It will also be a tall order to wrest the Ryder Cup from European grasp -- the subject of his first official tweet back in January 2013 . Veteran Tom Watson is the United States ' first Ryder Cup captain . The eight - time major champion last skippered the U.S. team in 1993 . That victory in England is the last time the team won on European soil . The 2014 Ryder Cup starts at Gleneagles in Scotland on Friday .
Veteran Tom Watson is the United States ' first Ryder Cup captain . The eight - time major champion last skippered the U.S. team in 1993 . That victory in England is the last time the team won on European soil . The 2014 Ryder Cup starts at Gleneagles in Scotland on Friday .