There are many factors but the captain has to have a good reputation among fellow golfers and preferably be a former PGA Champion. I'm sure there are other factors at stake as well. The 2010 team USA captain is Corey Pavin and team Europe captain is Colin Montgomerie. Both are very experienced golfers and near the same age (50). Corey has 27 professional wins and Colin has 40 wins. My preview of the 2010 Ryder Cup is here aussiepunter.com/news/sport/2010-ryder-cup-preview
He captained the team in 2002.
Ireland's Paul McGinley will captain Europe in the 2014 Ryder Cup.
The Ryder Cup teams are picked based on a combination of automatic qualifiers and captain's picks. Automatic qualifiers are determined by players' performance in designated tournaments leading up to the event, while the team captain has the discretion to select additional players as captain's picks.
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No where, there is no Ryder Cup in 2011. The next one is in at Celtic Manor in October 2010.
In the Ryder cup there are only two teams, American and European.
The Italian captain was Fabio Cannavaro.
Alexander Frei
Fabio Cannavaro
Nick Faldo
Hal Sutton.