Thursday, September 25, 2008
Lyle & Scot

Now we’re over the disappointment of losing to the Yanks in the Ryder Cup, focus can now turn to 2010, and the Celtic Manor in Wales.

One big question on everyone’s mind is who will lead the team in pursuit of the recapture of the Samuel Ryder trophy. The bookies current favourite is Jose Maria Olazabal but he’s been heard saying he would rather compete in the next Ryder Cup, not captain it.

One man that is being touted is Sandy Lyle, one of Europe’s ‘Big Five’ in the 1980’s and who is yet to captain the team, and Monty is all for it. “It’d be a shame if it wasn’t Sandy. There’s no other outstanding candidate,” said the Scot.



"Why do they keep ignoring?"


Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer and Ian Woosnam have all captained the Ryder Cup team, leaving Lyle as the odd one out. Montgomerie said “Ian Woosnam did such a great job in Ireland and who’s to say he couldn’t do it again in his home country, but Sandy’s time is around now and he hasn’t done it before so you’d have to put him as favourite.

Other names in the running are; Ian Woosnam, Thomas Bjorn, and Paul McGinley.



9/25/2008 1:48:34 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 


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