Love will lead Ryder Cup team

MEDINAH, Ill. - Davis Love III's plan for winning back the Ryder Cup is simple: Do the work, then get out of the way.

Love was introduced Thursday as the next American captain of the Ryder Cup. The 2012 matches are still some 18 months away, but Love already is considering the details that could reverse the Americans' recent Ryder Cup woes. Europe has won six of the last eight matchups, including last October's event in Wales.

"I'm a players' captain," he said at Medinah Country Club, where the 2012 matches will be held. "I'll try to get them what they need to be successful."

Europe appointed two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal as captain on Tuesday.

Love, a 20-time winner on the PGA Tour, played on six Ryder Cup teams. His first three matches, with Tom Kite as his partner, were against Olazabal and Seve Ballesteros, the "Spanish Armada" that formed one of the most daunting teams in Ryder Cup history. Love won that first match, but never beat Olazabal again. They never played each other in singles.

Love said he would consider playing if he earned his way onto the team, although a U.S. captain has never qualified for the team in recent decades.

LA QUINTA, Calif. - Boo Weekley shot a 6-under-par 66 in windy conditions for a share of the second-round lead with rookie Jhonattan Vegas in the Bob Hope Classic.

Vegas had a 67 to match Weekley at 13-under 131 in the 90-hole tournament on four Palm Springs-area courses. Charles Howell III (66) and Chris Couch (65) were a stroke back.

Vegas is a Venezuelan playing in just his fifth PGA Tour event.

Keegan Bradley (67) and Brian Davis (66) were 11 under.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Charl Schwartzel took a 1-stroke lead in the Abu Dhabi Championship with an 8-under-par 64 in the first round.

The South Africa had nine birdies to lead Padraig Harrington by a shot.

Masters champion Phil Mickelson was 7 shots behind the leader.