Purple Cardigans Not Expecting Return Invite To Ryder Cup After Love Vows To Have U.S. Team Looking, Feeling Comfortable

From Nancy Armour's story on Davis Love's widely applauded (here, here, here and here) appointment as 2012 Ryder Cup captain.

But he is quite serious about his passion for the new job. He's already been talking with PGA and Medinah officials about course setup.

I wonder if the word dynamite came up in any of those conversations?

As for those disastrous rainsuits that leaked, causing a distraction before the Americans even teed off, Love pledged that a big part of his job will be making sure his players feel as comfortable and prepared as they do at major championships.

"My main mission is to get my players prepared to play on Friday morning like they do every other week during the year," Love said. "If there's any problem the American team has ever had in the seven Ryder Cups I've been involved in, is that we just try too hard. I know that's an over simplification, but you put together a game plan and you go try to execute it, that's what we are going to try to do.

"I'm going to put the best players in the world with the best equipment I can get, and give them the best chance they can to win," he added. "Whoever we need out here, trainers, great golf bags, whatever, we are going to have everything we can to give this team the confidence that they have when they go to the PGA Championship a month before. I want them to ... [be] comfortable, they look good and they are happy and ready to play."

But they were such a great shade of lavender.