Oy Vey: Ryder Cup Team Dinners, Tiger Wants A Fishing Trip

Since this was revealed earlier in the week, I've been trying to ponder how this is not embarrassing overkill and failing.

It was Nick Faldo's sigh at the topic during today's telecast that didn't help matters. Granted, he's not the Winston Churchill of captains, but still, here goes: Davis Love is planning a Ryder Cup team bonding dinner at the Honda Classic. Oh, and assistant captain Tiger Woods, who wouldn't have been caught dead at any kind of Ryder Cup bonding exercise in his prime, is suggesting a...fishing trip?

Go Europe!

From Doug Ferguson's AP notes column:

"We're going to have a dinner during the week of Honda, and then we'll probably have two or three more," Love said Wednesday. "So I'm going to be a little bit more focused this time on the start, work my way through the points list and make sure that we've got everybody covered — not wait until the Memorial Tournament when we have a clothes fitting to talk to the guys for the first time."

USA, USA!

And this is just nauseating...

Love also said another vice captain, Tiger Woods, suggested getting together away from the golf course, perhaps a fishing trip to hang out and talk shop.

"I think if we all get to know each other a little bit better in March and April and May, rather than waiting until August and September, we're going to be better off," he said.

Or not.