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Ryder Cup Picks Musings

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...

U.S. Ryder Cup Captain’s Pick Suggestions

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...

Anchor Match Should Decide Ryder Cup – EUROPE WINS 14.5-13.5

***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...

With Early Lead in Singles, Europe Should Wrest Cup From U.S.

***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...

Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Offers Some Insights Into Celtic Manor

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...

Breaking Down the U.S. Ryder Cup Team

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...

Future Ryder Cup Venues

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

Corey Pavin to Captain Ryder Cup Team at Celtic Manor

…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...

More 2008 Ryder Cup redux, Irish Golf Desk has new look

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.