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2014 Ryder Cup, Sep 26 - 28

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BengalsAndBucks

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2014 Ryder Cup this weekend from Fri - Sun @ Gleneagles in Scotland. Unfortunately, this means that the broadcast is super early in the morning. Here's the broadcast schedule:

Friday, Sept. 26: 2:30 a.m. ET - 1 p.m. ET, Golf Channel
Saturday, Sept. 27: 3 a.m. ET - 1 p.m. ET, NBC
Sunday, Sept. 28: 7 a.m. ET - 1 p.m. ET, NBC

England holds the Cup, meaning they retain with 14 points. US needs 14.5 points to win it back.

Format

Friday and Saturday - 4 Fourball ("Better-ball") matches, 4 Foursomes (Alternate Shot) matches - 8 total points up for grabs each day
Sunday - 12 Singles matches - 12 total points up for grabs

Rosters

US:
Keegan Bradley - Captain's Pick (World Ranking: 26, previous Ryder Cup record: 3-1-0)
Rickie Fowler (WR: 10, PR: 0-1-2)
Jim Furyk (WR:5, PR: 9-17-4)
Zach Johnson (WR:16, PR: 6-4-1)
Matt Kuchar (WR: 9, PR: 3-2-2)
Hunter Mahan - Captain's Pick (WR: 21, PR: 3-2-3)
Phil Mickelson (WR: 11, PR: 14-18-6)
Patrick Reed (WR: 27, PR: Rookie)
Webb Simpson - Captain's Pick (WR: 33, PR: 2-2-0)
Jordan Spieth (WR: 13, PR: Rookie)
Jimmy Walker (WR: 19, PR: Rookie)
Bubba Watson (WR:7, PR: 3-5-0)

Europe:
Thomas Bjorn (WR: 30, PR: 3-2-1)
Jamie Donaldson (WR: 28, PR: Rookie)
Victor Dubuisson (WR: 23, PR: Rookie)
Stephen Gallacher - Captain's Pick, Scotland (WR: 34, PR: Rookie)
Sergio Garcia (WR: 3, PR: 13-8-4)
Martin Kaymer (WR: 12, PR: 3-2-1)
Graeme McDowell (WR: 18, PR: 5-5-2)
Rory McIlroy (WR: 1, PR: 4-3-2)
Ian Poulter - Captain's Pick (WR: 37, PR: 12-3-0)
Justin Rose (WR: 6, PR: 6-3-0)
Henrik Stenson (WR: 4, PR: 2-3-2)
Lee Westwood - Captain's Pick (WR: 41, PR: 18-13-6)

General consensus is that Europe is favored between having 4 top-6 ranked players in the world and having a few guys (Garcia, Poulter, Westwood, Rose) who have been wildly successful in the Ryder Cup. US could give them a run if Poulter and Westwood play like current form vs. previous Ryder Cup form.
 
Ryder Cup: Rickie Fowler shows U.S. patriotism with haircut
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Entire article: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/22/sport/golf/rickie-fowler-haircut/

https://twitter.com/RickieFowlerPGA/status/513804048214945793/photo/1

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/pga-p...ts-rickie-fowler-haircut-164416034--golf.html

:banger:
 
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BengalsAndBucks said:
2014 Ryder Cup this weekend from Fri - Sun @ Gleneagles in Scotland. Unfortunately, this means that the broadcast is super early in the morning. Here's the broadcast schedule:

Friday, Sept. 26: 2:30 a.m. ET - 1 p.m. ET, Golf Channel
Saturday, Sept. 27: 3 a.m. ET - 1 p.m. ET, NBC
Sunday, Sept. 28: 7 a.m. ET - 1 p.m. ET, NBC

England holds the Cup, meaning they retain with 14 points. US needs 14.5 points to win it back.

Format

Friday and Saturday - 4 Fourball ("Better-ball") matches, 4 Foursomes (Alternate Shot) matches - 8 total points up for grabs each day
Sunday - 12 Singles matches - 12 total points up for grabs

Rosters

US:
Keegan Bradley - Captain's Pick (World Ranking: 26, previous Ryder Cup record: 3-1-0)
Rickie Fowler (WR: 10, PR: 0-1-2)
Jim Furyk (WR:5, PR: 9-17-4)
Zach Johnson (WR:16, PR: 6-4-1)
Matt Kuchar (WR: 9, PR: 3-2-2)
Hunter Mahan - Captain's Pick (WR: 21, PR: 3-2-3)
Phil Mickelson (WR: 11, PR: 14-18-6)
Patrick Reed (WR: 27, PR: Rookie)
Webb Simpson - Captain's Pick (WR: 33, PR: 2-2-0)
Jordan Spieth (WR: 13, PR: Rookie)
Jimmy Walker (WR: 19, PR: Rookie)
Bubba Watson (WR:7, PR: 3-5-0)

Europe:
Thomas Bjorn (WR: 30, PR: 3-2-1)
Jamie Donaldson (WR: 28, PR: Rookie)
Victor Dubuisson (WR: 23, PR: Rookie)
Stephen Gallacher - Captain's Pick, Scotland (WR: 34, PR: Rookie)
Sergio Garcia (WR: 3, PR: 13-8-4)
Martin Kaymer (WR: 12, PR: 3-2-1)
Graeme McDowell (WR: 18, PR: 5-5-2)
Rory McIlroy (WR: 1, PR: 4-3-2)
Ian Poulter - Captain's Pick (WR: 37, PR: 12-3-0)
Justin Rose (WR: 6, PR: 6-3-0)
Henrik Stenson (WR: 4, PR: 2-3-2)
Lee Westwood - Captain's Pick (WR: 41, PR: 18-13-6)

General consensus is that Europe is favored between having 4 top-6 ranked players in the world and having a few guys (Garcia, Poulter, Westwood, Rose) who have been wildly successful in the Ryder Cup. US could give them a run if Poulter and Westwood play like current form vs. previous Ryder Cup form.
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Furyk.....goddamn man. Uncle.

U.S. Has a roster full of RC choke artists. What's supposed to change this year?
 
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Tom Watson just quoted Al Davis. "Just win baby". We're doomed.
 
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US up 2.5 - 1.5 after the morning fourball session. I watched almost none of this (since it started at 2:30AM EST) but thoughts:
  • Bubba and Webb lost 5&4 to Rose and Stenson - not what you want out of your "best" golfer, although to be fair a pairing of two of the top 6 players in the world is going to be a tough matchup.
  • Spieth and Reed won 5&4 over Gallacher and Poulter - big win for the rookies, and probably good for us that a) Poulter didn't come to play and b) Gallacher lost this bad in his Ryder Cup debut in his home country. A win here could have given him a ton of momentum.
  • Fowler and Walker split Kaymer and Bjorn - Walker had to birdie 18 to halve so a decent result
  • Phil and Keegan won 1 Up over Sergio and Rory - HUGE win, going against 2 of the top 3 players in the world in a really back-and-forth matchup. Keegan eagled 16 to win the hole to go AS and then Phil hit a clutch birdie putt to win on 18.
Overall pretty good start, interesting line-up choices by the Europeans to pair their 4 best players into two groupings, obviously worked well in one case and not as well in the other. From what I've read Webb really struggled to start, wouldn't be surprised if we saw very little of him the rest of the week.
 
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Hey-hey! Mickelson made a 3-footer! How 'bout that, sports fans!?


Highlight of the morning was Bradley taking a divot out of the cart path. :lol:
 
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