Right after the devastating loss of the US team in the recently concluded Ryder Cup, many including golfer Phil Mickelson who raised his concerns on how the current team captain Tom Watson managed the team.
Now, PGA of America president Ted Bishop, has finally opened up his thoughts on the team's loss, reaction to Phil's comments and more.
According to Bishop, he had no regrets in choosing Watson as the team captain but he would like to see a more "systematic approach" in selecting the U.S. captain for 2016.
He said "I think you're going to see us having a little bit more of a systematic approach where we probably don't do anything different from the past where we have solicited opinions of others (on a captain) but you'll see more structure to it."
He also made a suggestion that the automatic qualifiers for the 2016 Ryder Cup should be identified later than usual.
He added "We have to try to make sure that we field the strongest team possible and with the PGA Championship moving to late July (from August) in 2016 because of the Olympics, there is no way you can announce the automatic qualifiers two months before the Ryder Cup."
"I don't see why it would be impossible to allow the captain to make his captain's picks after the Tour Championship. That would give the captain the option to pick a couple of hot players, like Chris Kirk and Billy Horschel were this year."
He also addressed the issue with regards to Mickelson comments on Watson. Mickelson stressed out how Watson's lack of coordination with the team and how he did not implement the previous strategy used by former coaches caused their loss of the Ryder Cup.
To this, Bishop said "There's been a lot made of what Phil Mickelson said on Sunday night at the press conference. You know what, that was no surprise to me because I had a very similar conversation with Phil when we played together in the pro-am at the Scottish Open back in July at Royal Aberdeen."
"You know what, that was no surprise to me because I had a very similar conversation with Phil when we played together in the pro-am at the Scottish Open back in July at Royal Aberdeen."
