Club Sponsored Ryder Cup

[CraiginKSA]

Every year our club puts on a Ryder Cup style competition.  It's just like the actual Ryder Cup - foursomes, four-balls, and singles - but with handicaps factored in.  It's the US vs. the ROW.  I've played in it for the last 5 years, but it's been going on for about as long as the course has been opened (2005).  It's always been competitive until the last two years.  Last year the ROW won by a relatively comfortable 5 matches (out of around 100 matches played).  This year it was an epic beat-down 62-44!  That makes 4 in a row for the ROW.

If handicaps are used, shouldn't it be close every time?  The only reasons for it to be four in a row for the ROW are:

• The US team is littered with vanity caps.
• The ROW team is sandbagging
• The US team is horrible under tournament conditions
• The ROW team is great under tournament conditions.

It's probably a combination of those reasons, but I'm getting tired of losing every year!  It's all in good fun with the ROW showing a lot of class - more ribbing than trash talk.  I liked it better when we were at least competitive.  Just as the real US Ryder cup team needs to toughen up, the Rolling Hills Golf Club US team here in Saudi Arabia also needs to play better in tournaments!