I am not so confident either knowing they are going to set the course up to suit their players who by and large are better putters than the Euros. So expect wide open fairways, easy rough, generous pin positions softish greens.
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I am not so confident either knowing they are going to set the course up to suit their players who by and large are better putters than the Euros. So expect wide open fairways, easy rough, generous pin positions softish greens.
I love it when Great Uncle Jules tells stories about when he was a lad......
I think Europe can get something from 2 or 3 of the first set of matches.
Really don't like the Pieters/Westwood pairing but I can see why Clarke done it.
I think we'll see no comeback this time if we fall behind early.
Just not enough of fired up leaders in the team.
Hope I'm wrong though.
Really don't like the Pieters/Westwood pairing but I can see why Clarke done it.
I think we'll see no comeback this time if we fall behind early.
Just not enough of fired up leaders in the team.
Hope I'm wrong though.
Ive done Speith top US points scorer and Stenson top Europe points scorer. Unfortunately, I did them before the draw was made and now find out that are playing each other in the first game today. So not too happy about that.
Ive also backed the correct scores as below:
14-14
Europe 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 USA
USA 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 Europe
I think it will be tight as you can tell.
Ive also backed the correct scores as below:
14-14
Europe 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 USA
USA 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 Europe
I think it will be tight as you can tell.
He shouldn't have been picked in the first place.
Safe cowardly pick from Clarke.
Lowry and Knox must be pissing themselves looking at him.
He's picked the right eight for this morning. I'm a big fan of Westwood but neither he nor Keymer should play again until the singles. Willett and Sullivan did OK yesterday so either can come in for the fourballs if needs be. I'm really looking forward to seeing Chris Wood today...I think he's going to be great.
Someone was saying on the radio this morning that Casey declared himself unavailable for selection though.
Yup but he is still spitting feathers that he was ruled out if you read this interview
Arizona-based Casey last year opted against joining the European Tour, therefore rendering himself ineligible for this year's Ryder Cup, which takes place in September at Hazeltine National, Minnesota.
Keith Pelley, the European Tour chief executive, has insisted his organisation made it "very easy" for players to keep hold of their membership after cutting the qualifying requirement from 13 tournaments to five -- a number than now excludes majors and World Golf Championships.
World No.30 Casey, however, revealed his frustration with the current system, claiming his position inside the world's top 50 put him at a disadvantage under the new rules.
"I was really frustrated when I read Keith Pelley's press release," he told the Times. "It was infuriating actually. He was saying he had done everything he could to make it easier for Paul Casey to play the European Tour. Keith Pelley -- you did not. He made it easier for guys outside the top 50. I appreciate that, don't get me wrong.
"I have had no second thoughts. As recently as the Open last year I was leaning towards joining the European Tour. But, deep down I was hoping there would be a shift in the membership requirements.
"The reality is that there hasn't been. Not for me anyway. I know the new rules help those outside the top 50. But I'm inside the top 50 and so playing five outside the WGCs and the majors is pretty much exactly the same as what they wanted from guys in my position before the rule change.
"I like to think that, if Samuel Ryder were alive today and saw the present situation, he would be saying that this was not what he envisioned when he came up with the original idea for the matches. Last time I looked I was European, so that should be enough to make me eligible. I've never agreed that to be eligible you should have to be a European Tour member."
Only seven Europeans sit above Casey in the world golf rankings and the 38-year-old admitted his annoyance at the fact defending champions Europe would enter the competition without their strongest squad.
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This is a brilliant competition. Tight as can be, and both teams playing out of their skins.
