Ryder Cup Opinions and comments....

[Ricboff]

this course is set-up to penalize any poor tee shots. A shot makers course indeed

Arguably the worst player in the morning session was McIlroy. His poor final round at East Lake has carried over; can't putt , can't hit a fairway. And what does Bjorn do? put him out for afternoon foursomes,lol. Clearly Bjorn is saying 'my team aint that deep, i need Rory'. Well,........ Rory better find a swing he can trust over lunch @)

Koepka and Johnson are two fuckin' calm dudes out there.

what happened to Captain America? overdosed on donuts for breakfast? He sits for 4somes as does Woods who struggled off the tee

Bjorn has loaded the afternoon group with all his veterans. Europe must produce this afternoon, USA is way too deep to fall too far behind.

mickelson/DeChambeau in 4somes? wow.

 

[Ricboff]

Mickelson-- off the tee with an iron on a par 5

Snap hook into the water.

:monsters-

 

[8ate]

Phil is saving himself for 10million against Tiger....$$

 

[Ricboff]

lol, that pairing is a shit show right now.


Bjorn cannot sit Noren anymore, no way

 

[Ricboff]

Noren/Garcia 6 up thru 8 vs Mickelson/DeChambeau


LMFAO

DeChambeau is in a haze, he may snap and Phil is going through the motions. Fuck it Phil hit driver bro!

 

[carlspackler]

Dustin Johnson sucks. Missing numerous three foot puts.

Maybe he needs a ripper magoo.

 

[Greenbacks]

The U.S. has work to do to avoid what has not occurred at the Ryder Cup since 1989 -- losing a session 4-0. It did so that year and in 1987. Both times it was the afternoon four-ball session on Day 1. And those are the only times it has occurred since Europe joined the competition in 1979. This time the U.S. is headed toward a 4-0 defeat in foursomes unless it can turn things around on the back nine.

 

[Ricboff]

i would be stunned if Stenson and Noren sit either session tomorrow. Stenson is numero uno in GIR's ; exactly what ya want on this course

Thomas has struggled off the tee today. Spieth carried him most of the morning session.

NO WAY Mickelson plays foursomes tomorrow,lol, Furyk rolled the dice and lost. Its either fourballs or we see him next at Sunday singles

Koepka plays both sessions Saturday.


Tiger and Reed need to step up tomorrow. Reed has been so instrumental in Ryder Cups, better not vanish

 

[Ricboff]

Rory whispers to Bjorn in passing.....'please pair me with Poulter'

@)

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Lefty was a bad pick by the USA Captain....

USA got their ass handed to them in the afternoon...

Watson and DeChambeau should sit until the singles...

 

[Greenbacks]

Dustin Johnson/Rickie Fowler def. Rory McIlroy/Thorbjorn Olesen 4 and 2

How it happened: Even though McIlroy was struggling nearly from the moment he stepped on the golf course, the U.S. side could not take advantage at the start. Johnson and Fowler even walked to the ninth tee 1 down despite McIlroy spraying the ball all over Le Golf National and a shaky open from Olesen, playing in his first Ryder Cup. Then Fowler rolled in birdies at No. 9 and No. 10. Johnson followed with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 12 and 13. Just like that, it was over, with McIlroy and Olesen unable to draw near as the U.S. grabbed the first point of the event.

 

[Greenbacks]

Brooks Koepka/Tony Finau def. Justin Rose/Jon Rahm 1 up

How it happened: Rose and Rahm seemed to be in control. The pair did not trail ... until they walked off the 18th green. Finau used a huge break at No. 16, when his tee shot at the par 3 hit the railroad ties. Instead of the ball splashing into the water, it kicked straight forward and settled 4 feet from the hole for a birdie that squared the match. At 18, Rahm found trouble off the tee, and Rose's second shot found the water. Somehow, despite struggling throughout the day, Finau and Koepka walked away with a full point.

 

[Greenbacks]

Jordan Spieth/Justin Thomas def. Paul Casey/Tyrrell Hatton 1 up

How it happened: Spieth watched last week's Tour Championship after not qualifying for it. His game clearly wasn't where he needed it, where he expected it. It took one hole at the Ryder Cup for it to become clear things had changed. Spieth nearly holed out his second shot at the first and birdied five of his first seven holes. And when Justin Thomas birdied No. 9, the pair were 6 under on the front side. But this wasn't easy, because Casey and Hatton charged back and actually evened the match heading to the 15th tee. But Thomas' birdie on 15 gave the U.S. the lead and eventually another full point.

 

[Greenbacks]

Francesco Molinari/Tommy Fleetwood def. Tiger Woods/Patrick Reed 3 and 1

How it happened: Tommy Fleetwood got hot when Europe needed it. Two enormous putts by Fleetwood -- for par at No. 15 and birdie at No. 16 -- kept the U.S. from pulling off a morning sweep. Woods was up and down throughout his round. Aside from a chip-in at No. 10, Reed never found his game in an odd match in which the European crowd booed Reed but cheered Woods.

 

[Greenbacks]

Henrik Stenson/Justin Rose def. Dustin Johnson/Rickie Fowler 3 and 2

How it happened: Johnson and Fowler started slow in their morning match. In that one, they turned things around. Not this time. After the first four holes were halved, Stenson and Rose got hot, rattling off three consecutive birdies to win three straight holes to go 3 up. Johnson and Fowler never got closer than that.

 

[Greenbacks]

Rory McIlroy/Ian Poulter def. Bubba Watson/Webb Simpson 4 and 2

How it happened: The 13th hole symbolized the afternoon for the Europeans. Poulter's tee shot somehow avoids going in the water. McIlroy, with a terrible stance, finds a way to slash it out and get it on the green. The U.S. also has a birdie putt of the same the length, but Watson misses and Poulter makes and pounds his chest in triumph. That was how the foursome matches went for the U.S. and Europe.

 

[Greenbacks]

Sergio Garcia/Alex Noren def. Phil Mickelson/Bryson DeChambeau 5 and 4

How it happened: This was never close. Not once. Phil Mickelson was a disaster. It was so bad he hit iron off a tee at the par-5 third hole -- and hit that iron in the water. Making matters even worse for the Americans, Garcia and Noren birdied seven of the first nine holes. This was over before they got to the back nine.

 

[Greenbacks]

Francesco Molinari/Tommy Fleetwood def. Jordan Spieth/Justin Thomas 5 and 4

How it happened: Molinari and Fleetwood continued the momentum they had down the stretch in the morning, when they dismissed Tiger Woods and Patrick Reed, with a fast start against Spieth and Thomas. They built a 3 up lead through seven holes and then played solid golf as Spieth and Thomas made mistake after mistake. Twice they turned legitimate chances to win the hole into losses -- once at the sixth and again at the 10th -- and things never improved.

 

[Brotherwo]

These captains are making blunder after blunder with their pairings.

Friday Fourball - First Bjorn sits Poulter out of the gate, could of really got the Euro crowd into it
Friday Foursome - Then Furyk plays Mickelson and Bubba in foursome with their inability to keep the ball in the fairway, are you mad?
Saturday Fourball - Then Bjorn sits Rose and Noren tomorrow morning. Opportunity for the US to flip the script again
If Fuyrk plays Mickelson or Bubba in the afternoon for Foursome I will lose my mind

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Watson and Lefty should Ride the pine the next two days...