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Ryder Cup task forces convenes for first time
The journey back to U.S. Ryder Cup success started Tuesday, with the PGA of America's 11-person Ryder Cup task force meeting for the first time.
The group convened for a four-hour teleconference emanating from the organization's headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
“We discussed a wide array of issues including the selection process for captains and vice captains and more,” said PGA president Derek Sprague in a statement. “Today was the beginning of a process that is designed to create the conditions for long-term Ryder Cup success. We have more work to do and look forward to gathering again to complete the work of the task force.”
The committee, formed in October after the U.S. lost the biennial matches against Europe for the third-conseuctive time, aims to stem the tide of eight U.S. losses in the last 10 matches. Its members include Sprague, PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua and vice-president Paul Levy; former captains Raymond Floyd, Tom Lehman and Davis Love III; as well recent players Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods.
The committee is set to meet next ahead of the Farmers Insurance Open in February in San Diego, according to GolfChannel.com. Meanwhile, the PGA of America will delay announcing a 2016 Ryder Cup captain. Sprague has suggested the task force will meet several times before Tom Watson's successor will be revealed.
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