September 25, 201411 yr QUOTE (daa84 @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 07:43 PM) super excited for the Ryder cup - one of the best events in all of sports I'll watch, but I can't say I'm expecting much from the US team this time. Hopefully it's close going into singles on Sunday morning.
September 25, 201411 yr Author QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 07:46 PM) I'll watch, but I can't say I'm expecting much from the US team this time. Hopefully it's close going into singles on Sunday morning. Yeah, the Europeans are heavy favorites for sure. Even with a U.S. team fully healthy we would be underdogs. Who knows what till happen though, always seems like the best players don't always play the best in match play
September 25, 201411 yr super excited for the Ryder cup - one of the best events in all of sports Separate thread for this or keep the discussion here?
September 25, 201411 yr Let's do a separate thread. A buddy of mine is having watch parties every day from 2 AM to noon, but that's a little aggressive for me. Everyone is writing the Americans off, but match play is so different, they still have a chance. Each hole only counts as one no matter how bad you play or how well they play it.
September 25, 201411 yr Friday AM four-ball pairings: 1) Simpson/Watson vs Rose/Stenson 2) Fowler/Walker vs Bjorn/Kaymer 3) Reed/Speith vs Gallacher/Poulter 4) Bradley/Mickelson vs Garcia/McIlroy Not playing: Furyk, Johnson, Kuchar, Mahan, Donaldson, Dubuisson, McDowell, Westwood
September 25, 201411 yr Author QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 01:30 PM) Friday AM four-ball pairings: 1) Simpson/Watson vs Rose/Stenson 2) Fowler/Walker vs Bjorn/Kaymer 3) Reed/Speith vs Gallacher/Poulter 4) Bradley/Mickelson vs Garcia/McIlroy Not playing: Furyk, Johnson, Kuchar, Mahan, Donaldson, Dubuisson, McDowell, Westwood after thinking about this whole thing more, im not so convinced that its a slam dunk for the europeans....average world rank of US team is 16, average for european team is 20 Obviously McIlroy will be favored in any matchup he is in, but eventually Ian Poulter will start playing like Ian Poulter at every other non-ryder cup event. Rose/Stenson is certainly tough, but itll depend on which Bubba shows up. Its very interesting to me that Watson is saving his more consistent, conservative players (Johnson, Furyk, Kuchar) for fourball, and has his "wild cards" who can get hot in foursomes (Phil, Fowler, Bubba, Bradley - though in fairness those four will probably play the afternoon too). I wonder how much he will mix the pairings up for the afternoon session. Edited September 25, 201411 yr by daa84
September 25, 201411 yr after thinking about this whole thing more, im not so convinced that its a slam dunk for the europeans....average world rank of US team is 16, average for european team is 20 Obviously McIlroy will be favored in any matchup he is in, but eventually Ian Poulter will start playing like Ian Poulter at every other non-ryder cup event. Its very interesting to me that Watson is saving his more consistent, conservative players (Johnson, Furyk, Kuchar) for fourball, and has his "wild cards" who can get hot in foursomes (Phil, Fowler, Bubba, Bradley - though in fairness those four will probably play the afternoon too). I wonder how much he will mix the pairings up for the afternoon session. I am guessing that Furyk/Mahan and Kuchar/Johnson and Mickelson/Bradley all get afternoon pairings, along with whichever of the other three morning pairings performs the best.
September 25, 201411 yr Author actually my post above is a mistake, its fourball in the morning, foursomes in teh afternoon. I like that much better Edited September 25, 201411 yr by daa84
September 26, 201411 yr Author at this point, there's no way Watson marches Webb out for the afternoon, given how he's played this morning and recently. Will be interesting to see if he sits Bubba too. The rookies are en fuego, I'd like to see them in foursomes this afternoon, especially given that they will have only played 2/3rds of a round in the morning Edited September 26, 201411 yr by daa84
September 26, 201411 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) The photobomb would be funnier if it wasn't for Phil's wife. Holy Mackerel!
September 26, 201411 yr Trying to follow online and Fowler/Walker have been 1 down with 1 to play for 30 minutes. Is there some kind of delay going on???
September 26, 201411 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 06:02 AM) The photobomb would be funnier if it wasn't for Phil's wife. Holy Mackerel! I saw somebody comment that with Phil's wife the smile is real, the tits aren't. On Phil, it's the exact opposite.
September 26, 201411 yr So Phil sealed the morning session win for the US in the most Phil-like way ever--knocking a bunker shot to 2 feet for a tap in birdie at 18.
September 26, 201411 yr Watched the morning matches all night...did not look good early...great comeback by Jimmy Walker and some clutch play by Phil and Keegan. Spieth and Reed dominated their match, as did Stenson and Rose. Excited for the afternoon matches.
September 26, 201411 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 05:27 AM) I saw somebody comment that with Phil's wife the smile is real, the tits aren't. On Phil, it's the exact opposite. Well she's a breast cancer survivor; that's a pretty disgusting comment. Phil, on the other hand, is one of the nicest professional athletes around...Google his tipping habits...
September 26, 201411 yr Well she's a breast cancer survivor; that's a pretty disgusting comment. Phil, on the other hand, is one of the nicest professional athletes around...Google his tipping habits... Restaurant or Wall Street?
September 26, 201411 yr Stayed up til 2:30 last night to watch the first guys tee off. Finally went to bed a little after 4. Rough morning getting up for work, but worth it. Love the Ryder Cup. I'm going to make every effort to go in 2016.
September 26, 201411 yr Stayed up til 2:30 last night to watch the first guys tee off. Finally went to bed a little after 4. Rough morning getting up for work, but worth it. Love the Ryder Cup. I'm going to make every effort to go in 2016. I kinda did the opposite. I went to bed an hour early and got up an hour early so I could watch for an hour before coming to work. Planning on going to bed early tonight and getting up around 6 tomorrow morning to watch the end of the morning matches.
September 26, 201411 yr Jim Furyk is one of my favorite golfers, but the man can't buy a win in the Ryder Cup.
September 26, 201411 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 11:09 AM) Jim Furyk is one of my favorite golfers, but the man can't buy a win in the Ryder Cup. This. He consistently earns his way on then contributes nothing.
September 26, 201411 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 11:09 AM) Jim Furyk is one of my favorite golfers, but the man can't buy a win in the Ryder Cup. Fixed. There's a reason he hasn't won a tournament in 4 years, he just can't seem to close the deal.
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