PGA Tour chief Tim Finchem do not believe that is was due to golf burnout that resulted in the US team's low performance in the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. He said that the US team was simply outplayed by the Europe squad as they made more birdies and goals compared to them.
The European team has won 8 of the 10 biennial team competition which led to many thinking out reasons behind the US teams loss. Many think that it was due to the team not blending well with each other say it was a tactical failings or that players were playing too much competitive golf ahead of the tournament.
According to Finchem "Sometimes in these competitions people read too much into the result. In the case of the Ryder Cup in Scotland... the Europeans made more birdies than the Americans... and they won the foursomes 7-1. You can't win the Cup if you're going to drop the foursomes section 7-1."
Ryder Cup captain, Tom Watson had said that their struggles in the alternate shot format had been the difference. He also reiterated that his team was suffering from tournament fatigue.
But FInchem thinks otherwise. He believes that the schedule did not hinder the team from performing well as their performance in the President's Cup was good.
He said "We had the same amount of golf before the last three Presidents Cups and the United States won all of them. I think if you talk to the members of the team they would not point to that as having much significance. A player under our system determines where he plays. They're not employees, they're independent contractors. We just create opportunities."
In disparity to their performance in the Ryder Cup, the US Team for the President's Cup is doing pretty well and had dominated the tournament since its inception in 1994.
He said "It's way too early to determine that the uneven situation is long term when right now most of the growth of the game is happening outside of the United States. So one could also argue it's only a matter of time before a generation of elite players from that growth even things out."
