Nick Faldo wishes he had the Ryder Cup captain’s picks flexibility that Davis Love III has | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

For the first time in Ryder Cup history, one U.S. player won’t be determined until five days before the biennial event starts. The timing of adding someone to a team at the last minute seems to be at odds with squad chemistry, but there’s also something to be said for being able select a hot hand. And one former captain, Nick Faldo, thinks Davis Love III has an edge by being able to employ this strategy.

“I like Davis’s one because it shows what happened. The [Billy] Horschel pick, it’s now come forward,” Faldo said on an NBC Sports teleconference on Tuesday. “Yeah, you would love to have that last opportunity, because hey, you don’t have to use it. You can say, I’m quite happy with the 12th man. He’s had a great season, but oh, my goodness, this guy has just come in the last month, he’s just won, …