Muzza1uk

I believe Olly wanted to win the Cup outright rather than just retain it since that was still a possibility, had it already been won or lost I think he would have told Molinari to pick up the markers. Before the match started in some of the TV build up we had over here Olly has said that one of the reasons Seve and consequently he loved the Ryder Cup so much was that it was a great arena to prove to the USPGA that the European Tour could compete and win against the best both home and away. In the 70's and early 80's the US won Cup after Cup easily against a GB and Ireland only team enough so that the rest of Europe were added to spice up the competition. Even after his first Masters win Seve said that he felt the US players looked down at him and the European players who played in the US. Rightly or wrongly I think this was in Olly's mind when he asked Molinari to try and win the hole and therefore the match outright rather than just take the draw and rentention. I had no problem with Kuchar asking Westwood to take a 12 inch putt to win the match as it was exactly that and wins should be earnt. As for Tiger being a class act I agree it was a nice gesture especially given Molinari's short putt yips, but he also said afterwards that the US Team wanted to win the Cup and anything else was pointless, had he said like Nicklaus "I wouldn't have wanted him to miss it" then that would have been true class. Did you think GMac was classy for not trying to hole his putt on 17 and make Zack need to hole his to win the match? Considering the early state of play, it looked like he didn't want to embarrass himself by missing. However, what I find the most annoying at this and previous recent Ryder Cups and all Majors is this need for wives, girlfriends, kids, parents etc to run on the green after winning. Celebrate sure, hug the caddie sure, but the next thing you do is take off your hat and shake your playing partner or opponents hand and walk off the green and celebrate there. Both teams were guilty in this respect and I'd just like it to be stopped. In the singles especially you had potentially 11 more matches coming through the 17th green and about 40 people were on there patting Donald on the back and trying to interview him. Anyways had you guys won, I would have said well done you played and putted awesome over the first two days as some of our star players failed to produce and I think you could say the same but in reverse for the Sunday singles. Was a draw a fair result? maybe but it will stick in the craw as much as Brookline does for us and hopefully make 2014 even better!

I'm no Shaft Guru but I recently got fitted for a new driver and told him where I play (Prince's GC Sandwich) and what kind of shot I'm looking to hit (penetrating flight with fairway run) and he seems to have got it right. My previous driver seemed to have no "go" and hardly any run, I used the new one for the first time last month and it runs on like a frightened turtle! I only mention within this thread because he fitted me into an Accra Dymatch 2.0 and said that fitting into a 3 wood should be easy as this shaft series is designed to match through the set. Bottom line you know what you like but advice from an experienced fitter wouldn't be a bad idea either. Muzza1

Hello All, I love that area and will hopefully be back in Sept/Oct when the overseeding and heat makes the cost cheap. Are there are new courses that I should check out since my last trips back in 06-08? I've played all of the PGA West courses private and public, Indian Wells Celebrity (a lot of fun), Silver Rock, The Classic Club, Trilogy, Mission Hills Gary Player, Shadow Ridge. To be honest I've changed my driver twice since I was last there so it wouldn't be a bad thing to play them all again! Here and Scottsdale are like paradise to us in the UK !