Ryder Cup

[Matteh]

Ryder Cup has started...

Currently
US 2 1/2
Europe 1/2

with only one of the morning fourballs remaining. Will be the first time the US have led after the morning fourballs since 1991 apparently.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Should have picked Clarke over anyone really. Bizarre selection.

5-2 USA now. Tad worrying.

 

[sledger]

Looking bad itbt.

 

[Matteh]

Would've said it was over barring a massive effort to close the gap tomorrow.

 

[NZTailender]

Ryder Cup? But I hardly even know her! [/contribution]

 

[chalky]

US lead 7-5 after the foursomes this morning.

You feel Europe at least need to get to evens before the singles.

 

[grecian]

Don't know how anyone can watch these matches all day long, but great stuff watching the final holes. Some of these matches are stunning.

 

[Matteh]

9-7 at the end of the Fours stuff.

Reckon it's doable, just need to not give much away and have the likes of Poulter/Garcia/Westwood firing.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

9-7 at the end of the Fours stuff.

Reckon it's doable, just need to not give much away and have the likes of Poulter/Garcia/Westwood firing.

Need to thank Mickelson for his missed five-footer, one feels.

tipping

Kim vs García - García
Mahan vs Casey - Mahan
Leonard vs Världens bästa Karlsson - Karlsson
Mickelson vs Rose - Mickelson
Perry vs Stenson - Perry
Weekley vs Wilson - Weekley
Holmes vs Hansen - Holmes
Furyk vs Jiménez - Furyk
Cink vs McDowell - McDowell
Stricker vs Poulter - Poulter
Curtis vs Westwood - Westwood
Campbell vs Harrington - Harrington

That's 15-13. Decently close. Hopefully Casey or Stenson can surprise me and Hansen finally come up with something.

 

[grecian]

I like to think Europe are better pound-for-pound, though

 

[GIMH]

Looks like the yanks are going to take the trophy

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Have faith in Padraig. If he wins and the other matches go as it is right now, it'll be tied at 14.

 

[sledger]

It's over.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Congrats USA.

Still think Clarke would have done better than Casey (1 point from three). Good for interest overseas, I suppose.

 

[Anil]

the u.s wins handily, 3 of europe's biggest ryder cup heroes, garcia, westwood and harrington come up woefully short, the way garcia crashed and burned against kim today was spectacular...

 

[morgieb]

US win the cup back after 3 tournaments in Europe.

 

[Burgey]

Should have picked Monty......

 

[GIMH]

Is he good at golf?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Faldo was a bit of a disaster as captain. The very single-mindedness which made him such a great player looks more like intransigence when it comes to man-management & tactical selections. Putting 4 of his best players in the last four pairings was a wrong-headed decision. The fact is by the time their games were reaching their conclusions our grip on the trophy was already gone.

I don't pretend to be an expert on golf, but it's the same principle as letting one's best penalty takers take the first ones in any shoot-out; there's no point hanging on to them because the game might be up by the time their services are required.

Poulter a good wild-card pick in all fairness tho; his 4 points was the weekend's highest return.

Fair play to the US & I wish we'd be slightly more gracious in defeat "Ooo, the crows was noisy", boo-****ing-hoo. Man up. Yes, I mean you, Westwood.