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John Daly wants to be U.S. Ryder Cup captain

John Daly thinks he would be the perfect man to lead the U.S. Ryder Cup team into a future biennial match against the Europeans.

The 49-year-old two-time major champion said at last week's Paul Lawrie Match Play in Scotland that he hopes to get a chance to be captain of a team he never played on in his career.

"Hopefully I would one day be a captain, it would be fun," Daly said. "I don't know if I fit the mold. I don't know if I fit what the PGA of America would want. All I know is my team, if I was a captain, we'd have a blast. I'd make sure they had a blast. You don't want to wear a tie, don't wear a tie. Have fun. It's supposed to be fun."

Daly subscribes to the same viewpoint that made Fred Couples so popular with players when he led the U.S. to three consecutive Presidents Cup wins. There's no doubt his would be a fun-first captaincy. That might just be the secret to ending a slide which has seen the U.S. lose eight of the last 10 Ryder Cups.

"I think we just get wrapped up in it," Daly added. "I think when you're favored to win so many years like the Americans have been, I think we get uptight. Even the matches that we are getting killed in, we are favored in.

"I think we put too much pressure on ourselves. Just go out and play golf. It's great to play for your country, but it's still a gentleman's game at the end."

The timing of Daly's remarks is interesting considering that, during the process of the PGA of America's Ryder Cup task force, Daly said Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson would make excellent captains. With their turns certainly coming down the line, it would seem extremely unlikely that Daly would get slotted in line.


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