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Message: [QUOTE="ucmiami2, post: 5342099, member: 13062"] Scheffler was actually 1-4 with a big win Sunday - both he and McIlroy looked absolutely drained and didn't play all that well but it was a dog fight and a great match play battle neither ever getting to +2 during the day. The difference - Scheffler winning a hole with a bogey. Don't think I remember a day with only 1 match ending before playing the 17th, or with 8 of 11 being decided on the 18th green. Great day for the USA squad, saving pride after stinking up the first two days. Glad the European's scored 15 so no one gets too bent on the half point earned due to the Hovland withdrawl - I like that aspect of 'gentlemanly scoring' and don't want them to change it - think they said it had happened 3 times before to the benefit of both teams. Just would have been a lot of noise if the final score was 14 each. And it seemed the crowd was better behaved on Sunday - still boisterous, but more respectful to the actual playing of the golfers. And on the course set-up - it seemed they should have played the back nine first - USA lost the front nine by a large margin, but won the back nine through three days. That kind of momentum gained on the first nine was a huge plus for the Europeans. Maybe it wouldn't have mattered, but still ... FYI Xander also ended with a 3-1 point line. He and Young were the top USA scorers. USA in recent years has not had much luck with the top players on their team. Woods 13-21-3 record, Scheffler 3-6-3, even Mickelson who is the top scorer for the USA has a losing record of 18-22-7 in the 12 teams he has been on. The Europeans at the top all have winning records. Of recent players Dustin Johnson is the best with a 12-9-0 including a 5-0-0 in his last in 2021. Xander's record is at 6-5-0 (he likes 3-1-0 for or against having won twice and lost once at that score.) Cantley having had a bad 2025, still has a 6-5-2 overall record and Thomas who went 2-2-0 is 9-6-2. FYI2 - Of the top 15 individual point differentials in the first two days of play there is a lone USA player - Lanny Wadkins who last played in 1993. [/QUOTE]

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