That was one HELL of a Ryder Cup!

[Mescalito]

Well, we somehow managed to bring the Cup back to this side of the pond. It was some of the best golf I've ever seen, as well as some of the most surprising. Our young guns performed really well, and some of the old guys like Furyk and Perry showed that still have it. Phil seemed to miss every putt he looked at today, though.

 

Big kudos to Jimenez, too. Conceding that last hole to Furyk, and in doing so gving us the Cup back, was an very, very classy gesture on his part.

 

The Europeans played great, and with all the passion and commitment they're none for in this event. Poulter will have silenced those who criticized Faldo for naming him as a Captain's pick. He hit shots that were almost inhuman, and dropped putts under pressure that we mere mortals can't imagine.

 

I can't wait for 2010!

Edited September 22, 2008 by Mescalito

[joekicker]

I thought pretty well the whole tournament was classy - players, fans, officials and all. A long way from Brookline and a couple of others.

 

Full props to Azinger. The captain really means something and he just out-gunned Faldo - first time the Americans have done that for a while.

 

Poulter was my pick for player of the tournament - passionate, and excellent golf. The other one was Kim. Putting him up against Sergio the Choker was a great decision too, and he really came through and made Sergio do it yet again.

 

The US had six rookies, Europe had four. Very smart decisions and the 6-4 ratio may just be why the USA won it. One thing Tiger has done - most important in my mind - is made players step up, and the young guys today are really great. Full props to the old guys, but the young guys can play the golf and take the pressure for the full five rounds.

Edited September 22, 2008 by joekicker

[Hub]

I would agree, with the exception of Westwood's whining about the fans and Garcia's contempable attempt at a free drop

 

To think I banged the same girl from Peppermint that Westwood did during one of the Johnnie Walker events!

[joekicker]

I don't blame Sergio a bit - for me he is WAY too entertaining doing his imitation of an actual championship golfer. Enough people in the room, you can get quite a valuable pool up on just when he'll choke.

[CheshireTom]

I don't blame Sergio a bit - for me he is WAY too entertaining doing his imitation of an actual championship golfer. Enough people in the room, you can get quite a valuable pool up on just when he'll choke.

 

Who needs Tiger? Hopefully he'll be fit again for Celtic Manor so he can drag the whole US team down with him.

 

I thought the US team were seen to be enjoying their golf compared to recent competitions. None so was the difference more marked than in Phil Mickelson's whole demeanour and body language compared to a couple of years ago. Just goes to prove that the competition is as much about attitude as it is about ability.

 

Anyway, great stuff and I just have to catch up on a whole weekend's sleep now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would agree, with the exception of Westwood's whining about the fans and Garcia's contempable attempt at a free drop

 

I think Westwood's complaint was about Weekely playing to the gallery before Westwood had made his putt. If Weekely feels the need to do that, fine. Just best to wait until after the point is won IMHO.

[joekicker]

I thought the US team were seen to be enjoying their golf compared to recent competitions.

 

Good one. I'd say again - Azinger. He was a terrific captain/manager. I'm glad, because I always thought (long before cancer, too) that he was a terrific person, a real people-person.

 

You might even say he was up to European standards, because the European captains recently have been sensational, not counting Faldo.

 

 

I think Westwood's complaint was about Weekely playing to the gallery before Westwood had made his putt. If Weekely feels the need to do that, fine. Just best to wait until after the point is won IMHO.

 

Well, if he doesn't like the crowd screaming and the player celebrating right before he putts, there are always vacant club-pro jobs. The golfer is supposed to wait to get pumped AFTER the opponent putts? Eff that with bells on. There *is* rudeness/boorishness/unfairness in golf as Brookline so clearly serves to show and should never be forgotten, either.

 

But sorry, getting pumped and elated at the exact moment your putt sinks ain't any of those choices. Even the English don't get in line to wait to get ready to cheer.

[CheshireTom]

Well, if he doesn't like the crowd screaming and the player celebrating right before he putts, there are always vacant club-pro jobs. The golfer is supposed to wait to get pumped AFTER the opponent putts? Eff that with bells on. There *is* rudeness/boorishness/unfairness in golf as Brookline so clearly serves to show and should never be forgotten, either.

 

But sorry, getting pumped and elated at the exact moment your putt sinks ain't any of those choices. Even the English don't get in line to wait to get ready to cheer.

 

No, Joe ..... it's one thing to celebrate holing a putt but quite another to then continue to play up to the crowd and orchestrate them for no other reason than to attempt to put your opponent off his shot. That, as you said, is boorishness and is what Westwood complained about.

Edited September 22, 2008 by CheshireTom

[softrabbit]

Gongratulatios USA.

 

You played well and deserved your victory.

 

Again here we see the true nucleus of the matchplay.

 

 

"Every shot will make somebody happy"

[Hub]

No, Joe ..... it's one thing to celebrate holing a putt but quite another to then continue to play up to the crowd and orchestrate them for no other reason than to attempt to put your opponent off his shot. That, as you said, is boorishness and is what Westwood complained about.

 

I think he was getting the crowd energized and I am sure that we could find examples by Yurpeans in the last match in Yurp. Regardless of what Whinewood complained about, the key is that the crowd was quiet before shots, which from all reports and my watching of around 30 hours, they were. He was pretty much on his own with these complaints and he also was the only one that complained about the crowd.

 

Regardless, as a golfer what Weekly did cannot even be compared to Sergio's attempt to twist the rules, IMO. That crap damages the game. And he has a history of it.

 

http://blogs.golf.com/golfcom/2007/05/sergios_drop_qu.html

 

I can't wait to watch him choke some more majors.

 

" Normal" Stance

[Dungheap]

Looks pretty normal to me Hub, though I normally try to have one foot in the air ...

[wacmedia]

Hi,

 

The golf was high class, especially on Saturday. Well done USA. Notice the guys who got this right. Airbus anyone ?

 

I would have thought that the US TEAM has a decent chance without Tiger. He hasn't exactly been inspirational in any of the recent Ryder Cups.

 

Hi,

I'm looking forward to the Ryder Cup, though it will be hard to beat the American's on their own turf.

[nidnoyham]

I still recon it's a pass time like fishing, darts, pool, snooker, shagging......

[joekicker]

No, Joe ..... it's one thing to celebrate holing a putt but quite another to then continue to play up to the crowd and orchestrate them for no other reason than to attempt to put your opponent off his shot. That, as you said, is boorishness and is what Westwood complained about.

 

Sure, and that's why the European team, the captain and all the media were on Westwood's side and have protested about it, and why the Americans were pretty well all humiliated and didn't have any fun at the party.

 

Get real, Tom. He just made THE shot of the Cup for himself, and he was pumped. If that bothers Westwood, hard cheese - it didn't bother any of the other 23 players and two captains. If Westwood wants to play where the crowds don't scream at a good shot, he can play with me.

 

 

 

I still recon it's a pass time like fishing, darts, pool, snooker, shagging...... nod

 

In the sense that the World Cup final is just a bunch of boys kicking an old ball around and the Super Bowl is a Sunday afternoon gridiron game.

 

It's not the sport, little one, it's the event. People who don't cotton to golf generally can cotton to this.