Official SJ.com Ryder Cup Pool (Day 1 results added)

You may be asking yourself how do you do a Ryder Cup Pool. Well, here's how:

1. For each day, you pick four golfers. Two Europeans and two Americans. You score a point for each point they score (half points awarded for tied matches). For Saturday matches, you may list two alternates (one Euro, one US) in case someone in your foursome doesn't play in either.

2. You're allowed to play one European and one American twice during the Ryder Cup competition. This includes your alternates. See my team in the post below for an example.

3. Winner is the team that accrues the most points.

4. Tiebreaker -- in the event of a tie, I will compile the total match scores of your players, awarding (or subtracting) a point for each match difference. Ex: If a player wins a match 4 and 3 he gets 4 points. If he loses 1 up, he loses 1 point. The player with the most points wins. If there's still a tie, then there's a tie damnit.

5. Picks are due in by 3 a.m. ET Friday, Sept. 22

In case you need them, here are the rosters:

Eurpoeans

Darren Clarke
Paul Casey
Luke Donald
Sergio Garcia
Padraig Harrington
David Howell
Robert Karlsson
Paul McGinley
Colin Montgomerie
José Maria Olazábal
Henrik Stenson
Lee Westwood

Americans

Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Jim Furyk
Chad Campbell
David Toms
Chris DiMarco
Vaughn Taylor
J.J. Henry
Zach Johnson
Brett Wetterich
Stewart Cink
Scott Verplank

Friday's opening matches have been announced:

Match 1
3 a.m. ET
Tiger Woods/Jim Furyk v. Padraig Harrington/Colin Montgomerie

Match 2
3:15 a.m. ET
Stewart Cink/J.J. Henry v. Paul Casey/Robert Karlsson

Match 3
3:30 a.m. ET
David Toms/Brett Wetterich v. Sergio Garcia/Jose Maria Olazabal

Match 4
3:45 a.m. ET
Phil Mickelson/Chris DiMarco v. Darren Clarke/Lee Westwood

EDIT: Note the change in the US roster. It is now correct.

 

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Team Freelance Hack

Friday
Woods
Furyk
Clark
Olzabal

Saturday
Mickelson
DiMarco
Montgomerie
Harrington
A: Toms
A: Westwood

Sunday
Woods
Cink
Westwood
Donald

 

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Team Michael Gee

Friday

Montgomerie
Garcia
Mickelson
Cink


Saturday

Woods
Toms
Donald
Clarke
alts: Garcia, Mickelson

Sunday

Woods
Furyk
Montgomerie
Olazabal

 

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Team Bullrog:

Friday:
Clarke
Harrington
Campbell
Toms

Saturday:
Montgomerie
Westwood
Woods
Mickelson
A: Howell, DiMarco

Sunday:
Montgomerie
Olazabal
Woods
Furyk

 

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Team Kool-Aid:

Friday
Woods
Furyk
Clark
Garcia

Saturday
Toms
DiMarco
Montgomerie
Harrington
Alt: Mickelson
Alt: Westwood

Sunday
Woods
Cink
Olazabal
Montgomerie

 

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Team Gandhi

Friday:
Henry
Furyk
Casey
Harrington

Saturday:
Woods
Mickelson
Olazabal
Casey

alt: Taylor, US; McGinley, Euro.

Sunday:
Woods
DiMarco
Clarke
Stenson

 

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Team Chefs:

Friday:

Woods
Henry
Montgomery
Casey

Saturday:
Mickelson
Cink
Garcia
Clarke

alternates:
DiMarco, US; Westwood, UK

Sunday:
Woods
Mickelson
Harrington
Clarke

 

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When did Fred Funk replace Zach Johnson on the U.S. team?

 

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Three-putt Bogeymen

Friday:

Woods
Furyk
Garcia
Olazabal

Saturday:

Mickelson
DiMarco
Olazabal
Montgomerie
A: Toms
A: Casey


Sunday:

Woods
Furyk
Montgomerie
Garcia

 

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My Guess is the US wins and wins big time.

 

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Not to be a pissant Freelance, but Two Gloves is right: Zach Johnson on the US team? The DSM Register sent one of their reporters to cover him this weekend at the Ryder Cup. Lehman, from what is being said out here is holding Johnson out, until the results of the Friday foursomes come out.

 

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Ouch.

I copied the teams from this page

http://www.rydercup.com/2006/usa/teaminfo/usa_team.html

Somehow, when I copied it, this is what I got

Team Member
Ryder Cup Points
Tiger Woods Tiger Woods 4,825.000
Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson 2,474.375
Jim Furyk Jim Furyk 2,076.000
Chad Campbell Chad Campbell 1,129.602
David Toms David Toms 1,072.250
Chris DiMarco Chris DiMarco 830.000
Vaughn Taylor Vaughn Taylor 780.833
J.J. Henry J.J. Henry 778.750
Fred Funk Zach Johnson 756.477
Brett Wetterich Brett Wetterich 746.000
Stewart Cink Stewart Cink * 676.894
Scott Verplank Scott Verplank * 595.667

I just highlighted and deleted the center and right columns. I guess that's what I get for being lazy.

If anyone here wants to add Johnson to either their Saturday or Sunday lineups, you have until midnight ET tonight to do so.