Ex-pros dish on U.S. team golf failures: ‘Overblown, overdone and overanalyzed’

News By: James Colgan September 20, 2026 The U.S. team returns to action next week at the Presidents Cup. Getty Images PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rocco Mediate is honest about his Ryder Cup future. He doesn’t have one. Mediate knows his chances of a U.S. Ryder Cup team roster spot ended long ago — around the moment Tiger Woods’ final putt dropped in the Monday playoff of the 2008 U.S. Open. He never played on an American Ryder Cup team. Never competed for the stars and stripes. Never felt the pressure over a 6-footer to extend your match. And maybe…