39th Ryder Cup

At Medinah C.C., just west of Chicago. To lend a hand to his long-hitting-but-not-necessarily-accurate bombers, U.S. captain Davis Love III has had the rough cut to a nonexistent Masters height.

Europe has an edge if you look at top 5 in the world; the U.S. looks good when you expand that to the top 20.

Over/under on the number of times NBC gives us a shot of Michael Jordan, who's a member at Medinah? Let's go with . . . mmmm ... 1,190.

In Las Vegas, the U.S. is a lukewarm -120 favorite. Weather is supposed to be perfect.

 

Europe to win by something like 16-12. Europe will dominate the foursomes and fourball.

 

U.S.A
16-14

 

That must mean there are replacement officials since there are only 28 total points available.

 

I love the Ryder Cup more than any event in golf. It's the World Cup of golf, and it's match play. U-S-A!
This is partially why I hate Tiger Woods. His Ryder Cup record sucks. The best golfer in the world (up until a couple of Thanksgivings ago) didn't give a shit about playing his best for his country because he wasn't getting paid.

 

Unbelievably, there's not one career winning record among the eight U.S. guys on this year's team who have previously played in the Ryder Cup.

 

From 1995-2010, the U.S. has only won two Cups, 1999 and 2008. Of course the veterans have losing records.

 

I don't think you can rag on him that much, in singles he's 4-1-1.

 

Just because they have in the past doesn't mean they will this week.

 

Obviously, he doesn't play well with others. U.S. captains have tried 10 partners with Tiger. None have really worked except Stricker and maybe Furyk. The rap is that his partners either get too conservative and expect him to make the big shot or big putt, or they try to match his talent and attempt shots not within their skill set.

 

In that case he should be a great teammate this time, because you'd have to be crazy to expect him to make a putt and his unique skill set has vanished.