 12 times this year, including two majors and a World Gollf
Championship. Howie Long Jersey. Its a far cry from last
time, when none of the picks by Corey Pavin was playing particularly well. Never
before has the Ryder Cup featured so many of the best players. All 24 players
from both teams are among the top 36 in the world; the Ryder Cup will have 13 of
the top 15 players. “To have 24 players of the top 36 is mind-boggling,” Furyk
said. “As Davis said, really happy with our team. Its really strong, but we have
our hands full. Theres a strong team on the other side, and well have to play
them real tough.” Europe has won six of the past eight times, but only twice on
American soil in the past 20 years. If some of the picks were a surprise, Love
sounded as though this was the group he wanted all along. He had dropped strong
hints that Stricker and Furyk, who had qualified for the past 14 U.S. teams
(Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup) would be on his side. Turns out he was leaning
toward Snedeker and Johnson, too. “I laid it out early on what I thought we
needed, and we stuck with it,” Love said. “I need Jim Furyk. I need
Steve Stricker. All of the guys on the team will benefit from those guys being
in the team room, being in the locker room. And then you cant argue with the
golf that Brandt and Dustin have been playing.” Love said his idea for how the
team was coming together did not change much from Kiawah Island, the final
qualifying event. “Who we were thinking about didnt really change much,” he
said. “I think it just solidified with Brandt and Dustin, that they really
played well under the pressure. They just confirmed what we were thinking. They
held up under tough pressure. They played a lot of great golf since the PGA
Championship. I think we were just delaying the inevitable, waiting until the
last minute to study for the test. I think we were pretty close back at the
PGA.” Furyk is the only player on the U.S. team who has not won this year.
Snedeker and Johnson had a short season to qualify for the team. Snedeker had a
rib injury that forced him to miss five tournaments he typically plays,
including the U.S. Open. In his second event back, he tied the course record at
Royal Lytham & St. Annes with a 64 to take the 36-hole lead, and wound up
tied for third with Woods. After failing to make the team, Snedeker was
runner-up at Bethpage Black and sixth at the TPC Boston. “Needless to say, its
been a couple pressure-packed weeks for me but its all worth it,” Snedeker said.
“I look forward to getting to Medinah and trying to make Davis look like a
genius.” Johnson missed nearly three months in the spring, including the
Masters. Two weeks after he returned, he won the St. Jude Classic, extending his
streak of winning at least one PGA Tour event every season since leaving
college. Not since Woods has a player had a streak that long. Johnson tied for
third at The Barclays and tied for fourth with Mickelson last week at Boston. “I
thought I made my case pretty solid,” Johnson said. Europe completed its team
last week—McIlroy, Justin Rose, Graeme McDowell, Paul Lawrie, Francesco
Molinari, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Peter Hanson, Sergio Garcia and
Martin Kaymer. Jose Maria Olazabal used his two captains picks on Ian Poulter
and Nicolas Colsaerts. Europe will have only one rookie—Colsaerts, one of the
games longest hitters. “Theyre going to be tough, they are every year,” Love
said. “Ill tell you this, I love my team.” ’ ’ ’