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...
***Mahan makes chopped salad out of the par-3 17th. Europe wins 14.5-13.5.*** ***UPDATE! 10:13*** McDowell wins 16 and is 2-up with 2 to play. Europe is assured of 14 points, but not yet 14.5. ***UPDATE!!!! 10:05*** The other choking dog of a Molinari brother blows a huge lead, including the last three holes to let Ricky Fowler tie the match! Now it’s 13.5-12.5...
***UPDATE*** in just a half hour two full matches have flipped. at 7:15 a.m. EST, the singles stand at 6-6. Just 1.5 more points have to flip for the U.S. to retain the Cup. Still, it looks like an uphill battle, but at least the Yanks look to be putting up a fight. Stricker reversed his opening match with Westwood and now leads 2-up with 3 to play. Bubba Watson and...
From Golf Observer: The conclusion of both the “first session” and “second session” went great for the Americans, who opened a 6-4 lead at Celtic Manor, but the third session of this long day was a different story. When darkness halted the proceedings, Europe held the lead in all six matches, which ranged from having four holes and nine holes...
I’ll have articles here, at Cybergolf, and at PGA.com this week, so stay tuned for wall-to-wall Ryder Cup coverage.
Remember – you must win both games to win the bet, but you get to slide the line six points in either direction. Home team in CAPS. So, without further ado, your plays are: GREEN LIGHT: Cardinals + 14.5 at 49ERS EAGLES -1/2 over Redskins AMBER ALERT: Bengals +2.5 at BROWNS Texans +2.5 at RAIDERS RED DAWN: Europe wins the Ryder Cup. Most points U.S.: Dustin...
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. has been quite the jet-setter recently, working on projects from Morocco to Egypt, from to Eastern Europe to Asia, but this week all eyes are his work at Celtic Manor in Wales, the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup. Opened in July 2007, the course combines the routing of nine holes from the original Robert Trent Jones-designed Wentwood Hills golf...
Let’s break down the U.S. Ryder Cup team using the “Pod System” implemented so successfully by Paul Azinger in 2008. The asterisks are the Captain’s Pick’s. Jay’s Group A Tiger Woods* Dustin Johnson Bubba Watson Hunter Mahan Let’s keep all the buddies and long hitters together. They’ll all work well together as...
Three quick recaps while I finish a set of course reviews: First Monty picked Padraig Harrington, Edoardo Molinari, and Luke Donald. Some people are criticizing these picks sharply (Bleacher Report), but if there is one mistake Bleacher Report repeats over and over, it’s that they base their picks too much at what they see on paper. The favorites are always...
Here are the future Ryder Cup venues. America seems intent on grossing out the opposing team as a strategy.
2010 The Twenty-ten course, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, WALES
2012 Medinah No. 3, Medinah, Ill. (God, not again.)
2014 PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles Resort, Perthshire, SCOTLAND
2016 Hazeltine National, Chaska, MN
2018 TBA
2020 Whistling Straits, Kohler, WI
…another forty-something who fell into a major selected for a Captain, Corey Pavin will provide fire and experience to the team, but little else. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting, and he’ll be walking into a buzz saw in Wales. Believe me, the European team and Captain won’t repeat Faldo’s gaffes, and they’ll be madder...
Here are your reads for the day:
Dermot Gilleece has some thoughts on Faldo and the European Ryder Cup loss.  As usual, he’s succinct and accurate. The players have to perform.
Next, Brian Keogh has a new look for Irish Golf Desk. The picture of Padraig looking like a possessed hamster is gone.