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We need to stop issuing visas to Euro golfers who want to live in Florida unless they commit to citizenship.

We will never lose another Ryder Cup.
 
stamfordhusky said:
Cantlay is 6-2-1 cumulatively in Ryder Cup play since he has been on the team. And he won both of his individual matches in the past two Ryder cups.
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And Scottie is winless.

Choker!
 
Sitting Cam Young this morning is looking like a poor decision. Local kid who has won tournies at Bethpage Black. Can and JJ Spain are definitely playing crisp this afternoon. JT is playing well too. Scottie is still playing like doo doo.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Sitting Cam Young this morning is looking like a poor decision. Local kid who has won tournies at Bethpage Black. Can and JJ Spain are definitely playing crisp this afternoon. JT is playing well too. Scottie is still playing like doo doo.
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Scottie playing awful. Young should’ve been playing from the morning tee period he’s been playing as good as anyone on the team end of the year. Morikawa is awful and has been.

Here’s my take on our team… way too many personalities like rocks doesn’t work in this format seems hard to see who fits with who for that reason. No pizzazz at all that needs to end. Even Scottie, looks like he’s hardly having fun out there. When you’re #1 sucks you’re in trouble.
 
mauconnfan said:
Scottie playing awful. Young should’ve been playing from the morning tee period he’s been playing as good as anyone on the team end of the year. Morikawa is awful and has been.

Here’s my take on our team… way too many personalities like rocks doesn’t work in this format seems hard to see who fits with who for that reason. No pizzazz at all that needs to end. Even Scottie, looks like he’s hardly having fun out there. When you’re #1 sucks you’re in trouble.
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It's generally been the case that the Euros do better in team play and the US owns singles. I expect that to be the case this year as well, although the strategies the captains use to set up Sunday matches should be very interesting this year.I think the Euros have a team that can match the US in singles if the pairings are right. I wouldn't bother pairing a star vs Scottie on Sunday. Let him win.
 
Good thing it's not hot on LI... I'd be worried about Sepp's caddie. That's a big boy.
 
mauconnfan said:
Scottie playing awful. Young should’ve been playing from the morning tee period he’s been playing as good as anyone on the team end of the year. Morikawa is awful and has been.

Here’s my take on our team… way too many personalities like rocks doesn’t work in this format seems hard to see who fits with who for that reason. No pizzazz at all that needs to end. Even Scottie, looks like he’s hardly having fun out there. When you’re #1 sucks you’re in trouble.
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Scottie warmed up on the back 9. Gotta hope it carries over to tomorrow. I wouldn't mind seeing Wcottie qn JJ in the morning foursome. Same for JT and Young.

Yeah, Morikawa needs to sit tomorrow. And I'd play either Henley or English one each tomorrow so they don't get stale.

Griffin amd Burns were also a mess for most of the afternoon.
 
Sat

Match 1, 7:10 a.m. ET: Bryson DeChambeau/Cameron Young (USA) vs. Ludvig Aberg/Matt Fitzpatrick (EUR)
Match 2, 7:26 a.m. ET: Collin Morikawa/Harris English (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy/Tommy Fleetwood (EUR)
Match 3, 7:42 a.m. ET: Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (USA) vs. Jon Rahm/Tyrrell Hatton (EUR)
Match 4, 7:58 a.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler/Russell Henley (USA) vs. Robert MacIntyre/Viktor Hovland (EUR)
 
uconn1999 said:
Sat

Match 1, 7:10 a.m. ET: Bryson DeChambeau/Cameron Young (USA) vs. Ludvig Aberg/Matt Fitzpatrick (EUR)
Match 2, 7:26 a.m. ET: Collin Morikawa/Harris English (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy/Tommy Fleetwood (EUR)
Match 3, 7:42 a.m. ET: Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (USA) vs. Jon Rahm/Tyrrell Hatton (EUR)
Match 4, 7:58 a.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler/Russell Henley (USA) vs. Robert MacIntyre/Viktor Hovland (EUR)
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They r putting out the same groups that got destroyed except subbing young for jt. WTF. Morikowa has no biz playing until Sunday. Sorry but Scottie is 0-3 in foursomes.

Whoever is the stats guy should have been fired at lunch today.

Thankfully fb is on Sunday as the golf won’t matter.
 
uconn1999 said:
Sat

Match 1, 7:10 a.m. ET: Bryson DeChambeau/Cameron Young (USA) vs. Ludvig Aberg/Matt Fitzpatrick (EUR)
Match 2, 7:26 a.m. ET: Collin Morikawa/Harris English (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy/Tommy Fleetwood (EUR)
Match 3, 7:42 a.m. ET: Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (USA) vs. Jon Rahm/Tyrrell Hatton (EUR)
Match 4, 7:58 a.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler/Russell Henley (USA) vs. Robert MacIntyre/Viktor Hovland (EUR)
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I think Keegan lucked out with that 2nd matchup. Donald is basically wasting his top team on what appears to be sacrificial lambs, giving the US a better chance to win 3 of 4 morning matches.
 
J187Money said:
When you putt like the Euros are putting…
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So much easier to make putts when they reach the hole.

I was listening to Faxon a few weeks ago about learning how to putt for match play compared to stroke play. Basically when you areputt8ng to tie puttit harder and take out some of the break. If you roll it 4 feet past there's no penalty.

Europe does this so much better than the US. The putts their making this morning breaking 4 or 5 feet. Bethpage is mostly a pace putt8ng course.

And Americans suck at taking spin off their irons on approach shots.
 
Brad Faxon brings "piss poor" into Ryder Cup vernacular. Even Gary McCord never went that far, lol.
 
Euros are just a better team with more clutch golfers. Coupled with what should be our super power in Scottie playing like he was a captains choice not the best player in the world and we are just getting dominated.

We need Scottie to wake up Bryson to keep playing like he is as well as Cam Young who is definitely holding his own. But who is going to step up for the Americans in four ball. Almost feels like we have to go at least 3 and 1. The home team always has the advantage in the singles matches but if this does not get better this afternoon I am not even going to bother watching tomorrow.

And this is completely subjective and my singular opinion but to me it seems the Euros want it more. On TV the fans do not even seem to be close to what happens on the other side of the pond. I was not a big fan of Harris English before the last two days and then only because he reminds me of Tim Robbin’s especially the Shawshank Redemption version. But please Keegan stop playing him and then Henley oh my goodness he just handed a hole to the Euros.

This is the only golf I get emotional watching and there have been several f-bombs coming from me the last two days. I stayed home to watch this morning and missed my son’s travel football game to support our country. It is clear we are a clear under dog even with the best player in the world which made me want to support them even more. When Tiger was dominating like Scottie is currently dominating he just elevated the rest of the team even if he was not playing great. But when your best player and the best player in the world really has no interest in being the leader it creates chemistry issues.

Ok I am done venting about this subject.
 
storrsroars said:
Brad Faxon brings "piss poor" into Ryder Cup vernacular. Even Gary McCord never went that far, lol.
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Loved it when I heard that because you know it is totally a phrase he uses regularly.
 
Deepster said:
Long day. I'll try to give some details about the whole experience. Sorry for the long post.

Up at 4 am. At the course by 5:15. The buzz from the early morning crowd was super cool. Great scene of the sun coming up over the stands behind the first tee. We settled in on the first fairway maybe 100 yds from the tee. The entire crowd sang the National Anthem which gave you chills. The team walkouts from the tunnel was cool and the cheers/boos/chants were awesome every time.

It was overwhelming after the groups were done with the 1st hole because you have a full crowd for a "major" but only 4 groups so scrambling to try and get to the next viewing spot was crazy. Trying to get to an area you could see 2/3 holes easily. And, being 5'8" definitely wasn't to my advantage a good chunk of the day. I was able to get super close to Scottie, Rory, Keegan, Xander, Rahm at a few points and had a great view (like 15 ft away) from Scottie sinking a birdie on 2.

The fans made it like nothing I've experienced. Every shot brought out one side cheering like crazy, more than you'd imagine or see on TV. You are high fiving strangers all day and we had a great time talking to the Euro fans who travelled from all over the world, can drink us under the table and were very respectful. I would almost say they love the Cup more than we do (?).

After like 16,000 steps in the morning matches, we got food (it was "free" with your ticket and everything was really really good), then headed to camp out in the stands behind the first tee for the afternoon session. Got lucky and set up in the 2nd row. We had to go through a vigorous TSA search with secret service there so we knew the President was coming. Like 15 minutes before the 1st group teed off in the pm, Air Force One flew in right down the 18th fairway over the stands, super low making a definite entrance.

I've never been near a US President before and when he came out, I don't know how to describe the energy. He was definitely very popular with the crowd and the USA chants and hype was really, really insane. Seeing someone that famous and the attention he commanded was very cool to experience, like when they say Jordan or Tiger enters a room. The crowd then sang the National Anthem really loudly and a fighter jet flyover buzzed the course. That whole scene and experience was a very unique and overhwhelming scene, not politically, but it just raised the US vs Europe tone of the match to something I have never been part of. The energy of that place was what the Ryder Cup experience was all about.

Camped out at a couple different spots in the pm now having more awareness of the course and view spots. Watched the last group go through 14 and decided to hit the pro shop and beat the crowd knowing we'd never get over to 16-17-18 in time and most matches don't go that long anyway. Spent almost a grand in the pro shop and met Jamie Foxx who was definitely high but friendly.

All in all? Bucket list experience. I'm not sure going again would or could be the same now knowing what it's like? But if you're a golf fan, it's an absolute must to try and get to. I had a smile the entire day, lost my voice, was up for 22 straight hours by the time I got home and I can't stop thinking about certain parts of the day.

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That sounds awesome.

Every time I tune in the Americans are missing big putts and the Euros are draining them. They seem to own us in the Ryder Cup unfortunately.
 
superjohn said:
That sounds awesome.

Every time I tune in the Americans are missing big putts and the Euros are draining them. They seem to own us in the Ryder Cup unfortunately.
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You could tune in intermittently or watch all day long and it would be the same result.
 
Chin Diesel said:
That choke by Schefffler from the fairway on 18 is like Steph Curry shooting an air ball on a FT.
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He really is playing badly. We really needed him to be dominant to have a good chance to win even before this started. Now it is going to take a miracle.
 
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