OT: Ryder Cup

[Little Rick]

Who's getting up early tomorrow to watch The Ryder Cup? The pairings for the open session were just announced. First set of matches are foursomes. No Koepka or JT/Spieth is a little interesting.

Match 1
Scottie Scheffler/Sam Burns vs. Jon Rahm/Tyrell Hatton

Match 2
Max Homa/Brian Harman vs. Viktor Hovland/Ludvig Aberg

Match 3
Rickie Fowler/Colin Morikawa vs. Shane Lowry/Sepp Straka

Match 4
Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay vs. Rory McIlroy/Tommy Fleetwood

 

[BrysonDeMan]

Harmon and Burns have been good match play guys

Fowler/Morikowa is the only head scratcher for me ... but at least they get Europe's weakest team

don't mind keeping JT/Spieth out of the foursomes

 

[uconngb]

Huge golf fan…..don’t think I could care any less about this. Ryder Cup has completely lost its luster with all the fake emotion and demonstrations. Used to be must see, now it’s eh

Instead, I’ll be playing w a former Ryder Cup player tomorrow

 

[QDOG5]

Do tell

 

[UCfor3]

JT and Spieth are not in best form(especially JT) so makes sense they are sitting in the more unforgiving foursome format. Wyndham Clark is the worst driver in the field so that made him more of a fit for fourball in the afternoon. As for Koepka, the guys on the Golf Channel said that his last four LIV starts were pretty bad. Best finish was like 38th or something like that in a weak LIV field. Never watched LIV, but the talent pool isn't all that deep so it sounds like he hasn't exactly been striping it lately. It sounds like all 12 players will play Friday so maybe Koepka goes out with Scheffler or Ckark in the afternoon. Scheffler has a new putting coach(he needed one) but it appears to be a work in progress. Was watching him practice with the coach on the practice green in Rome and he missed like 4 out of 6 from like 4 feet. Tough time to change things up even if necessary. The Euros set the greens really slow in Rome as well.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Europe- 15 1/2
USA- 12 1/2

Hovland is the breakout star.

 

[BrysonDeMan]

JT and Spieth are not in best form(especially JT) so makes sense they are sitting in the more unforgiving foursome format. Wyndham Clark is the worst driver in the field so that made him more of a fit for fourball in the afternoon. As for Koepka, the guys on the Golf Channel said that his last four LIV starts were pretty bad. Best finish was like 38th or something like that in a weak LIV field. Never watched LIV, but the talent pool isn't all that deep so it sounds like he hasn't exactly been striping it lately. It sounds like all 12 players will play Friday so maybe Koepka goes out with Scheffler or Ckark in the afternoon. Scheffler has a new putting coach(he needed one) but it appears to be a work in progress. Was watching him practice with the coach on the practice green in Rome and he missed like 4 out of 6 from like 4 feet. Tough time to change things up even if necessary. The Euros set the greens really slow in Rome as well.

Bryson would have torn up this course ... oh well

 

[uconngb]

Do tell

He was on the 1999 squad

 

[alphasigko]

Europe- 15 1/2
USA- 12 1/2

Hovland is the breakout star.

Hoveland vs Schauffele on Sunday? Could be a great rematch of the FedEx Cup Final Round!

 

[mauconnfan]

Not playing Koepka early is Zach at his finest. Ridiculous!

And Cantlay put a hat on please.

 

[HitDog]

So the US is taking the European women Solheim team strategy. Lose the first 4 matches . Somehow I don't seethe same end result.

 

[Little Rick]

Hovland/Hatton vs Thomas/Spieth
Rahm/Hojgaard vs Scheffler/Koepka
Macintyre/Rose vs Homa/Clark
McIlroy/Fitzpatrick vs Morikawa/Schauffele

 

[Kathy]

Asking for my son , a teacher. How can he watch a replay of Day 1?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Asking for my son , a teacher. How can he watch a replay of Day 1?

Is your son European?

He'll have to find some streaming service. It's not being replayed on USA Network or on Golf Channel.

 

[mauconnfan]

Imagine playing all morning and never having red on the board? Lol Zach pushing all the right buttons.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Imagine playing all morning and never having red on the board? Lol Zach pushing all the right buttons.

Top 4 players in the world- Rahm, Hovland, Scheffler and McIlroy. One of these four is playing like he doesn't belong in the conversation.

 

[Kathy]

Is your son European?

He'll have to find some streaming service. It's not being replayed on USA Network or on Golf Channel.

No, New Jersey.

 

[Chin Diesel]

No, New Jersey.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Schauffele choking all day with putts inside of 10'.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

This might be over after day 1.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

He was on the 1999 squad

C'mon GB. Stop being vague and tell us who it is. Tiger? Must be Steve Pate.

 

[NJHusky]

Asking for my son , a teacher. How can he watch a replay of Day 1?

The way this is going he’s better off not watching

 

[Kathy]

The way this is going he’s better off not watching

You're right

 

[Deepster]

Hate to say it but I love Rahms game.

 

[storrsroars]

C'mon GB. Stop being vague and tell us who it is. Tiger? Must be Steve Pate.

I was gonna go with Scott Verplank, but Pate is a fine guess.

Hate to say it but I love Rahms game.

The hole in for eagle required some luck, but the 33 ft putt for eagle was sheer stones.

Play like that is why I watch. Don't really care who wins, just want to see amazing golf under pressure. And it's all pressure.