He’s a [[Ryder Cup]] veteran and now the captain. Can he get the US team pumped up for the rematch?

Strong-willed and keenly focused — attributes that served him so well as one of the game’s top players — the 47-year-old Strange, a two-time U.S. Open champion, has proven to be the perfect man to weather an often trying and sometimes stupefying three-year term as Ryder Cup captain. He has been a foundation stone for the team he leads as well as for the biennial competition he reveres.