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Presidents Cup United States team captain Brandt Snedeker joins Golf Today to talk about what he learned being a vice captain at the Ryder Cup and how he will approach his captaincy in Medinah. #Golf #GolfToday #PresidentsCup
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OUT. >> THE FIRST TIME IN THAT ROLE IN THE RYDER CUP, BUT HE IS THE ONLY UNDEFEATED AMERICAN. >> THE CAPTAIN OF THE UNITED STATES TEAM FOR THE 2026 PRESIDENTS CUP REPRESENTED THE TEAM IN 2013. HE WAS THE CAPTAIN’S ASSISTANT IN THE 2024 EDITION. >> WE GET THE INTERNATIONAL ON HOME SOIL NEXT YEAR, JUST OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO WILL BE THE SITE FOR NEXT YEAR’S PRESIDENTS CUP IN LATE SEPTEMBER AS WE COUNT DOWN TO UNDER A YEAR AWAY. ♪ ♪ >> A NINE TIME WINNER ON THE PGA TOUR, 2012 CUP CHAMPION AND A MAN WHO HIT 59 ON THE PGA TOUR. >> HE IS THIS — WITH US ON THIS TUESDAY. TALKING ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW ALBUM OR THE RYDER CUP AT BETHPAGE BLACK, YOU ARE PART OF THE CAPTAIN CONTINGENT FOR KEEGAN BRADLEY. WHAT WERE E EMOTIONS LIKE IN THE LAST WEEK, WE CAN HAVE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE RYDER CUP FOR YOU? >> OBVIOUSLY, WHAT YOU EXPECT, YOU KNOW? SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW, NOT PUTTING GUYS IN PROBABLY THE BEST POSITION FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, SUPER PROUD OF HOW THE GUYS COMPETED ON SUNDAY, REALLY PROUD OF HOW THE GUYS KIND OF CAME TOGETHER SATURDAY NIGHT AND REALLY HAD TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES, KIND OF FOUGHT FOR EACH OTHER, FOUGHT FOR THE TEAM, FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOUGHT FOR OUR FANS AND WE WENT OUT AND PLAYED A GREAT SUNDAY, SOMETHING I HOPE THEY NEVER FORGET. I HOPE THEY LOOK BACK ON THAT WITH OBJECTIVE EYES IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AFTER ALL THE RAWNESS OF IT WEARS OFF. WE ALL KNOW HOW SPECIAL THAT ROUND WAS AND HOW HARD THEY ALL THOUGHT. I AM REALLY PROUD OF THE GUYS FOR THAT. >> BRANDT, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME AS PART OF THE BACKROOM TEAM AT THE RYDER CUP. YOU HAVE BEEN A PLAYER A COUPLE TIMES. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU TOOK FROM THAT EXPERIENCE MAYBE YOU DIDN’T SEE WHEN YOU ARE COMPETITOR IN THE RYDER CUP COMPARED TO YOU DO THE PRESIDENTS CUP JOB? >> I LEARNED A LOT FROM MONTRIAL BEING IN THE BACK ROOM AND THE PRESIDENTS CUP UP THERE, I LEARNED A LOT FROM KEEGAN LAST WEEK, MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND THOSE MEETINGS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES ONE DO EVERYTHING? IF YOU ARE NOT LEARNING, YOU’RE PROBABLY FALLING BEHIND. I WANTED TO TALK TO KEEGAN, I CAN’T SPEAK LOVINGLY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW HARD HE WORKED IN THE TIME HE PUT INTO THAT JOB FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE TO BE A CAPTAIN, HOW MUCH, HOW HARD YOU HAVE TO WORK, HOW MUCH TIME YOU NEED TO PUT IN. IT BECOMES YOUR OLE LIFE. HE PUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN INTO IT. SO I AM REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE GUYS. THE TEAMS WERE GREAT, THE GUYS WERE AWESOME. THEY FOUGHT HARD FOR EACH OTHER, THEY FOUGHT HARD FOR OUR TEAM, THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AND COMPETED ON SUNDAY. I LEARNED A LOT FROM IT. OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD, I AM SUPER GRATEFUL TO HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES. >> YOU MENTIONED IT DOES BECOME SUCH A HUGE PART OF YOUR LIFE, BRANDT. HOW HAS IT TAKEN OVER THE PROFESSIONAL LIFE, NOT WITH THE RYDER CUP, IS IT REALLY STARTING TO BECOME FAMILIAR TO YOU? >> I THINK TO DO THE JOB THE RIGHT WAY, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE. IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE, RESPONSIBILITY, IT’S A HUGE HONOR. GUYS DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN FOR THIS TEAM. IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAIN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YOU CAN’T MAKE THAT HAPPEN HALFWAY. THESE MEMORIES STAY WITH THESE GUYS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. WHETHER IT IS YOU IN THE CUP OR WHATEVER IT IS, THE GUYS REMEMBER THAT. YOU ARE DOING THEM A DISSERVICE BECAUSE THEY WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING THEY HAVE FOR A WEEK. LITERALLY, YOU HAVE MAYBE 30 MINUTES TO YOURSELF THE WHOLE WEEK. THEY ARE GIVING YOU EVERYTHING THEY’VE GOT IN THEIR BODY, PUSHING THEIR FAMILY OFF ON SOMEBODY ELSE, THEY CAN’T SPEND TIME WITH THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO, YOU KIND OF FORCED THEM INTO THIS 12 MAN TEAM. WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER AND DO THIS AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF THEM, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE TIME IN AND GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT IS MY WHOLE GOAL AND MY FOCUS NEXT YEAR. I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET THESE GUYS READY TO GO. >> YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE, WONDERFUL RESUME OF THE FEDEX CUP CHAMP, THE PGA TOUR, TOP 20 IN NAPA? WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET HOT? YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS HAVE FACED KEEGAN BRADLEY? WOULD YOU CONSIDER BEING A PLAYING CAPTAIN NEXT YEAR? >> IT IS VERY NICE OF YOU TO PUT THAT THERE. I THINK THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS, I AM NOT QUITE DEVELOPED LIKE KEEGAN BRADLEY IS. I DON’T KNOW HOW HE DID WHAT HE DID OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, HOW HE SPENT HIS ENERGY AND TIME IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE THAT. I WILL NOT BE PLAYING CAPTAIN. I WOULD LOVE TO PUT MYSELF IN THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I DON’T THINK THAT IS IN THE CARDS FOR ME. I WILL BE A HAPPY CAPTAIN, I WILL ENJOY MY TIME BEING CAPTAIN, I WILL WATCH THESE GREAT GOLFERS GO OUT AND MAKE GREAT SHOTS AND BE GLAD IT IS NOT ME HAVING TO DO IT. >> I DEFINITELY TRIED. BRANDT, ONE THING KEEGAN DID TELL ME ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT BETHPAGE, WOULD HE SET UP THE GOLF COURSE DIFFERENTLY, IN GREAT MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY AND PGA, THAT KIND OF PEDIGREE, WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE SET UP OF THE GOLF COURSE? WERE YOU LEFT WITH THAT AT MEDINAH, WHAT DID YOU TAKE FROM BETHPAGE AND APPLIED TO CHICAGO? >> I THINK WITH MEDINAH, ESPECIALLY, IT IS A CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE. I THINK EVEN THOUGH JEFF HAS BEEN HERE AND REDONE IT, IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY FOR THE VIEWERS AT HOME AND FANS AT HOME, I THINK THE GOLF COURSE NEEDS TO BE THOSE STAR AND WE CAN SHOW IT OFF AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ON IT. OBVIOUSLY, BEING A HOME CAPTAIN, YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THE COURSE SET UP, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REDO HERE, THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT I CAN DO TO REALLY EFFECT ANY OUTCOME WHATSOEVER. THEY ARE REALLY QUITE GENEROUS, BEING COMPLEX FOR THE BALLS TO BE KIND OF FUNNELED ENROLLED CERTAIN WAYS, I DON’T SEE THE COURSE SET UP BEING A HUGE FACTOR FOR EITHER TEAM TO BE — TO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER ONE OF THE OTHER. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY IT AND THE HUMPS AND BUMPS ON THE GOLF COURSE, WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW TO USE THEM BUT WITH ENOUGH PREP TIME, I THINK THEY CAN NEUTRALIZE THAT BY THURSDAY, NEXT FALL, WHEN THE MATCHES START. >> HOW EXPERIMENTAL DO YOU FEEL IS A WAY FOR YOU TO BE, BRANDT, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS ONLY TWO ARE RELIABLE AS WHAT YOU SAW WITH THE EUROPEANS. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ISOLATE WHAT THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN PARTNERSHIPS WILL BE IN THESE EVENTS? >> THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE CAPTIVE. IT IS NOT PRESSURE, IT IS REALITY OF THE SITUATION. THAT IS MY JOB. THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I WAS PICKED, TO PUT THESE GUYS IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. SO I DON’T VIEW IT AS A NEGATIVE THING. I THINK IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND THESE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WHERE THESE GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE, FINDING GREAT PAIRINGS WHERE THESE GUYS FEEL, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL KNOW I HAVE THEIR BACKEND THAT IS WHAT MY JOB IS AS A CAPTAIN. IT’S WHAT MY JOB IS VICE CAPTAIN WOULD BE AND SPENDING AS MUCH TIME AS I POSSIBLY CAN UNTIL NEXT YEAR GETTING TO UNDERSTAND THEM BETTER, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, SO I CAN SEE WHO THEY CAN PARTNER UP WITH THEM FIND RELATIONSHIPS. SO YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH WHO YOU HAVE ON THE TEAM. BEING FLUID WITH IT, BEING ABLE TO MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS BASED ON WHO IS ON THE TEAM WILL BE IMPORTANT. SO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS OUR JOB AS CAPTAIN TO RESOLVE THE SITUATIONS AND PUT THEM IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO FIVE — FIND FIVE TEAMS FOR CUPS TO COME, THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL SITUATION. I HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND OWNED WE WILL TALK TO THESE GUYS GOING FOR. THAT IS MY GOAL AND MY PLAN. >> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE AMERICAN GOLF FAN. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE PGA TOUR AND PGA OF AMERICA ARE WORKING IN CONCERT ENOUGH TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE CAPTAINS AND PLAYERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE PRESIDENTS CUP/RYDER CUP? THE TEAMS, AS A WHOLE, IN CONCERT? >> WELL, I THINK, CONSIDERING MY FIRST SINCE 2012, THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY. ARE THEY THERE YET, PROBABLY NOT. I THINK THE COLLABORATION WAS A GOOD THING. I THINK HAVING TWO DIFFERENT COMPETING ORGANIZATIONS RUNNING TWO DIFFERENT GOALS IN MIND WILL NEVER BE AN IDEAL SITUION. YOU KNOW, I GIVE PGA AMERICA A LOT OF CREDIT. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN AND VERY OPEN TO CRITICISM, OPEN TO HELP ON HOW TO GET THE THING RIGHT GOING FORWARD. ALL I CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE BRIAN AND HEADQUARTERS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM TO GET IN THE ROOM AND KEEP MAKING COMMITMENTS TO EACH OTHER TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND TO BRING TEAMS CLOSER TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME CHAMPIONS AND SOME COHESIVENESS GOING FORWARD SO THESE GUYS KNOW WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE EVERY TIME WE SHOW UP. THEY KNEW WHO THE CAPTAINS ARE, WHO THE VICE CAPTAIN TAKEN ABBE AND I GIVE THEM BOTH A LOT OF THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN THE 15, 18 YEARS I HAVE BEEN OUT HERE. I AM THRILLED TO SEE HOW IT WILL GROW FROM HERE. >> THE EFFORT TO STIR THINGS UP, I WILL MAKE AN ATTEMPT IN OUR FINAL QUESTION. YOU’RE A CANDIDATE FOR THE RYDER CUP CAPTAIN IN TWO YEARS? >> I HAVE NO IDEA. I WOULDN’T KNOW IT. I AM REALLY FOCUSED ON MEDINAH IN GETTING THESE GUYS READY. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER RIGHT NOW, MAKING SURE THAT I SPEND MY TIME WORRYING ABOUT THESE 12 GUYS COMING TO MEDINAH IN THE FALL. I CAN’T WAIT TO SPEND MY TIME WITH THOSE GUYS OUT HERE AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. I WILL WORRY ABOUT RYDER CUP TWO YEARS FROM NOW. I AM MORE WORRIED ABOUT MEDINAH RIGHT NOW. >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS