Tom Watson has turned out to be Captain Useless this time around. He seats our most fearsome lightning rod of a tandem, Phil and Keegan for the length of a Bible. The past time they sat, they fell flat. Now we trail by the dreaded 10-6 margin. Moreover, with the amateurish way he front-loaded the singles – he said he knew what McGinley was going to do –...
Here they are – the Friday Fourball pairings, (all times EST). 2:35 a.m.: Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson vs. Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson 2:50 a.m.: Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker vs. Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer 3:05 a.m.: Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed vs. Stephen Gallacher and Ian Poulter 3:20 a.m.: Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson vs. Sergio Garcia and...
There is one indisputable truth about U.S. National Sports teams: the more underrated and hungry they are, the better they play. When many an American team goes into an international competition with a “swagger,” or an “attitude,” they frequently fall on their face. That sense of complacency takes root and the weed of overconfidence spreads...
Though the selection show was longer and more useless than a Judge Judy marathon, U.S. Ryder Cup Captain made the best three selections with his at-large picks, choosing former U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, past PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley, and plucky Hunter Mahan. When the other choices are Chris Kirk, Brandt Snedeker, and Ryan Moore, you have to err...
While we await the Captain’s Picks for the Ryder Cup Tuesday morning, a lot has happened in the sports world! Are you ready for some football?! With the arrival of the season comes the return of the best sports prognostication on the Internet, (in the last four years:)) Ive been running at well over 59%, sometimes as high as five points more! This year...
Long Island’s Bathpage…err…Bethpage Black will host the 2019 PGA Championship and 2024 Ryder Cup – get your ear muffs and mud-proof hiking boots ready now, there’ll be a run on those items later. Here are all the announced PGA Championship and Ryder Cup venues: Future PGA Championship Venues 2014 Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY 2015...
“When something like this happens, the memory becomes completely black to you. You don’t remember a single shot,” said Tom Watson. The eight-time major champion was talking about his disheartening collapse at Turnberry in the 2009 Open Championship, but he might as well be describing the 2012 U.S. team which suffered the most historic collapse in...
Here are the next four Ryder Cup venues: 2014 Europe Gleneagles Hotel (Auchterarder, Perth & Kinross, Scotland) 2016 United States Hazeltine National Golf Club (Chaska, Minnesota) 2018 Europe Le Golf National (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France) | Official website 2020 United States Whistling Straits (Haven, Wisconsin) Speculation is rampant about a 2024 Ryder...
Tony K will do the heavy lifting for me early this week for the Ryder Cup. He’s got this article about the “Red Out” planned for Sunday, wear everyone is…requested…to wear the same thing. It’s all part of a “13th Man” initiative to make the fans feel more a part of the event. Let’s hope it doesn’t boil over...
They will represent Europe, but they will feel like they are on an island. When the Ryder Cup comes to Chicago with all its pomp, circumstance, and ethnocentrism, you can expect a rough ride for the European team. This year, all the momentum is with the American side. It’s Chicagoland, a fists-up, bare-knuckle, roughneck of a town perfectly reflected in long...
Matchups Everybody Wants to See I know they’ve done blind draw since forever, but if TV can demand Sunday finishes and prime-time major championship broadcasts, you’d think they could do something about the weird mish-moshes we get from not alternating seedings like they do at the President’s Cup and Potomac Cup. Ryder Cup pairings resemble what...
Love III’s Four at large Ryder Cup picks – Snedecker, Stricker, Furyk, and D. Johnson. Pod system Phil+Bubba w ZJ+Keegs , Tiger+SS w Fuyrk+Kuch, DJ+Webb, Sneds+Dufner. Plus lots of other options. Versatile team! Not the big a deal. No one made it that’s a sure miss-no one missed that was absolutely needed. That team will do fine. Lets play. Bob...
We all know the eight golfers who played their way on to the U.S. Ryder Cup team: Keegan Bradley, Zach Johnson, Jason Dufner, Webb Simpson, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson, and Tiger Woods. But who should get the four Captain’s picks? The next seven names in order of points are Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk, Ricky Fowler, Brandt Snedeker, Bo...
Well we didn’t need Julian Assange or any other subversive web-site to get the milquetoast news of a couple of quiet, warm dweebs battling it out as Captains at Medinah for the 2012 Ryder Cup. Golf Channel reports that Davis Love III, one of the smarter guys out on tour, but also a remarkably stoic fellow, is the overwhelming favorite to be named U.S. Captain...
No he’s not a towel-headed terrorist out to jihad his way into Dan Jenkins’s next novel. No he’s not some dude in disguise playing hooky from work. He’s paying homage to…wait for it…Miguel Angel Jimenez! (Can’t spell major without MAJ.) Jay Busbee at Yahoo Sports has the full story. I guess Jimenez, like Monty and Leonard...