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2012 Ryder Cup Discussion Thread

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zipazoid Great Member

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Originally Posted by Vermeer

Before saying what I am going to say, please understand that I believe  the USA have the stronger team and in Davis Love 3 you have a gentleman Captain supporting all that is good in golf.

The course has been set up to favour the home team ( understand that ) but to me apart from the length it is resembling a resort course, spray the ball about and you have little chance of finding a difficult lie.

In my opinion the game (Ryder Cup) is being dumbed down. This is not sour grapes, just a sad note.

Not being dumbed down. It was set up that way on purpose. DL3 thought that setup gave the US team an advantage.

What difference does it make anyway? It's match play; they're not playing the course, they're playing each other.


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JetFan1983
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Haha, my cell phone keeps auto-correcting stricker's name as "atrocity" in text messages. Pretty fitting.

StealthTrader
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Quote: Originally Posted by mvmac In case you guys didn't see it, Bubba Watson goes "Happy Gilmore" on the first tee Bubba, had an outstanding day today and I'

Zeph
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I wonder if DL3's strategy is to keep Tiger and Stricker together to prevent them from ruining other matches. Limit the damage to one match instead of two.

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Could this be a role-reversal?  So far, the US appears it may take the lead through the team events.  From what I understand, they historically struggle there and make up for it (the times that they do), in the one-on-one matchups.  This year, 4 of the top 5 golfers in the world rankings are on the Euro team, though.  Will they be the ones having to make the comeback?

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Dave2512 Super Member

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Surely Bubba and Webb have played their way into Sat AM. If anyone has to sit it should be Tiger and Stricker. They look fried.

Dave :-)

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Welcome to the match, Tiger.

For real. I may be eating crow. Hope I do.

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For real. I may be eating crow. Hope I do.

Even if they win, Strange believes they would have been sitting tomorrow morning anyway.  And it would be hard to sit Webb/Watson even if Tiger/Stricker didn't sit.  Did Furyk play a big role in the comeback against Rory/Graeme this morning?  Before the comeback, he was bringing absolutely nothing to the table.

Colsaerts appears to be playing well, from the limited action I've seen so far.

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Originally Posted by zipazoid

Not being dumbed down. It was set up that way on purpose. DL3 thought that setup gave the US team an advantage.

What difference does it make anyway? It's match play; they're not playing the course, they're playing each other.

The course has lost nearly a 1000 trees ( 600 in the last two years). Surely that can't be a good thing. ( Don't know if Love had anything to do with the situation)

What difference does it make?  Well, if you want to watch the Ryder Cup being played on a resort type course,nothing.


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The course has lost nearly a 1000 trees ( 600 in the last two years). Surely that can't be a good thing. ( Don't know if Love had anything to do with the situation)

What difference does it make?  Well, if you want to watch the Ryder Cup being played on a resort type course,nothing.

Lot's of older clubs have removed trees. I don't think much if any of it has to do with this particular tournament. For many of the older clubs/courses to remain PGA relevant in this era changes had to be made. It's been more than removing trees.

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Lot's of older clubs have removed trees. I don't think much if any of it has to do with this particular tournament. For many of the older clubs/courses to remain PGA relevant in this era changes had to be made.

Right, because more often than not removing some of the old overgrown trees at an older course brings it back closer to the architect's original design and intention. This was certainly the case with Oakmont before the 2007 US Open.

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Colsaerts is dragging the wagon for Westwood!

He has been impressive, good for him. Hope to see more of him in the US in the future.

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I think Keegan gave Phil a bigger hug than who I assume is his girlfriend. Lol.

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As a tiger fan and a European, I find the constant barrage of negative comments from monty towards tiger out of order, who let this moron in the commentary box anyway.

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