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

[DanoCanuck]

2 minutes ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

We got pairings 

 

Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia

DJ/Morikawa vs Casey/Hatton

JT/JS vs Hovland/Wiesberger

Xander/Cantlay vs Westwood/Fitzpatrick

 

I think it's another 3-1 US win. DJ is on fire as is JT and Cantlay/Xander are playing really well. Rahm and Garcia will be the only point Europe will win. Only match that is a toss up IMO is the Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia. US will have at least 10-11 points by the end of tomorrow.

I like the Brooks/Berger pairing but I would have rather seen a Morikawa/Brooks pairing. They seem like they're made for each other especially in 4ball. The other 3 are completely understandable even though I might have chosen different pairings but not much. 

[Christosterone]

[stinger_gc]

All the guys playing 5 matches are gonna be exhausted at the end of the week. Playing that much on this course in 3 days is a lot of golf

[kylesilk]

55 minutes ago, PZero said:

The European dinosaurs are weighing the team down.

Agree.  We beat them to the punch in this department IMO.  Westwood and Poulter have been great and I like them both but I think Europe went to the well one too many times.  

I like the fresh young guys getting experience for our side.  Europe will have to do the same eventually and then we will have more experience on our side, plus a lot of youth.  

[DanoCanuck]

I think most would agree JT didn't have his best this morning. Did he redeem himself this afternoon? I'd say yes even though I wanted to sit him. 

[Medson]

14 minutes ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

We got pairings 

 

Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia

DJ/Morikawa vs Casey/Hatton

JT/JS vs Hovland/Wiesberger

Xander/Cantlay vs Westwood/Fitzpatrick

 

I think it's another 3-1 US win. DJ is on fire as is JT and Cantlay/Xander are playing really well. Rahm and Garcia will be the only point Europe will win. Only match that is a toss up IMO is the Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia. US will have at least 10-11 points by the end of tomorrow.

The pairing looks good. But … I wouldn’t call it US favor until all matches are done tomorrow. 
 

US always looks strong on paper. 

[DanoCanuck]

1 minute ago, kylesilk said:

Agree.  We beat them to the punch in this department IMO.  Westwood and Poulter have been great and I like them both but I think Europe went to the well one too many times.  

I like the fresh young guys getting experience for our side.  Europe will have to do the same eventually and then we will have more experience on our side, plus a lot of youth.  

Justin Rose should have been selected over Poulter. I like Polts but Justin has a better overall game even though he's had a tougher year. Harrington shat the bed not selecting him. If the matches keep progressing like they are Harrington will be one of the biggest flop captains of all time. 

[bobfoster]

2 minutes ago, Medson said:

The pairing looks good. But … I wouldn’t call it US favor until all matches are done tomorrow. 
 

US always looks strong on paper. 

 

Yes, strong on paper. But they also looked pretty strong on the actual course today.

[ChrisL52188]

Harrington's selections is a little questionable but if Europe has a great day tomorrow then anyone can win. 

 

But so far Steve Stricker has certainly been better than Harrington. 

[ChrisL52188]

3 minutes ago, DanoCanuck said:

Justin Rose should have been selected over Poulter. I like Polts but Justin has a better overall game even though he's had a tougher year. Harrington shat the bed not selecting him. If the matches keep progressing like they are Harrington will be one of the biggest flop captains of all time. 

As bad as Darren Clarke when he was Captain? 

[DanoCanuck]

Just now, ChrisL52188 said:

As bad as Darren Clarke when he was Captain? 

Pretty close...Clarke was a disaster, I can only hope Harrrington will be close to his level of suckage.  

[stinger_gc]

2 minutes ago, ChrisL52188 said:

As bad as Darren Clarke when he was Captain? 

Worse then Clarke so far. Clarke at least won the afternoon session. Europe got spanked in the morning and was close to being down 6.5-1.5.

[CasualLie]

1 hour ago, MUNIGRIT said:

Am I the only one who hates the name of the game foursomes and fourball instead of Alternate shot and Best ball? 

 

The British have long fantasized about foursomes / fourball...it's in their DNA 😉

[CasualLie]

Not taking anything away from Stricker.  I guess he could have made bad pairings, but the U.S. team just flat out played to their potential and that's far too much for the geriatric Euro team to handle.

[tiderider]

1 hour ago, MUNIGRIT said:

Am I the only one who hates the name of the game foursomes and fourball instead of Alternate shot and Best ball? 

it's silly on their part ... 

[Go Cougs]

1 hour ago, OgeecheeMac1 said:

Dustin hit a putt this morning and the tv coverage  played crowd  noise cheering in reverse. That was weird. We can’t trust the coverage of crowd noise to be truthful? What else are they faking?

 

[tiderider]

1 hour ago, ShowMe said:

 

Meh.  Too much gimmickry.  

looks more gimmicky than it really is because of the over-bunkering across the landscape, imo ... but there's always at least one "really?" on a pete dye course, and usually two ... but the thousand of bunkers that dot the eye when you look around are silly ... few of them actually in play ... 

[tiderider]

1 hour ago, OgeecheeMac1 said:

Dustin hit a putt this morning and the tv coverage  played crowd  noise cheering in reverse. That was weird. We can’t trust the coverage of crowd noise to be truthful? What else are they faking?

 

the distance the ball goes? ... just taking a stab here, people ... 

[bladehunter]

48 minutes ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

We got pairings 

 

Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia

DJ/Morikawa vs Casey/Hatton

JT/JS vs Hovland/Wiesberger

Xander/Cantlay vs Westwood/Fitzpatrick

 

I think it's another 3-1 US win. DJ is on fire as is JT and Cantlay/Xander are playing really well. Rahm and Garcia will be the only point Europe will win. Only match that is a toss up IMO is the Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia. US will have at least 10-11 points by the end of tomorrow.

Did JT combust this afternoon ?  Haven’t watched the afternoon.  He was opposite of fire his morning.  

[Hawkeye77]

2 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Did JT combust this afternoon ?  Haven’t watched the afternoon.  He was opposite of fire his morning.  

The two times he made good putts! Then he ran into the woods unzipping his fly. 
 

He played a lot better. 

[stinger_gc]

8 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Did JT combust this afternoon ?  Haven’t watched the afternoon.  He was opposite of fire his morning.  

Nah he shot -3 on his ball. Played pretty solid

[DanoCanuck]

10 minutes ago, CasualLie said:

Not taking anything away from Stricker.  I guess he could have made bad pairings, but the U.S. team just flat out played to their potential and that's far too much for the geriatric Euro team to handle.

One of the few times the Americans played up to their rankings. The Euros have beat us Cup after Cup with amazing Mojo and intangibles. It's nice to see us live up to our potential for a change. I'd never count the Euros out because they usually rise to the occasion. After day 1 it's looking good though. 

[golfgirlrobin]

I think Harrington thinks he made a big bold call by sitting Rory, but then he throws Westwood/Fitzpatrick out there again. 

[stinger_gc]

No Joke , but I don't think those last 3 matches will even see the 15th hole. 

[ShowMe]

1 hour ago, PHILsThemannnn said:

We got pairings 

 

Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia

DJ/Morikawa vs Casey/Hatton

JT/JS vs Hovland/Wiesberger

Xander/Cantlay vs Westwood/Fitzpatrick

 

I think it's another 3-1 US win. DJ is on fire as is JT and Cantlay/Xander are playing really well. Rahm and Garcia will be the only point Europe will win. Only match that is a toss up IMO is the Koepka/Berger vs Rahm/Garcia. US will have at least 10-11 points by the end of tomorrow.

 

Europe wins the first match.  U.S. wins the next three.

[DanoCanuck]

Just now, ShowMe said:

 

Europe wins the first match.  U.S. wins the next three.

We'd take it. YAY! 

[GooseHook]

Entertaining day of golf for sure. Haven't seen DJ putt that well in a long time and it was great to see JT turn it around in the afternoon. When you're down and convert an eagle on 16 to square the match, that's freaking clutch and worth the price of admission. 

 

I was looking at the foursome pairings and it seems like most of the guys paired up are playing the same or very similar golf balls. That seems like a really solid strategy on a course where the wind comes into play constantly. 

 

Rahm is obviously nuts, and Hatton is looking like a clutch player who is going to shine in future Cups. 

 

 

[ShowMe]

I think the fact that there are very few European fans in attendance is really hurting the Europeans' mojo.  In past Cups, they've really seemed to be able to feed of off their fans and come thru with clutch play.  Very few Euro fans this year and very little Euro clutch play so far.  Maybe they can beam in some of their fans on large monitors at each green, kind of like the talk shows were doing during COVID lockdown.

[PorkChopExpress]

Why would there be any euros when it’s all pga tour players

 

Ryder cup is pointless 

[Oz Max]

Overall disappointing captain's picks from PH, Poults and Lowry did not deliver at all... I would have preferred the Hojgaard twins instead. Europe was never going to win this one, just bring some youth and prepare for Italy. An away win is getting too rare nowadays.