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THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS. Director of Content and Creation. Follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy, or Linkedin and Facebook. At Whistling Straits.

RYDER CUP 2020 at Whistling Straits in Haven Wisconsin, is now less than a year away. I hope you applied for your tickets, before the deadline passed.

This past Tuesday Ryder Cup Captains Padraig Harrington Team Europe, and Steve Stricker Team USA, met on the site of the matches for a media session.

So what’s already happening for both sides, as the playing of the 2020 Ryder Cup is now 11 months away.

Because there is so much involved, besides looking at the point standings, the captains have been busy getting all the off course preperations pulled together. But it was also refreshing to hear how the teams will come together, after a year of study by both sides.

Click here to listen to Part 2, of the 2020 Ryder Cup press conference this past Tuesday at Whistling Straits.

Steve Stricker Team USA (L) and Padraig Harrington Team Europe (R).

Stricker gave some insight on his plans for his captains picks, and he did not seem to rule out anyone.

The door on Team USA is open for the young players, and it’s not at all closed on players like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

So the PGA Tour schedule ahead, will have all the best players going all out to make the team. On the European side, it would not be surprising to see Harrington go with a line-up of players who brought home the cup from Paris last year. So regardless of who plays for either team, the Ryder Cup of 2020 should provide plenty of excitement.

Part 3 of Ryder Cup 2020, will run next here on the site. Our interview with Kohler Company President David Kohler, on the Ryder Cup and tournaments going forward on Kohler golf courses. Kohler did not rule out future PGA Championships in May, on the Whistling Straits links.

The Ryder Cup website is now up and running, and you can keep track of the point totals for both teams, at Rydercup.com

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THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS, Director of Content and Creation. Follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy, Linkedin and Facebook. At Whistling Straits.

AS OCTOBER rolled in to Whistling Straits in Haven Wisconsin, a suburb of Kohler. The wind and rain came with it.

Fortunately by this time next year, the Ryder Cup will have left town, and only the Packers will still be playing in these parts of the state.

The Ryder Cup will be played from September 25 to  27. So the question is, will Steve Stricker’s Team USA leave town with the cup, or will the visiting Team Europe lead by Captain Padraig Harrington take the ryder Cup back to Europe for 2 more years. Currently it’s less than 1 year out until the matches begin on Pete Dye’s diabolical design on the coast of Lake Michigan.

The captains Stricker (L) and Harrington (R), hold the cup near the 10th tee box on Whistling Straits.

But as Stricker and Harrington both admitted to, the first 8 or 9 months of their captaincy has been doing the paperwork, and not picking the players.

So far it’s all about designing golf bags, picking out shirts, pants, caps and rainsuits.

The captains are checking out the players rooms, and making sure the team room is just how it needs to be.

Who is the special guest motivational speaker, and do the wives and girlfriends have outfits that wear-well with the what the team is wearing.

The capatains can still share a laugh, at least for now.

So what is the real challenge for the captains going forward, other than watching the point standings.

It’s starting to figure out who can play well with who. Can there be three rookies or only two.

Can all the guys who were near misses to make the 2018 team, is it their turn to make the team. Because the 2018 Paris team fell on it’s faces.

Click here to listen to Part 1, of the 2020 Ryder Cup captains press conference. Held in the barn by the clubhouse at Whistling Straits.

Stricker says he won’t count out both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson making the team, as players and not as vice-captains. It’s pointed out to Stricker that American’s are 0-3 in PGA Championships at the Straits. The fact is not lost on him. But at this time all he can say, is the set-up won’t look like what Team USA got in France. But more like what they had at Hazeltine in 2016.

Stay tuned, Ryder Cup 2020 Part 2, is here tomorrow.