Dear Fellow Eurobs,

What an incredible honour to be asked to lead such a fine bunch of fellow athletes into battle vs the skinny blokes.

Phil assured me that though many of you were gagging for the role but he wanted me to do it. ( yeah right).

Having said that,and after a 9 year absence from the DD ( last time I attended was Jerez) I am right up for it especially having watched Hocks skinny arse for 250 miles of cycling from Ashridge GC to Chester.

Please continue to Eat,Drink and Be Merry over the next 2 weeks and remember as Bill Shankly said " some people Believe Golf/DD (beating the USA) is a matter of Life and Death, I am disappointed with that attitude I can assure you ,it is much more important than that."

Go Eurobs and I look forward to taking beer and advice from the whole team and meeting some of you for the first time.

Van Percy. Aka. VP

It is a major honour and one of my life-time golf goals to captain the USA for a second time. Thankyou for having the faith in me to lead us to victory as playing captain.
I know you will need no motivation, but history is on our side with 13 USA victories to the Eurob's meagre 10. USA… USA… USA
In the time remaining before the ultimate challenge, I know you will work hard to reach the peak of fitness. Hock is cycling to Amsterdam. Anything of similar effort level is wholly appropriate. Please follow Jamie Olivers 'Eat Yourself Healthy' regime to ensure you arrive in peak BMI. A bit of golf would be good as well.
We are fortunate to be playing some wonderful courses, including the home course of our President, no not Trump International, but West Lancs. Our President, the legend that is JA, will no doubt give us some inside tips, discretely, prior to the day. Please do not share with the Eurobs. Not that I expect that they will be interested as they will probably be drinking, eating or sleeping on a couch somewhere.
It was a source of amusement when I heard that several of the Eurobs were now using Mounjaro in a futile attempt to make it into the USA team.
You will be pleased to know I have been in close contact with Keegan, Keegan Bradley, who took my advice to avoid being a playing captain, due to his extreme youth. He will be leading the USA reserves a week later at Bethpage Black. It is our duty to set an example for the youth team.
We, in Team USA, always like to be at the cutting edge of innovation. With this in mind I would like to introduce the concept of succession planning for future years and will announce my VC after the weigh in. With your agreement, for we are also a democracy, the VC will take over the mantle for the following year.
Finally, please remember that God (AKA The Hock: Handicap Chair) is also on our side. Winning is our destiny. USA…USA…USA

Phil's Eurob Philosophy

It is no coincidence that the word “die” is three quarters of the word “diet”.

If you must diet, use the Garlic Diet. You don’t lose weight, you just look thinner from a distance.

I keep trying to lose weight, but it keeps finding me.

Not helped by a fascinating new trend at the office. People putting names on food in the company fridge – today I had a huge Sausage Sandwich named Kevin.

So I used all my will power and finally gave up dieting.
I tried a fitness coach who told me to bend down and touch my toes. I said “I don’t have that intimate a relationship with my feet, can I just wave?”.

I did find however a new favourite exercise – chewing.
But this year’s new Eurob weight loss exercise is a surefire winner – to lose one pound, double click the mouse five million times.