Steve Stricker was expected to lead the U.S. Ryder Cup team at Whistling Straits. Given his Wisconsin roots, his career revival and the respect he garners from around the golf world, he was long a lock to captain the American squad in 2020.
And then 2020 became 2021. Along the way, four captain’s picks turned into six, a 50-year-old won a major and two of the potential team’s biggest stars continued to turn up the heat on a simmering feud.
Eventually, Stricker will lead an American squad of 12 against a European team of the same size, Sept.