The Europeans will have an experienced hand at the helm in Italy.
On Tuesday morning it was announced that Henrik Stenson will be the European captain for the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Italy. The 45-year-old from Sweden has been a member of five European Ryder Cup teams, most recently in 2018 at Le Golf National in France, and boasts a 10-7-2 record. As a rookie Stenson made the winning putt for Europe at the 2006 matches at the K Club in Ireland.
The news comes two weeks after the United States announced Zach Johnson, a fellow five-time Ryder Cupper, would captain the American squad.
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— Henrik Stenson (@henrikstenson) March 15, 2022
“I think Luke Donald will do a great job. I think Henrik Stenson will do a great job. It’s just a case of which one of these guys want it,” Graeme McDowell recently told Golfweek.
The Europeans have dominated on home soil and haven’t lost to the Americans outside of the United States since 1993. At the last matches, however, the youngest American team in history put on a record performance with its 19-9 dismantling of the Europeans at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Over the last 40 years the Europeans hold a slight advantage over the Americans, winning 11 of the 21 clashes. Team USA has won nine times, with the lone tie coming in 1989 at The Belfry in England.
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