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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Staging a life's work ... SOU childcare center will reopen ... Cable Crossing fire near Glide burns 830 acres ... Staging a life's work ... SOU childcare center will reopen ... Cable Crossing fire near Glide burns 830 acres ... GOLF NOTES Love thinks Ryder Cup is too crowded Comment By The Associated Press MailTribune.com By The Associated Press Posted Nov. 18, 2014 at 8:21 PM Updated Nov 18, 2014 at 8:22 PM By The Associated Press Posted Nov. 18, 2014 at 8:21 PM Updated Nov 18, 2014 at 8:22 PM » Social News NAPLES, Fla. — One of the messages Davis Love III wants to bring to the 11-member Ryder Cup Task Force is that it has gotten too big. He said the amount of scheduled time at the Ryder Cup is about double what the Americans spend at the Presidents Cup, which is understandable because the Ryder Cup gets about double the interest. What really concerns him is the size of the team party. Love, the captain in 2012 at Medinah, said the U.S. team has expanded so much over the years that it is losing its intimacy. He thought back to his first Ryder Cup team in 1993, when Tom Watson was the captain and had a friend as his assistant. The players and their wives were in the team room and “all we did was hang out.” “Now it’s all the PGA officers, all their wives, all the caddies, all their wives, all the ‘strap hangers’ in this big room,” Love said last month at the McGladrey Classic. “The intimacy of the team has changed. ... They do a lot for us to give us the Ryder Cup. But do they need to be in the room? It’s like a traveling circus. When you go to dinner, it’s not the team that goes to dinner. It’s 30 more people.” Love said when he was an assistant captain in Wales, he planned to drive his own cart around Celtic Manor. Instead, a PGA officer was assigned as his cart driver. It actually worked out well because of the rain, but it was another example of the U.S. team becoming the U.S. entourage. “It’s grown to where instead of being 12, 13 guys and sometimes the wives ... to this huge mass of people,” Love said. “A lot of things have changed. It’s not bad. It’s just we need to get back to what the players want to make it feel like a team.” NOT A ‘WEE’ AUTOGRAPH: Martin Kaymer was so exhausted from his wire-to-wire victory in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 that golf was the last thing he wanted to watch, even a U.S. Women’s Open held the following week at the same venue. But he knows who won — Michelle Wie — not from any highlights, but because of an autograph. To mark the historic occasion of the men’s and women’s Open being held at the same golf course, the USGA asked both champions to sign a U.S. Open flag that had the joint logo. Wie went first, and then the flag was sent to Germany for Kaymer’s autograph. “They had one flag for the women and men. And here was this massive signature,” Kaymer said with a playful grin. “It was so big. ‘Michelle Wie.’ You would think it would not be very much, but she was all over the flag. There was not very much (room) for me.” MASTERS INVITATIONS: Brandt Snedeker had to withdraw from the Bridgestone Open in Japan because of a stomach ailment, and he went home to Tennessee to get it checked out, which caused him to miss the CIMB Classic in Malaysia. He returned to Shanghai for the HSBC Champions and tied for 10th. Missing those two events in Asia could be costly. Snedeker is projected to fall out of the top 50 in the world ranking by the end of the year, which is important because he is not yet eligible for the Masters. Snedeker will have three months at the start of next year to get back into the top 50 or win a tournament to become eligible. STAT OF THE WEEK: The top 10 players on the LPGA Tour money list are from seven countries. By The Associated Press MailTribune.com By The Associated Press Posted Nov. 18, 2014 at 8:21 PM Updated Nov 18, 2014 at 8:22 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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