2023 Ryder Cup: Thomas Bjorn has been named as Henrik Stenson’s first vice-captain of Team Europe for the 2023 Ryder Cup.
When Stenson’s squad tries to reclaim the Ryder Cup in Italy, Bjorn, who captained Europe to victory in Paris in 2018, will be vice-captain for the fifth time.
The 15-time DP World Tour winner said on Twitter: “I thought my @RyderCupEurope story may have concluded in Paris but, once @henrikstenson took charge, I knew I had another chapter left in me! I’m honoured to be Henrik’s VC and I’ll do all I can to support him and his team. Time to get to work and bring that trophy home!”
I thought my @RyderCupEurope story may have concluded in Paris but, once @henrikstenson took charge, I knew I had another chapter left in me! I’m honoured to be Henrik’s VC and I’ll do all I can to support him and his team. Time to get to work and bring that trophy home! 🇪🇺 🏆 https://t.co/2v03ep3U9T
— Thomas Bjørn (@thomasbjorngolf) May 11, 2022
Zach Johnson will lead the US team, with Steve Stricker, the 2020 winning captain, as his first vice-captain.
“I have known Thomas for my whole career,” Stenson told the official Ryder Cup website. “I trust him implicitly and I know any advice he will give me will be honest and direct. He will not simply tell me what he thinks I want to hear and that will be important, so I’m delighted to have him as my first vice-captain for Rome.
When Bjorn competed in the Ryder Cup for the first time in 1997 under Seve Ballesteros, he became the first Dane to represent Europe.
He has played three times, four times as vice-captain, and once as captain, guiding a team that included Stenson to victory four years ago.
“I think I can help Henrik outline what he wants to do with his captaincy going forwards,” Bjorn added. “I can keep asking him the right questions and reminding him of things that are going to come his way that he might not have thought about.
“I think Henrik will be a fantastic captain. He is so well respected by players and by everyone in the game. He is a very hard-working golfer and somebody who is true to himself, and his team will represent that.”
After winning four of the previous five events, Europe was defeated 19-9 by the United States at Whistling Straits last year.
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