SHOWS: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, USA (FEBRUARY 20, 2019) (PGA OF AMERICA - NO RESALES) 1.

SUZY WHALEY, PRESIDENT OF THE PGA OF AMERICA, SHAKING HANDS WITH STEVE STRICKER / STRICKER SITTING 2.

NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 3.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW U.S. RYDER CUP CAPTAIN, STEVE STRICKER, SAYING: "Yeah, it is a very special competition and that does bring out the passion in our players and you're playing for your country, you're playing for the other teammates.

It's something you want to win at such a high level that it sometimes gets in the way of your play.

It's tough to bring out the best of your play when you want it so badly, but from that point on, I was hooked to play and wanted to make every team, and to now captain a team is really cool." STORY: Former world number two Steve Stricker will captain the 2020 United States Ryder Cup team, the PGA of America said on Wednesday (February 20).

Stricker, 51, was clear favourite to succeed Jim Furyk as captain for the biennial event against Europe, which will next be played at Whistling Straits in his home state of Wisconsin.

A 12-times winner on the PGA Tour, Stricker captained the victorious U.S. team at the 2017 Presidents Cup and served as one of Furyk's vice captains at last year's Ryder Cup in Paris where the U.S. team suffered a crushing defeat.

As a player, Stricker logged three Ryder Cup appearances.

He was on the winning team in 2008 before defeats in 2010 and 2012.

His Ryder Cup record is three wins, seven losses and one half.

The European Ryder Cup team named Padraig Harrington as their captain in January.