Task Force Shuffling: Davis Love Admits Order Of Succession "Kind Of Messed Up Right Now"

Phil Mickelson’s presumed 2025 Ryder Cup captaincy appears to be in jeopardy, after Task Force founding member and driving force Davis Love admitted there may be a gap to fill. Since there are only so many Cup events and so many approved captaincy candidates, the math is easy on this one.

Introducing Fred Couples and Zach Johnson as chief cart drivers for this September’s Presidents Cup, Love was asked why Freddie has never been a captain.

Ryan Lavner reports for GolfChannel.com:

“Fred’s good in the locker room, in a practice round, as a captain – I thought he would have been a great Ryder Cup captain,” Love said. “He could still be Ryder Cup captain.

“We may have to fill a gap somewhere now. Our order is kind of messed up right now. So maybe Fred would be a great home game [captain] in New York.”

Maybe? Yes sir!

That’s as close as we’ll get to a sign from the internal rumblings of the force—a.k.a. their text chain—that Mickelson is out and Freddie may just be in.