Woods, Stricker named vice captains for Ryder Cup

LOS ANGELES — Team captain Jim Furyk on Tuesday named Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker as vice captains for the American Ryder Cup team.

Furyk made the announcement at PGA of America headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The Ryder Cup will be played September 28-30 at Le Golf National outside of Paris, France. The Americans have not won in Europe since 1993.

Furyk had previously named 2012 and 2016 captain Davis Love to be a vice captain.

Furyk, Woods and Love served as assistants on Stricker's winning American Presidents Cup team last year.

Woods was an assistant for the US Ryder Cup victory at Hazeltine in 2016.

Raonic is ranked 32nd in the world which is vastly different than last year when he came into Delray Beach ranked fourth on the men's ATP Tour.

Injuries limited Raonic's time on the court in 2017 and this was just his second tourlevel win in six months.

So his straight set victory on Tuesday against Japan's Daniel is a sign of better days ahead as he seeks his ninth career Tour title.

"It's a good thing I was able to win today and it gives me a lot of things that I believe I can do better tomorrow," said ninth seeded Raonic.

"I just got to keep building day-by-day and working my way into it and just try to get in as many wins as possible. That's the most important thing."

Raonic has some unfinished business in Delray Beach. He advanced to the title match last year but hand to pull out against American Jack Sock because of a leg injury. He could meet Sock in the semifinals of this event if they both win their next two matches.

He blasted nine aces, broke Daniel's serve four times and won 85 percent of his first serve points in the 84-minute match.

"Obviously having not played a lot of matches I was going in and out a little bit with my focus and my intensity," Raonic said. "I've got to be a bit more consistent and disciplined with that."