[FlJoePa]

Tim Finchem has nothing to do with the Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup is a PGA of America event, not a PGA Tour event.

[ejdrapes]

But he controls the scheduling and it's because of the FedEx Cup that Ryder Cup is scheduled so late in the season. When this venue in Wales was originally picked the FedEx Cup didn't exist. No one in their right mindn would have picked Wales knowing the dates were first week in October.

[Frantzie]

He did have control over the Fed Ex cup which forced the Ryder Cup to be played two weeks later. Supposedly in Wales it is a big difference in the weather. Two weeks ago it was sunny and gorgeous now it is a cold damp bog.

Finchem also appears to be “selective” is his drug screening.

[deport]

Not that it matters a lot but the PGA Tour did impact the schedule date of the Ryder Cup.

From the following:
http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/rydercup10/columns/story?columnist=harig_bob&id=5632167

Nick Faldo, the best British golfer in history, was universally panned two years ago in the aftermath of his losing European captaincy when in his closing remarks at Valhalla he joked about the 2010 Ryder Cup coming here.

“Bring your waterproofs!”

Turns out, the six-time major champion was spot on. It has rained most of the week, and locals feared this could be the case. Apparently it rains a lot in Wales in October — a timeframe for which the matches were not originally scheduled.

Blame it on the FedEx Cup!

When Wales was awarded the Ryder Cup in 2001, the tournament was tentatively given traditional mid-September dates. But that changed when the PGA Tour’s playoff series was instituted several years ago, and here we have the fallout.

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