Rory Thinks The U.S.A Is "Overdoing" Ryder Cup Revamp

Rory McIlroy isn't exactly the type to drop insults so you can only imagine what he and the rest of his European teammates think of the Team USA task force Task Force "Task Force" findings.

ESPN.com's Bob Harig reports.

"It came as a huge shock when they announced Davis [Love III] as the next U.S. captain," McIlroy said Wednesday at the Honda Classic, where he is making his first U.S. start of 2015. "But then I'm also surprised, and I feel they're overdoing it, with the setting up of a task force and talking about all the changes they want to bring in."

McIlroy stated confidently on the Honda Classic eve that he very much wants to be the man to front the game going forward. That kind of confidence might not go over well, but after the last few years of players not looking comfortable with a lead down the stretch, McIlroy's confidence sounds good.

Brian Wacker on the state of Rory on the eve of his 2015 PGA Tour debut.

Every decade or so there’s a new star for the game to hang its hat on -- from Arnold Palmer to Jack Nicklaus, from Greg Norman to Woods, from Woods to McIlroy. It’s a position McIlroy says he is comfortable with.

“Yes,” he said. “Because it's what I've always wanted to do. I would be wasting my time if I was out there practicing as much as I do and putting as much into it if I didn't want to be in this position, and wasting the people's time around me, as well, that helped me get to this point.

“Of course I want to be that guy.”