Countdown to Annihilation: the 2008 Ryder Cup is less than a month away. In the coming weeks, American captain Paul Azinger will fill out his roster while trying to avoid another biennial beatdown. Nick Faldo will captain the Euros; as a six-time major winner and fine Ryder Cup player in his own right, he seems like a perfectly logical choice for the gig. As it turns out, he's anything but. You see, Faldo is a weird dude. I mean really weird.
He's been that way his entire career, but the 1999 Ryder Cup offers the perfect example of how trouble finds Faldo:
[1999 Euro Ryder Cup captain Mark] James and Faldo have had a long running enmity that goes back to the early 1990s when they clashed over the state of European Tour courses, and culminated with James ripping up a good luck letter from Faldo at the 1999 Ryder Cup.James isn't the only Brit who's not fond of Faldo. Apparently, it's a kingdom-wide thing. From today's London Times:
James was supposed to serve as Torrance's vice captain in 2002 but was forced to resign after complaints from Faldo over James' explosive book "Into the Bear Pit."
