Woosnam Open To 2010 Captain's Gig After Hearing Of Monty's Interest

As reported by Lewine Mair in the Telegraph:

"Originally, I said that I would do it once and that would be it, but I can see circumstances in which I might allow my name to go forward again," he said as a little bubble appeared over his head with Monty's picture in it.

Oh okay, I added that last part just to see if you were reading.

Woosnam was speaking at Cardiff Airport on his way to a corporate day at Celtic Manor, venue for the 2010 match against the Americans.

A sudden desire to have another crack at the job is not untypical of the withdrawal systems experienced by past captains. Bernhard Langer thought briefly about the possibility of a second run before asking for his name to be removed from the list of candidates. Sam Torrance, for his part, had a momentary wobble before returning to his long-held belief that once was enough.

Given a few days to think about it, Woosnam could well come to the same decision. Why would he want to take the risk of bowing out on a different note to September's runaway victory?

True, there are things he may think he could do better next time around – his speeches could have been rather more polished, while it would have been better had he not had champagne erupt from him on the K Club balcony.

But Lewine, he worked so hard on those speeches! 

Comments

[Hawkeye]

It opens up an intriguing prospect - Monty Ryder Cup captain on American soil? No, if Woosnam were to get one more pop at it at home in Wales (quite a suitable proposition), Monty will probably swap places with Olazabal and be a home captain in Scotland in 2014. It doesn't look bad on paper to us over here.