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

[golfgirlrobin]

Does Stricker not get right of first refusal? 
 

He may not be interested, but if what you’re interested in is winning on foreign soil, and not just having everyone get a turn, why change captains, at all? 
 

Captaining two winning teams would be a pretty cool thing to add to your resume and I can see Zach getting passed over.  

[Holy Moses]

2 minutes ago, ShowMe said:

 

Is Zack Johnson a leader, though?  Sure he's won a couple of majors, but he barely cracked the Top 10 rankings that many times in his career.  I just don't envision a lot of excitement for him being captain.

 

They should give it to Azinger again, so he can prove (or not) that he can win in Europe.  Winning in the U.S. is a lot easier.

Any more a leader than Stricker or Furyk? 

[Need4spd]

2 hours ago, tatertot said:

And Langer's actually meant something ... Fitzpatrick's was a meaningless match that literally NOBODY cared about. How would this possibly effect his career in any way?

Seriously. If this is true than the kid needs to see a shrink and work on his mental fitness. 

[Holy Moses]

Just now, golfgirlrobin said:

Does Stricker not get right of first refusal? 
 

He may not be interested, but if what you’re interested in is winning on foreign soil, and not just having everyone get a turn, why change captains, at all? 
 

Captaining two winning teams would be a pretty cool thing to add to your resume and I can see Zach getting passed over.  

I’m all for Stricker getting another crack, but he’s not doing two captaincies back to back. Too much time. Being a captain is a huge investment. 

[BNGL]

31 minutes ago, stingerfade said:

I was making a joke but yea I think it did affect him. He’s doing radio commentary now 

He won three times. Had multiple top tens in majors was top 10 in the world. If it did it was minuscule the amount it affected him.

[ShowMe]

Just now, Holy Moses said:

Any more a leader than Stricker or Furyk? 

 

Hard to disagree with Stricker's results.  He seemed to be more of a silent behind the scenes leader.  Furyk had to go to Europe, where it's a lot harder to win.

 

The U.S. hasn't won in Europe since 1993, almost 30 years.  Is Zach Johnson the right fit for that environment?

[Holy Moses]

2 minutes ago, ShowMe said:

 

Hard to disagree with Stricker's results.  He seemed to be more of a silent behind the scenes leader.  Furyk had to go to Europe, where it's a lot harder to win.

 

The U.S. hasn't won in Europe since 1993, almost 30 years.  Is Zach Johnson the right fit for that environment?

If he is a players captain like Stricker, yes. He has the horses and he’ll do fine.

 

[drbonesvt]

Why is couples being passed up?

[Holy Moses]

3 minutes ago, drbonesvt said:

Why is couples being passed up?

Heard that the PGA of America thinks he’s too passive. Also, this…

 

“Another reason Couples' captaincy was passed over is again an offshoot of his overly-relaxed demeanor. According to Diaz's sources, Couples' decision to text Jim Furyk the news that he wouldn't be selected as a captain's pick for the 2013 Presidents Cup, rather than calling him, reportedly left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. That Furyk is one of the eight men on the PGA's Ryder Cup Task Force surely didn't help matters.”

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-pga-task-force-didnt-want

 

[tbowles411]

Well that was fun!  Domination on our end for a change.  🙂

[grm24]

24 minutes ago, golfgirlrobin said:

Does Stricker not get right of first refusal? 
 

He may not be interested, but if what you’re interested in is winning on foreign soil, and not just having everyone get a turn, why change captains, at all? 
 

Captaining two winning teams would be a pretty cool thing to add to your resume and I can see Zach getting passed over.  

Stricker said in one of the interviews after the RC was done that he does not want to be captain in 2023.

[drbonesvt]

Just now, Holy Moses said:

Heard that the PGA of America thinks he’s too passive. Also, this…

 

“Another reason Couples' captaincy was passed over is again an offshoot of his overly-relaxed demeanor. According to Diaz's sources, Couples' decision to text Jim Furyk the news that he wouldn't be selected as a captain's pick for the 2013 Presidents Cup, rather than calling him, reportedly left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. That Furyk is one of the eight men on the PGA's Ryder Cup Task Force surely didn't help matters.”

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-pga-task-force-didnt-want

 

Thx , I just saw that , I thought it was bc he said some negative stuff about the PGA , if that was true about 2012 esp about not being reachable during the cup , well can’t blame anyone but himself 

[Hawkeye77]

30 minutes ago, golfgirlrobin said:

Does Stricker not get right of first refusal? 
 

He may not be interested, but if what you’re interested in is winning on foreign soil, and not just having everyone get a turn, why change captains, at all? 
 

Captaining two winning teams would be a pretty cool thing to add to your resume and I can see Zach getting passed over.  

No, and he’s already said he won’t. They already know who the next one is, will tell us later. 

[pdxhak]

Haha some of the boys definitely had a few drinks 🙂

 

 

 

[tgoodspe1991]

I’ve never heard DJ talk so much in my life!

[gsrjc]

30 minutes ago, tgoodspe1991 said:

I’ve never heard DJ talk so much in my life!

Yeah I know right. 

[mocokid]

1 hour ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Yep, likely Zach for Rome. 

Slaughter in the coliseum, take 1 for the team Zach. Mick gets the laurels at bethpage, avenging the Roman blood bath.  

[tacklingdummy]

It was the 100% the hoodies that made them play great. 

[imakaveli]

6 hours ago, farmer said:

Saw some comments about Matthew Fitzpatrick being mentally wrecked after today, so what happened?

Chunked his occasion to tie the match

[imakaveli]

5 hours ago, stingerfade said:

I was making a joke but yea I think it did affect him. He’s doing radio commentary now 

Then he went to Gleneagles and chunked it again. This stuff gets in your head. Great guy though!

[grm24]

 

 

 

[memberguest]

Since the players don't get paid for Ryder Cup. Where does all the money go from the endless TV commercials they run during the event? 

 

I read some of it goes to charity and expenses. But what about the rest? 

[imakaveli]

15 minutes ago, memberguest said:

Since the players don't get paid for Ryder Cup. Where does all the money go from the endless TV commercials they run during the event? 

 

I read some of it goes to charity and expenses. But what about the rest? 

PGA of America and European Tour.

[MattyO1984]

Purposely didn’t log in over the weekend - I just wanted to watch the golf with the minimum of distractions. Coming back to it this morning, there is only one thing that really needs to be said - congratulations Team USA.

 

Incredible performance over the three days. A team which was almost unfathomably talented didn’t give our Dad’s Army a sniff of anything other than a complete whooping.

 

If it were ever a doubt, the time for Europe to clear to the decks is now. The time of Westwood, Poulter and Casey has been and gone. Garcia might cling on for another go around but the pool of players that are considered for the event needs to be freshened up as a priority above all else if Europe wants to turn up in 2023 competitive never mind with a chance of winning. 

[memberguest]

6 minutes ago, imakaveli said:

PGA of America and European Tour.

To do what with? Aren't these non-profit orgs? Just boosting their budgets then? 

 

Fair enough if they can get some of the best players in the world to play for free and do something patriotic. 

[imakaveli]

6 minutes ago, memberguest said:

To do what with? Aren't these non-profit orgs? Just boosting their budgets then? 

 

Fair enough if they can get some of the best players in the world to play for free and do something patriotic. 

Pretty smart, right?

[elwhippy]

The way the European Tour is shrinking I can see future sides being picked more from the World list as we seem to be running events where the prize pot is less than second place in a US event. The European media put enormous pressure on the Captain to pick the old guard for nostalgic reasons...SKY TV were bleating about "can't have a Ryder Cup without Poulter..". 

Next RC in Italy should see a radically different team minus the old guard. Another hiding like last night and Euro sponsors will jump ship. 

[Blade Junkie]

1 hour ago, memberguest said:

To do what with? Aren't these non-profit orgs? Just boosting their budgets then? 

 

Fair enough if they can get some of the best players in the world to play for free and do something patriotic. 

 

The European Tour probably need it to pay Keith Pelley's obscene wages ... still makes my blood boil that someone agreed to pay him 5 times what the previous CEO was earning ... 

[MattyO1984]

13 minutes ago, Blade Junkie said:

 

The European Tour probably need it to pay Keith Pelley's obscene wages ... still makes my blood boil that someone agreed to pay him 5 times what the previous CEO was earning ... 

 

Do you know how much those blue frame glasses cost?! 

[Blade Junkie]

9 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

Do you know how much those blue frame glasses cost?! 

 

I'll swap you 10 Loro Piana polo shirts for them, and it still wouldn't be close !

Edited September 27, 2021 by Blade Junkie