Ryder Cup 2020/21 (***NO COVID/POLITICS***)

[Jay28]

Haha - Weisbergers face ... its says ' WTF did I have to play with Casey?'

 

[imakaveli]

Burnt Cheeseburger with a pretty good Ryder Cup so far. Pitty Casey holed the last putt at the 2020 PGA…

[Superbrit]

9 minutes ago, Jay28 said:

Harrington is a terrible captain.

Grimacing in disappointment at his players shots... in the only game we're up in.

WTF is he even doing following that match?

This is nothing to do with Harrington, this is the worst team of putters i have seen, literally none of them can putt apart from Rahm, but most of us Euros suspected this would happen unfortunately 

[imakaveli]

7 minutes ago, gjc90 said:

Cantlay and JT will win their match 

this could be a 4-0 session 

This is what happens when Baby Jesus fails to close the match 3 times in a row… smh

[imakaveli]

1 minute ago, Superbrit said:

This is nothing to do with Harrington, this is the worst team of putters i have seen, literally none of them can putt apart from Rahm, but most of us Euros suspected this would happen unfortunately 

Agrees. Paddy is a good captain, they suck big time…

[imakaveli]

Seriously, how bad is Rory… go back winning canadian ipens and players…

[imakaveli]

Or maybe they just don’t care anymore because they are Florida residents 🤔

[scruffynick]

Just now, imakaveli said:

Agrees. Paddy is a good captain, they suck big time…

Not sure, the team he selected racked of sentiment. Poulter, seriously?? Been crap for yonks yet he's in the Ryder cup. Maybe Europe needs a good tanking to wake up the whole selection process because it's woefully flawed 

[Jay28]

Just now, Superbrit said:

This is nothing to do with Harrington, this is the worst team of putters i have seen, literally none of them can putt apart from Rahm, but most of us Euros suspected this would happen unfortunately 

 

 

Some serious errors in judgment

1) Choosing Lowry over Rose

2) Playing McIlroy in foursomes.  No way a player with regular mistake sin his game should be in foursomes

3) Playing Hovland in foursomes - short game is a weakness.  Again , not for foursomes.

4) Not playing Garcia in the fourballs - he's the epitome of a player who can stay in a match and scratch out a point or half point

5) Sticking with Rory after he was simply terrible in the foursomes

6) Sticking with Casey after his putter was stone cold in the foursomes - and not only that.. sending him out first

7) Breaking up the Rahm/Garcia pairing after they were the only people playing well in the morning

 

It's only day 1.

 

[gjc90]

This is awful to watch as a euro. 
the US team are just so superior. And given the age of the team it could be a period of dominance incoming 

[DFS PFD]

Europe struggles once after a period of dominance and everyone is up in arms, guessing very few have played in a format like this, some days it is out of your control. That's golf in general. Especially picking players from such a deep pool of talent on PGA and EU Tour and them having to be playing in their best form just has so many variables. Bound to happen occasionally. Still lots of golf to play as well. 

[khalespace]

7 minutes ago, imakaveli said:

Or maybe they just don’t care anymore because they are Florida residents 🤔

Rambo, Sergio, Westwood all have American wives. 

[Jay28]

1 minute ago, DFS PFD said:

Europe struggles once after a period of dominance and everyone is up in arms, guessing very few have played in a format like this, some days it is out of your control. That's golf in general. Especially picking players from such a deep pool of talent on PGA and EU Tour and them having to be playing in their best form just has so many variables. Bound to happen occasionally. Still lots of golf to play as well. 

 

I think it's the level that is the disappointing thing.  This European team is playing the worst golf (not just on the greens) of any Ryder Cup team I have ever seen. 

[Superbrit]

6 minutes ago, Jay28 said:

 

 

Some serious errors in judgment

1) Choosing Lowry over Rose

2) Playing McIlroy in foursomes.  No way a player with regular mistake sin his game should be in foursomes

3) Playing Hovland in foursomes - short game is a weakness.  Again , not for foursomes.

4) Not playing Garcia in the fourballs - he's the epitome of a player who can stay in a match and scratch out a point or half point

5) Sticking with Rory after he was simply terrible in the foursomes

6) Sticking with Casey after his putter was stone cold in the foursomes - and not only that.. sending him out first

7) Breaking up the Rahm/Garcia pairing after they were the only people playing well in the morning

 

It's only day 1.

 

Lowry has played better golf than Rose, Rose did well at the pga, but that was it

 

Who else is he going to pick to play this afternoon, westwood, fitzpatrick, poulter? 

 

Although i do agree about garcia, but he cant play 5 matches

[DFS PFD]

3 minutes ago, Jay28 said:

 

I think it's the level that is the disappointing thing.  This European team is playing the worst golf (not just on the greens) of any Ryder Cup team I have ever seen. 

I don't disagree at all, statistically it has to happen at some point. So I assume we will see better golf this weekend, and in the future. Just like the US was due for some good play. 

[mat562]

6 minutes ago, khalespace said:

Rambo, Sergio, Westwood all have American wives. 

 

If Westwood has he's got a bigamy charge incoming, however the Ryder Cup ends.

[nichho]

One of the causes in the massive disparity between the two teams will be the fact that the Europeans that made the team on points will have accrued many of those points in 2019 (pre you know what), they were in form then but quite obviously no longer are.

 

Steve Stricker had the luxury of 6 picks. Many past captains wouldn't have had the balls to drop the old guard, Stricker did, picking all the in form younger generation. It's paying off.

[paulshack]

THAT SPIETH SHOT LOL 

[Superbrit]

4 minutes ago, nichho said:

One of the causes in the massive disparity between the two teams will be the fact that the Europeans that made the team on points will have accrued many of those points in 2019 (pre you know what), they were in form then but quite obviously no longer are.

 

Steve Stricker had the luxury of 6 picks. Many past captains wouldn't have had the balls to drop the old guard, Stricker did, picking all the in form younger generation. It's paying off.

Very good point about the Euro players, but the same players would have probably still qualified because there just isnt much coming through, hence why he went with poulter as one of his picks, our once good young players just haven't kicked on, unfortunately the next Ryder cup will probably be too soon for the likes of the hojgaard brothers etc

[bscinstnct]

6 minutes ago, nichho said:

One of the causes in the massive disparity between the two teams will be the fact that the Europeans that made the team on points will have accrued many of those points in 2019 (pre you know what), they were in form then but quite obviously no longer are.

 

Steve Stricker had the luxury of 6 picks. Many past captains wouldn't have had the balls to drop the old guard, Stricker did, picking all the in form younger generation. It's paying off.

 

Ya but we still got

 

8 out of the top 10 owgr on the team. 
 

For the most part, our guys basically qualified on their owgr rank. 

[Dill Pickleson]

Listening to these fans is really disheartening.

[JAM01]

13 minutes ago, nichho said:

One of the causes in the massive disparity between the two teams will be the fact that the Europeans that made the team on points will have accrued many of those points in 2019 (pre you know what), they were in form then but quite obviously no longer are.

 

Steve Stricker had the luxury of 6 picks. Many past captains wouldn't have had the balls to drop the old guard, Stricker did, picking all the in form younger generation. It's paying off.

Agree 100% - plus the old guard had baggage and bad memories. 

[nichho]

2 minutes ago, Superbrit said:

Very good point about the Euro players, but the same players would have probably still qualified because there just isnt much coming through, hence why he went with poulter as one of his picks, our once good young players just haven't kicked on, unfortunately the next Ryder cup will probably be too soon for the likes of the hojgaard brothers etc

But again, the old guard, Poulter and Casey, can earn way more points on the PGA Tour than the up and coming youngsters can on the ET and so will always be at a disadvantage, until they do enough to get on the world stage.

[Jay28]

If this is a 4-0 session, which looks like it might be, then the US will need 7 and a half from 8 points tomorrow to win it before Sunday.

[imakaveli]

Well done Finau, great performance!

[ATLgopher]

2 minutes ago, Dill Pickleson said:

Listening to these fans is really disheartening.

Dear diary 

[nichho]

5 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Ya but we still got

 

8 out of the top 10 owgr on the team. 
 

For the most part, our guys basically qualified on their owgr rank. 

Can't argue with that, but with 6 picks there was plenty of scope for Stricker to screw it up and pick Phil, or Reed etal.

[imakaveli]

36 minutes ago, scruffynick said:

Not sure, the team he selected racked of sentiment. Poulter, seriously?? Been crap for yonks yet he's in the Ryder cup. Maybe Europe needs a good tanking to wake up the whole selection process because it's woefully flawed 

Our problem is not Poulter…

[Naptime]

At the end of the day, better than I expected for the US team.  YJS had a highlight shot wasted.

[ATLgopher]

Incredible day 1. Hopefully it holds and can build upon it in future cups