Ryder Cup glory

Twice Masters champion Bubba Watson says the thrill of merely making a Ryder Cup is no longer enough for him and that it is high time the U.S.

“As a kid growing up, your whole dream was to be on the PGA Tour and then make the Ryder Cup team,” Watson told reporters on Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s first round of The Barclays, the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs.

we get so excited about making the team, and now not having a victory, not tasting a victory, that drives me to try to win one, to try to win a Ryder Cup,” the emotional left-hander said.

Watson will be appearing in his third successive Ryder Cup, carrying in a personal 3-5-0 record after losses at Celtic Manor in Wales in 2010 and at Medinah in 2012, when Europe triumphed after a rousing, record-tying Sunday comeback.

side, which once dominated the Cup, may look back at the devastating loss two years ago in the Chicago suburbs for motivation against a deep European team led by British Open champion and world number one Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and U.S.

Matt Kuchar, a team mate of Watson’s in the last two Ryder Cups, struck an optimistic note.

“It certainly appears right now that the European team is stacked, playing really well,” said Kuchar.