{"id":20008,"date":"2014-09-29T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=20008"},"modified":"2014-09-29T17:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T21:23:56","slug":"volume_four_hundred_five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_four_hundred_five","title":{"rendered":"Volume Four Hundred Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hittin' the Links\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/hittin_the_links\/htl_title.gif\" height=\"79\" width=\"125\" \/>It&#8217;s all over in Scotland. Now the hand-wringing and Monday-morning captaining begin for the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. team managed a Saturday morning rally, but the Euros answered in Foursomes that afternoon and took a 10-6 lead into the Sunday singles matches. The Americans will have two years to sort out why the Euros have won eight of the last 10 contests. The series will reconvene in 2016 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole #1: Ol&eacute;, Ol&eacute;, Ol&eacute;, Ol&eacute;<\/strong><br \/>\nEurope wins again. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-28\/europe-retains-golf-s-ryder-cup-for-third-straight-tournament.html\" title=\"Europe wins again\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #2: Mickelson Calls Out Watson<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a post-Ryder Cup press conference, Phil Mickelson seemingly slammed Tom Watson for not including the players in decisions. It has not been a popular opinion. [<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/28\/golf-ryder-mickelson-reaction-idUKL3N0RT0XE20140928\" title=\"Mickelson calls out Watson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #3: Nicklaus Defends Watson<\/strong><br \/>\nJack Nicklaus was among the first to jump to Watson&#8217;s defense after Mickelson&#8217;s comments. [<a href=\"http:\/\/golfweek.com\/news\/2014\/sep\/28\/jack-nicklaus-ryder-cup-2014-watson-tiger-woods\/\" title=\"Nicklaus defends Watson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #4: The Power of a Few Texts<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>How Webb Simpson texted his way onto the Ryder Cup team. My column: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/m15QEBuUNo\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/t.co\/m15QEBuUNo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelGC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonSobelGC\/status\/515146037392977922\" class=\"external external_icon\">September 25, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Hole #5: Will Ryder Cup Boost Golf?<\/strong><br \/>\nOver in the U.K. there are hopes that the success of the Ryder Cup will help boost participation at the recreational level. Time will tell. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2014\/sep\/28\/golf-hopes-for-ryder-cup-lift-to-halt-decline\" title=\"Will Ryder Cup boost participation?\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #6: Cook Wins First Tee Open, But Gets Upstaged<\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Cook won the Champions Tour event this week at Pebble Beach, but a high school senior stole the spotlight with a miraculous shot on 18. [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/ongolf\/2014\/09\/28\/john-cook-wins-first-tee-open-at-pebble-beach\/\" title=\"Cook wins First Tee Open\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #7: No Idea What&#8217;s Going On Here<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Just 1 of, ahem, many <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RyderCup?src=hash\" class=\"external external_icon\">#RyderCup<\/a> player tweets. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/PO5jiwQHvH\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/t.co\/PO5jiwQHvH<\/a> RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HunterMahan\" class=\"external external_icon\">@HunterMahan<\/a>: What just happened? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/stR1jFUcNj\" class=\"external external_icon\">pic.twitter.com\/stR1jFUcNj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Golfweek Magazine (@GolfweekMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfweekMag\/status\/516379527199870978\" class=\"external external_icon\">September 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bonus: More Ryder Cup <a href=\"http:\/\/golfweek.com\/news\/2014\/sep\/28\/player-quotes-ryder-cup-2014-twitter-gleneagles\/\" title=\"Ryder Cup reaction\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">reaction from Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #8: Reed Shushes Scottish Fans<\/strong><br \/>\nPatrick Reed showed the kind of fire that the U.S. team has been missing lately. As his birdie putt on hole #7 fell to square the match, he shushed the crowd that had been on him earlier. [<a href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2014\/09\/patrick-reed-ryder-cup-quiet-shush-crowd-heckled-usa\" title=\"Reed shushes Scottish fans\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #9: Wake and Watch<\/strong><br \/>\nGolf fans in the U.S. had to get up early this week to watch the Ryder Cup. Good thing the work week is starting, so we can all catch up on our sleep. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/09\/26\/351678324\/golf-fans-rise-early-to-watch-ryder-cup-action\" title=\"Wake and watch\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Euros keep the Cup, U.S. team holds controversial presser, and what is going on with Rickie and Bubba?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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