Golf Channel · Dec 6, 2016
Bjorn to captain European team in 2018
Ryder Cup teams, and now he will be the man to lead the European team in 2018.
Golf Channel insider Tim Rosaforte confirms that Bjorn will be named the captain on Tuesday. The story was first reported by Golf Digest. He has served as an assistant captain four times (2004, 2010, 2012, 2016) and played on winning teams in 1997, 2002 and 2014.
Bjorn won 15 times on the European Tour and compiled a 3-4-2 record in the Ryder Cup. He was an assistant captain on Darren Clarke's team in October that lost to the U.S. for the first time in eight years. It was the only time Bjorn had been part of a losing team either as a player or assistant captain.