I get a kick out of how each Ryder Cup captain for the United States the past 3 competitions has been so happy on how his team is shaping up. This year Paul Azinger is playing the optimistic, positive spin that his best players are on the team and he has so many great options to fill out the team with his now 4 captain’s picks. The reality is that the US Team is not shaping up well as once up and coming players like Boo Weekley have vanished from good showings in the past two months. Azinger wanted the players to be winners on the tour this year. Again it will be hard to find America tour winners to fill out the team.

Even the current crop of players have hit a wall. Kenny Perry is hurt and has played only one round in a major this year. Will he be ready to play in the most pressurized event in his home state? I hope so, because the US will need a spark. Anthony Kim has really established himself as a force, but I think he will be a little burned out from a very heavy schedule leading up to the Ryder Cup. Jim Furyk has been MIA and Phil Mickelson is still getting help from Dave Pelz on how to overanalyze a putting stroke so you can’t make anything.

I would take Sean O’Hair, David Toms and then see in the next 3 weeks who is playing hot leading up to the cup and pick the other two. 

Good luck Azinger. I am pulling for the Americas, but let’s not push the “America’s are the underdog and the Europeans have all the pressure”. Get in the face of the Americans and tell them to perform at the highest level and to play to win!