Yes indeed,, !!!

Very good points FG, Faldo might not even get the offer.

Well, we will know Thursday as the PGA is set to announce the next Captain. Zinger has said it is not going to be him. All hints point toward Cory Pavin.

This could get interesting,, !!!!!!

Paul Azinger will not return as U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup after leading the Americans to their only victory this decade. The PGA of America will announce the new captain on Thursday, with all indications that it will be Corey Pavin. "It ain't gonna be me," Azinger told The Associated Press on Monday. "I am not the captain." American players lobbied for Azinger to return as captain in 2010 when the Ryder Cup is played in Wales, and the former PGA champion was said to be considering it. Azinger was coy last week at the Father-Son Championship when asked whether he would like to return. Jack Nicklaus in 1983 was the last American to be captain more than once, and the Americans have not had a captain repeat since Ben Hogan in 1949. Instead, Azinger deferred to the PGA of America. "I don't want to jump the gun and try to get the message out ahead of when they want the message out," Azinger said Thursday. PGA officials plan to introduce the next captain Thursday in New York. PGA spokesman Julius Mason declined comment.

AP Sources: Pavin to be named next Ryder Cup captain - 12/10/2008
By Associated Press

Corey Pavin has been selected as the next U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup, leading the team 15 years after last competing in the matches, two officials with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press.

Pavin, who will be introduced as captain Thursday morning in New York, will be responsible for bringing the Americans consecutive victories in the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1993.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Pavin’s selection has not been announced.

The PGA of America elected not to give Paul Azinger the captaincy for the second straight time after the Americans, without Tiger Woods, ended a decade of losing to Europe with a 16 1/2 -11 1/2 victory at Valhalla.

The 2010 Ryder Cup will be played at Celtic Manor in Wales. The Americans have not won in Europe since The Belfry in 1993.

Pavin won 15 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1995 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, during a career in which his grit, ball control and short game made up for his lack of power off the tee.

He went 8-5-0 in his three Ryder Cup appearances, two of them on winning teams, but has not played since 1995 at Oak Hill. He was an assistant to Tom Lehman in 2006 in Ireland, where Europe won by a record margin for the second straight time.

“It makes sense to choose Corey, with his history and everything in the event,” Justin Leonard said. “I think he’ll do a great job. As a team, we learned a lot this year that we’ll be able to apply to the Presidents Cup next year and the Ryder Cup in ‘10.”

Only one other U.S. captain has been selected after such a long gap since playing – Dave Marr in 1981, after last playing in 1965.

The Americans have not had a captain in consecutive Ryder Cups since Ben Hogan in the 1947 and 1949. U.S. players lobbied for Azinger to return the night of their victory at Valhalla, and only recently has he said he might be interested.

It was Azinger who persuaded the PGA to modernize its qualifying process by basing the points strictly off money, emphasizing performance the year of the matches, and doubling his captain’s picks to four.

“I would have liked the opportunity to do it again,” Azinger said when contacted Wednesday. “But I support their decision to move on.”

Pavin likely will face more scrutiny than any other captain since Lanny Wadkins in 1995, when the Americans were coming off consecutive victories. The only other U.S. captain since who tried to defend the cup was Curtis Strange in 2002, but the emphasis that year was on restoring civility to the matches and the one-year postponement brought on by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

PGA of America chief executive Joe Steranka seemed cool to the idea of a repeat captain, saying there were more candidates than Ryder Cups to go around.

Even so, Pavin appeared to be the only logical choice from the PGA model – a major champion in his late 40s with Ryder Cup experience. Davis Love III, a lock to be captain one year, said in September he still felt he could make the team as a player.

Leonard thought Azinger was at least half-interested in returning, but was not surprised by the decision.

“The PGA of America kind of views those Ryder Cup captaincies as a real career achievement,” he said. “When you’ve played as many Ryder Cups as guys like Zinger and Corey and you see how important it is to those guys, it’s natural for them to want to be captain. And the PGA of America realizes that.

“They want what’s best for the event,” he said. “At the same time, they want to spread that around.”

The 49-year-old Pavin last won in 2006 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee and thought he might make the Ryder Cup team. Instead, he served as one of the assistants for Tom Lehman as the Americans lost all five sessions for the first time in an 18 1/2 -9 1/2 European victory.

His best performance in the Ryder Cup was his last one, when he went 4-1 in 1995 at Oak Hill. His signature moment came in a fourballs match Saturday afternoon, when he chipped in for birdie on the 18th hole to team with Loren Roberts for a 1-up victory over Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer, giving the Americans a 9-7 lead going into the final day.

Pavin was among only four Americans to win singles matches, however, and Europe rallied for a victory to start a stretch in which it won five of the next six Ryder Cups.

We will know tomorrow

Well,,,, we have "The Bull Dog" !!!! I wish him and the team who makes it the best !!!!

Sergio Garcia reveals why Europe lost the Ryder Cup
By Neil Mcleman 30/12/2008

Sergio Garcia has finally revealed the reason for Europe's thrashing at the Ryder Cup this year - a small dressing room with only two showers!

And the world No.2 admitted his cold relationship with double Open champion Padraig Harrington means they should never play together against the Americans.

The 28-year-old Spaniard failed to win any of his four matches in Valhalla as Paul Azinger's team were victorious for the first time since 1999.

"The US team played their cards well," he said. "They knew where the pins were going to be and the tees and we didn't. The locker-room we had was really, really small and uncomfortable. I wish it had been even half the size of theirs. We had two showers, one next to a toilet.

"At the opening ceremony they played my anthem twice, once when the Spanish flag was raised and once when the Swedish flag was raised."

Garcia claimed captain Nick Faldo's speech at the opening ceremony had been "too long" and said Europe had needed more than one vice-captain.

But he added: "The defeat was not Faldo's fault. Nick Faldo was not the best captain we have ever had, but I don't think he was the worst."

And he also acknowledged he has little in common with Irishman Harrington.

"He is not my best friend," he said. "It'd probably not be good for us to be paired together."

Well,,,, pretty poor reasons IMO !!!! Hate to see him start up with the whining again, I thought he had got away from this last year !!!!!