2016 Ryder Cup Discussion Thread

[newtogolf]

44 minutes ago, Chilli Dipper said:

Arnold Palmer's passing (and corresponding in memoriam montage) threw off the planned announcement of the remaining U.S. captain's pick, but it is Ryan Moore, as it should be after today's performance.

That was the right pick, Moore makes us a better team.  

[mchepp]

3 minutes ago, newtogolf said:

That was the right pick, Moore makes us a better team.  

Agree. I think Moore is both playing well and carries decent match play chops. Very good pick.

[Chilli Dipper]

31 minutes ago, mchepp said:

Agree. I think Moore is both playing well and carries decent match play chops. Very good pick.

More importantly, the strengths of his game are well-suited to alternate shot play, and the U.S. failed to win a foursomes match st Gleneagles two years ago.

[boogielicious]

7 hours ago, Chilli Dipper said:

More importantly, the strengths of his game are well-suited to alternate shot play, and the U.S. failed to win a foursomes match st Gleneagles two years ago.

Moore? 

He did play well. But he did take forever to read putts. 

[natureboy]

13 hours ago, 70sSanO said:

Moore proved he is capable in his match play against McIlroy.  He may have lost and doesn't have the length, but he made Rory make the putt to beat him.

Unfortunately Chappell couldn't handle the pressure, I feel bad for him, but he lost his stroke when it counted.

Moore seems to be very steady and has been very consistent through the playoffs. It would be nice if he was a bit longer, but he's very good on proximity to the hole and putting, scoring well on par 4 and 3's. U.S. already had lots of strong par 5 guys.

I think Chappell was more about reverting to his average putting (which is poor) than losing his putting stroke.

[JonnyMariner]

Hello All. Long time reader but my increasing excitement ahead of Friday made me decide to take the plunge and sign up. 

Just interested to to know what foursome pairings you think Clarke and Love will go with on Friday morning. Going to guess Clarke may go:

Rose/Stenson (and play Spieth/Rose which would get us started nicely!)

Kaymer/Mcilroy

Westwood/Fitzpatrick

Garcia/Cabrera-Bello

I think he'll then get the other four rookies out in the afternoon as long as they've started okay. Anybody up for a guess at what either captain will do?

Edited September 26, 2016 by JonnyMariner

[JonnyMariner]

Meant Spieth and Reed!

[FinTurma]

Here's my prediction for the morning foursomes pairings:

Walker/Fowler, Spieth/Reed, Mickelson/Z.Johnson, D.Johnson/Moore

Europe:

Stenson/Rose, Westwood/Willett, Garcia/McIlroy, Kaymer/Pieters

Let's see if I get even one pairing right! :)

 

 

[boogielicious]

15 hours ago, JonnyMariner said:

Hello All. Long time reader but my increasing excitement ahead of Friday made me decide to take the plunge and sign up. 

Just interested to to know what foursome pairings you think Clarke and Love will go with on Friday morning. Going to guess Clarke may go:

Rose/Stenson (and play Spieth/Rose which would get us started nicely!)

Kaymer/Mcilroy

Westwood/Fitzpatrick

Garcia/Cabrera-Bello

I think he'll then get the other four rookies out in the afternoon as long as they've started okay. Anybody up for a guess at what either captain will do?

Welcome to the Sand Trap! Not sure on the pairings. But I think the best part of the Ryder Cup is the alternate format matches. We don't get to see that a lot.

[Silent]

[JonnyMariner]

2 hours ago, boogielicious said:

Welcome to the Sand Trap! Not sure on the pairings. But I think the best part of the Ryder Cup is the alternate format matches. We don't get to see that a lot.

Thanks! Agree about the foursomes and think it makes better TV as well as can be easy to lose track of a hole when there's four balls in play. Think for Europe to win they will need to go really strong in the foursomes again.

[Chilli Dipper]

4 hours ago, Silent said:

Take away Garcia and Westwood, what does Europe's point total look like?

[Wally Fairway]

Tiger tries to sneak into the Team photo

http://www.golfchannel.com/media/tiger-tossed-team-picture/

 

[Chris E]

Lol Chamblee handing Nobilo and Duval their ass on live right now. Chamblee laying blame for poor performance on the players, Duval stuttering trying to defend the leaders of the past American teams that have lost 8 of the last 10 cups by alluding to lucky bounces, captains, etc. Give me a break. 

[Silent]

12 hours ago, Chilli Dipper said:

Take away Garcia and Westwood, what does Europe's point total look like?

It drops a lot, around halve I guess. If we also take Rose, Stenson and McIlroy away it drops even further. It's nothing more than just some interesting stats.

[Broke100Once]

18 hours ago, Silent said:

US team has combined for 11 major wins, Europe has combined for nine.

[onkey]

12 hours ago, Chris E said:

Lol Chamblee handing Nobilo and Duval their ass on live right now. Chamblee laying blame for poor performance on the players, Duval stuttering trying to defend the leaders of the past American teams that have lost 8 of the last 10 cups by alluding to lucky bounces, captains, etc. Give me a break. 

We obviously saw this differently.  I think Chamblee came off looking like the fool.  Chamblee was laying all the blame on Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, Duval was saying that it came down to the play of all--including himself.  Duvall was also explaining that matches can come down to something as unexpected as holing out from 30 yards from heavy rough. 

[nevets88]

10 minute video - things get heated between Duval and Chamblee - how much does leadership matter in the RC? 

http://www.golfchannel.com/media/chamblee-and-duval-debate-leadership/?cid=twitter-gc-v-chamblee-and-duval-debate-leadership-092716

 

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