Golf-Strange says Ryder Cup a standout - on many fronts (Reuters)

CHASKA, Minnesota, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Curtis Strange has played on five U.S. Ryder Cup teams and captained another, but the 61-year-old American says this week's 41st edition of the biennial matches at Hazeltine National stands out.

"It keeps getting bigger and better. This year, it's phenomenal. Look at all the people. I've never seen such a mass of humanity," Curtis Strange told Reuters with a chuckle during Saturday's fourballs.

"The grounds can handle it, the golf course can handle it. And the play has been out of this world, I think."

Crowds estimated at 50,000 have turned out for the match play competition that brings out the best in players and the partisan passions of their fans.

"That's…