The Ryder Cup was very closely contested in the end but the 15-13 scoreline didn’t tell the whole story, if truth be known.
The United States were simply outclassed by the European Ryder Cup team during the first two days of action at Bethpage Black.
In the end, the deficit was simply too big to overturn, despite the incredible fightback from Keegan Bradley‘s men in the Sunday singles.
Sadly, the 2025 Ryder Cup will mostly be remembered for the wrong reasons.
The European players had to put up with torrents of personal abuse throughout the week at Bethpage.
Small sections of the US Ryder Cup fans at Bethpage disgraced themselves quite frankly.
We all want to see the home Ryder Cup teams supported vociferously but that was the problem. Some American fans were more interested in abusing the European players than they were in supporting their own team.
Moving forward, that quite clearly has to change, and the same can be said of the US Ryder Cup setup in general and the way that things operate from top to bottom.
Stewart Cink confirms he wants to be USA’s next Ryder Cup captain
Stewart Cink is a real PGA Tour stalwart.
He has been around the top level of the game for more than three decades and had eight PGA Tour wins to his name including the 2009 Open Championship.
The 52-year-old is an extremely popular figure on the PGA Tour, although he spends most of his time now playing senior events.
Cink has made five appearances in the Ryder Cup for America.
So could he be the man to lead the US Ryder Cup in Ireland in 2027?
Cink was asked whether he would like the chance to captain the US Ryder Cup team.
“Heck yeah I’m interested in being the Ryder Cup captain. I would love to represent the United States and the players, take some of the experience I’ve got and apply it.
“Hopefully get this thing turned around, it feels like the Ryder Cup has been a European party for about 15 years or more and I would love to try and change that.“
Why the PGA of America left Stewart Cink feeling ‘gutted’
Cink was actually in the running to be the captain of the US team at Bethpage.
He went through an interview with the PGA of America and felt like he did a really good job.
However, Cink was never contacted again by the PGA of America, and Bradley was handed the role.
“I was gutted. I thought I had a pretty good shot at it,” he said. “It’s not a selfish thing though; I want the team to be the best team it can be. I thought the PGA got themselves into a mess this year because Keegan was one of our top 12 players and because he was captain, they kind of prevented him from playing. I don’t have any desire or designs to think that I will be on the next team. So, we can remove that topic right away. But I’m not that far removed from playing out there every week and the majors and even winning tournaments.”
The main takeaway here is: why did Cink have to sit through an interview for the Ryder Cup captaincy role, when Bradley didn’t?
The 39-year-old from Vermont has made it clear that the first time he heard from the PGA of America was when he was actually offered the job.
Hopefully Cink gets a shot at leading the US Ryder Cup team at some point in the near future. Whether or not Adare Manor in 2027 will be his time remains to be seen, though.
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