Team USA Ryder Cup Selections

[Big_M]

ok... so the top 8 auto picks are as follows...

1 Phil MICKELSON 5342.500
2 Stewart CINK 4952.665
3 Kenny PERRY 4480.700
4 Jim FURYK 4423.892
5 Anthony KIM 4035.296
6 Justin LEONARD 3379.274
7 Ben CURTIS 3120.061
8 Boo WEEKLEY 2785.095

from there Zinger gets four picks... who should it be?
here's the standings for the top 20... others obviously may be chosen
9 Steve STRICKER 2663.568
10 Woody AUSTIN 2422.983
11 D.J. TRAHAN 2372.566
12 Hunter MAHAN 2304.517
13 Sean O'HAIR 2282.822
14 Rocco MEDIATE 2273.660
15 Brandt SNEDEKER 2248.887
16 Zach JOHNSON 2184.508
17 J.B. HOLMES 2126.047
18 Jeff QUINNEY 2024.187
19 Bart BRYANT 1900.257
20 Chad CAMPBELL 1827.429

my thoughts are that youth is important... I want a team that we can work with for years to come. I also want to win NOW... so there needs to be some experience as well.

I would choose...
1) Steve Stricker
2) Rocco Mediate
3) Brandt Snedeker
4) Hunter Mahan or Sean O'Hair or even Zach Johnson

for the record... I'm not at all happy about Ben Curtis making the team. I can't stand the way he wears football gear on the golf course (at least at the Ryder Cup he wouldn't). He looks like he should be at a bar watching football rather than playing golf.

[geezer]

You would still pick Hunter Mahan, even after his comments on the subject?

[Big_M]

You would still pick Hunter Mahan, even after his comments on the subject?

I think the media is out of hand the way they blow everything up... but, if I were a captain I would certainly make sure it was something he wanted and make sure I thought he would bring his A game and his A attitude. I think that he is the best of those three as far as his game fitting with other players, etc. Zach would probably be my number 2 for the 4th slot as I think he and Furyk would be a good pairing... they both play a short but accurate game.

[geezer]

I think the media is out of hand the way they blow everything up... but, if I were a captain I would certainly make sure it was something he wanted and make sure I thought he would bring his A game and his A attitude. I think that he is the best of those three as far as his game fitting with other players, etc. Zach would probably be my number 2 for the 4th slot as I think he and Furyk would be a good pairing... they both play a short but accurate game.

Whether it was blown out of hand or not is probably for anther discussion. But regardless, he said that he thought that Ryder cuppers were treated like slaves. That doesn't sund, to me, like someone who really wants to represent his team in the cup.

[Southpaw]

Wait, you don't like Ben Curtis because he wears football logos on his clothes? Give me a freakin break.

My picks:
Woody Austin
Brandt Snedeker
Steve Stricker
Zach Johnson

[tonyy]

Wait, you don't like Ben Curtis because he wears football logos on his clothes? Give me a freakin break.

Haha. Exacty what I was thinking.

1. Mediate
2. Stricker
3. Snedeker
4. Johnson

[Big_M]

Wait, you don't like Ben Curtis because he wears football logos on his clothes? Give me a freakin break.

I know it's a stupid reason, but it just drives me crazy. I dislike professional football to begin with... most die hard fans (I'm stereotyping) never so much as go outside let alone play any sports. They are more concerned with drinking beer and tailgating than the game itself. The 16 game season is just rediculous and the players are obnoxious. Most are way too cocky and full of themselves. I just don't like pro football and as a result find Ben Curtis and his little football outfits to be annoying.

Football is one of those sports where it seems like anyone who used to play in high school does not play any sport any longer, but rather relives their glory days in football through their children and through alcohol consumption every Sunday in the fall.

I'm sorry... I'm way off topic here... ignore my rambling

[slice_oftheday]

Ben Curtis is awesome. Who cares what he wears, Tiger took golf apparel a step forward by making the collarless mock popular. Curtis is a class act and a great player, and represents America well.

So I guess no DL3? Guy is one of my favorites.

[Harry Longshanks]

I'm not at all happy about Ben Curtis making the team. I can't stand the way he wears football gear on the golf course (at least at the Ryder Cup he wouldn't). He looks like he should be at a bar watching football rather than playing golf.

Just curious. Did you hate Payne Stewart as well?