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| ChickenStu wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | Ryder Cup is not off too a good start for the US team, down 4-0 after the morning rounds, only leading one match so far in the afternoon. |
Remarkable that the U.S. was the betting favorite for this event. We haven't won on European soil in, what, 30 years? Longer? Doesn't matter that I haven't heard of a couple of the European players, we should have been a decided underdog. Down by 5 points after 1 day, getting destroyed. |
Yep. Almost insurmountable at this point. TE only needs to win 8 of the remaining 20 to win.
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US getting smoked, not a surprise after Johnson botched the Captain's picks.
The buddy-buddy teams (Scheffler/Burns, etc) were especially bad.
This is shaping up as a complete beatdown administered by the Euros as I predicted.
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Just in case anyone was on the fence about whether Brooks was a douchebag or not. Brooks Koepka Calls Jon Rahm a 'Child' After 2023 Ryder Cup Matchup
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | US getting smoked, not a surprise after Johnson botched the Captain's picks. . . . as I predicted. |
OK. So who were your picks?
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Brooks quite about Rahm:
| Quote: | | "I mean, I want to hit a board and pout just like Jon Rahm did. But, you know, it is what it is. Act like a child. But we're adults. We move on." |
Rahm does have a reputation for constantly complaining and b*$%’ing. I can see how other players might get tired of it. Rahm has been, or been on the cusp of world number 1 for a couple years now, he doesn’t need to complain as much as he does. And Rahm is actually my favorite player, some of my golf buddies actually call me John Rahm. |
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Koepka/Scheffler were 5 down after 6 holes in the Saturday morning Foursomes, and we're losing 3 of the 4 matches in this session so far. Just getting destroyed.
Make that 7 down through 8, after Koepka just hooked his approach into the water on 9!
Uh, make that MATCH OVER ON THE 11TH HOLE! They lost the plot entirely, both Scheffler and Koepka. On the last hole, they literally looked like a couple of duffers. They lost 9 & 7. Biggest Foursomes defeat in Ryder Cup history. |
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | LakerLanny wrote: | | US getting smoked, not a surprise after Johnson botched the Captain's picks. . . . as I predicted. |
OK. So who were your picks? |
Keegan Bradley instead of Justin Thomas
Lucas Glover instead of Sam Burns
You go with hot players, not out of form guys who are buddies with the other players.
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| dont_be_a_wuss wrote: |
Brooks quite about Rahm:
| Quote: | | "I mean, I want to hit a board and pout just like Jon Rahm did. But, you know, it is what it is. Act like a child. But we're adults. We move on." |
Rahm does have a reputation for constantly complaining and b*$%’ing. I can see how other players might get tired of it. Rahm has been, or been on the cusp of world number 1 for a couple years now, he doesn’t need to complain as much as he does. And Rahm is actually my favorite player, some of my golf buddies actually call me John Rahm. |
Rahm and Koepka are the two biggest whiners in professional golf.
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Cantlay showing some stones pulling out a much needed point for the USA at the end of the day today.
It would be the biggest comeback in Ryder Cup history if they can pull it off.
Europe 10.5
USA 5.5
USA needs 14 pts total to retain the cup and Europe needs 14.5 pts total to take the cup.
Most likely McIlroy goes out first for Europe so it will be interesting to see who Zach Johnson sends out first against him. Right now, Homa appears to be playing the best on our side.
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| LakerLanny wrote: | Cantlay showing some stones pulling out a much needed point for the USA at the end of the day today.
It would be the biggest comeback in Ryder Cup history if they can pull it off.
Europe 10.5
USA 5.5
USA needs 14 pts total to retain the cup and Europe needs 14.5 pts total to take the cup.
Most likely McIlroy goes out first for Europe so it will be interesting to see who Zach Johnson sends out first against him. Right now, Homa appears to be playing the best on our side. |
Looks like Rahm vs. Scheffler is the first match out. I missed the afternoon session, and apparently there was some drama. Cantlay getting fired up, and Rory angry at caddie Joe LaCava, apparently. |
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | LakerLanny wrote: | | US getting smoked, not a surprise after Johnson botched the Captain's picks. . . . as I predicted. |
OK. So who were your picks? |
Keegan Bradley instead of Justin Thomas
Lucas Glover instead of Sam Burns
You go with hot players, not out of form guys who are buddies with the other players. |
“Hot” can go away real fast. You go with people who have been proven to excel in thus format. And you can pass it off as just picking “buddies”, but picking guys who are known to be good teammates in a team format is a good idea.
Bottom line is that while the US team may be getting beat down, those roster changes wouldn’t really make a meaningful difference.
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| ChickenStu wrote: | | LakerLanny wrote: | Cantlay showing some stones pulling out a much needed point for the USA at the end of the day today.
It would be the biggest comeback in Ryder Cup history if they can pull it off.
Europe 10.5
USA 5.5
USA needs 14 pts total to retain the cup and Europe needs 14.5 pts total to take the cup.
Most likely McIlroy goes out first for Europe so it will be interesting to see who Zach Johnson sends out first against him. Right now, Homa appears to be playing the best on our side. |
Looks like Rahm vs. Scheffler is the first match out. I missed the afternoon session, and apparently there was some drama. Cantlay getting fired up, and Rory angry at caddie Joe LaCava, apparently. |
It apparently even spilled out into the parking lot with Rory upset and going after caddies Jim "Bones" Mackay before being pulled away.
I think it can't hurt the Americans to have created a bit of controversy as maybe it will throw the Euros off their game but I doubt it.
I was wrong about McIlroy going out first, so clearly Scheffler needs to turn it around and beat Rahm in that first match for the USA to have any chance in my opinion.
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Europe wins 16.5 to 11.5 and retakes the cup.
USA hasn't won the Ryder Cup in Europe in the last 30 years now.
This time it really came down to the first 10 matches where Europe blasted out to a 8.5 to 1.5 lead which immediately set the tone for the event and created a very tough hole to climb out of.
Morikawa, Scheffler, Clark, Fowler all very disappointing for the USA.
Max Homa and Patrick Cantlay were our two best players and props to Justin Thomas for gutting out a win in his singles match today.
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| DaMuleRules wrote: |
Bottom line is that while the US team may be getting beat down, those roster changes wouldn’t really make a meaningful difference. |
You are right about that.
The European Top Dogs (McIlroy, Rahm, Hovland) badly outplayed the United States Top Dogs (Scheffler, Koepka, Morikawa) right from the start on Friday.
Still, Johnson's Captain's Picks were duds and I think the US strategy especially in foursomes (alternate shot) is not on point in this Ryder Cup or most previous ones. Europe just kills us in foursomes over and over again and that is probably where a Captain is most important in the actual event as far as properly setting those teams. Europe does that very well, the US not so much.
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: |
Bottom line is that while the US team may be getting beat down, those roster changes wouldn’t really make a meaningful difference. |
You are right about that.
The European Top Dogs (McIlroy, Rahm, Hovland) badly outplayed the United States Top Dogs (Scheffler, Koepka, Morikawa) right from the start on Friday.
Still, Johnson's Captain's Picks were duds and I think the US strategy especially in foursomes (alternate shot) is not on point in this Ryder Cup or most previous ones. Europe just kills us in foursomes over and over again and that is probably where a Captain is most important in the actual event as far as properly setting those teams. Europe does that very well, the US not so much. |
You're absolutely correct. In general, we own the Sunday singles, and Europe is better in the team portion of the event. And those account for 4 of the 5 sessions, though the most points are at stake on Sunday.
Hovland is scary going forward. He started to make a lot of putts in the second half of the season, and that was certainly the case at the Ryder Cup. With his game, if he can just putt OK, he's a serious threat for #1 in the world. I think Rahm is the better putter and that he has better touch around the greens, but Hovland is probably the cleaner and more consistent ball-striker from tee to green. If he can just putt solidly, man, he's tough. |
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Hovland is scary going forward. He started to make a lot of putts in the second half of the season, and that was certainly the case at the Ryder Cup. With his game, if he can just putt OK, he's a serious threat for #1 in the world. I think Rahm is the better putter and that he has better touch around the greens, but Hovland is probably the cleaner and more consistent ball-striker from tee to green. If he can just putt solidly, man, he's tough. |
I agree.
For so long, he was hitting top 10's in tournaments while putting and chipping terribly for a player at the top level.
Now that he has for the most part fixed both of those, he is in line for becoming the #1 ranked player in the world at some point, he is that good.
Great attitude on the course also and obviously well liked by players and fans and seemingly a very classy guy. Hard to knock Victor Hovland, especcially when you get to know his story of only being able to actually play golf (outside sport) a few months a year growing up and the rest he worked on indoors.
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It will be interesting to see how that plays out given that LIV results won't be included in the OWGR, and rightfully so.
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | It will be interesting to see how that plays out given that LIV results won't be included in the OWGR, and rightfully so. |
It's especially interesting given that the tours are supposed to merge soon, right? |
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| ChickenStu wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | It will be interesting to see how that plays out given that LIV results won't be included in the OWGR, and rightfully so. |
It's especially interesting given that the tours are supposed to merge soon, right? |
LIV has the dollars. Money will take center stage. The hell with ratings.
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Azinger out at NBC, maybe I can turn the volume back on now on NBC Golf broadcasts
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| Rumors have been running rampant that LIV is about to poach Jon Rahm for something like $550MM, and that something could be announced this week. There are also rumors floating that in addition to Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay are going to go to LIV as well. |
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| ChickenStu wrote: | | Rumors have been running rampant that LIV is about to poach Jon Rahm for something like $550MM, and that something could be announced this week. There are also rumors floating that in addition to Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay are going to go to LIV as well. |
Saw that. It’s unfortunate that the potential promise of obscene wealth is becoming such a factor.
It will be interesting to see how this gamble plays out for the Saudi’s and those that align with them. Will this insane business model of shelling out money hand over fist for talent actually be sustainable when LIV is so antithetical to the rich tradition of actual tournaments? I know there are dude-bros who love idea of turning golf tournaments into frat parties where loud music and throwing bottles on the course to celebrate great shots is par for the course so to speak. Are there enough of them to compensate for those that tune out? I guess we’ll see.
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | ChickenStu wrote: | | Rumors have been running rampant that LIV is about to poach Jon Rahm for something like $550MM, and that something could be announced this week. There are also rumors floating that in addition to Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay are going to go to LIV as well. |
Saw that. It’s unfortunate that the potential promise of obscene wealth is becoming such a factor.
It will be interesting to see how this gamble plays out for the Saudi’s and those that align with them. Will this insane business model of shelling out money hand over fist for talent actually be sustainable when LIV is so antithetical to the rich tradition of actual tournaments? I know there are dude-bros who love idea of turning golf tournaments into frat parties where loud music and throwing bottles on the course to celebrate great shots is par for the course so to speak. Are there enough of them to compensate for those that tune out? I guess we’ll see. |
I mean, if you're Jon Rahm, how do you turn down that kind of money? He's not American, and the Saudi thing isn't seen as poorly around the world as it is here by most. And particularly after most of the players feel like Monahan sold them a bunch of lies, only to then get in bed with the Saudi money himself. How do you turn down $550MM? I guess Kylian Mbappe turned down something like $750MM to play in the Saudi soccer league (that Ronaldo ended up going to) for just one year!!! Now, he still makes an obscene amount of coin playing in Paris, but damn, that's crazy to me. |
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| I thought the poaching was done when PIF agreed to buy in to the PGA Tour? I wonder if the Saudis are trying to renegotiate the deal on the fly. The negotiations never end for some people. |
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