{"id":47555,"date":"2024-01-13T22:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/mickelson-rules-out-2025-ryder-cup-captaincy-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T22:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:28:59","slug":"mickelson-rules-out-2025-ryder-cup-captaincy-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/mickelson-rules-out-2025-ryder-cup-captaincy-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickelson rules out 2025 Ryder Cup captaincy | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Phil Mickelson has distanced himself from the prospect of captaining the U.S. team at the 2025 Ryder Cup <\/a>as he says there is too much hostility towards him from PGA Tour players following his switch to the Saudi-backed LIV circuit.<\/p>\n

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson was heavily criticised after his side were beaten heavily by Europe last year.<\/p>\n

Changes are expected before the next Ryder Cup in 2025, which will be staged at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.<\/p>\n

Six-times major winner Mickelson<\/a>, 53, played on every U.S. Ryder Cup team between 1995-2018 and was named vice-captain in 2021, but did not feature in 2023.<\/p>\n

While he also knows the course well, having twice finished runner-up at the U.S. Open there, he said on the Pat McAfee Show this week that he did not feel he was the “right guy” to captain the side.<\/p>\n

“I’m a very divisive character right now, if you will, and I understand that,” he said on the Youtube sports talk show.<\/p>\n

“The players on the PGA Tour, there’s a lot of hostilities towards me, and I don’t feel I’d be the best leader for them. “I knew I was going to take some hits going forward, and I’m OK with that. And as a divisive individual, I don’t think I’m the best unifier going forward for the Ryder Cup, and that’s fine because I’ve had so many great memories with it.”<\/p>\n

Team Europe have already enlisted 2023 captain Luke Donald for their 2025 campaign. The Englishman is Europe’s first repeat captain since Bernard Gallacher in 1991, 1993 and 1995.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n