Ryder Cup running thread

You ever see LPGA players putt? They leave 90 percent of them short. It's not as sexist a comment as you might think.

 

One time many years ago when I was younger and stronger I was playing late in the afternoon by myself at a course in Florida where my parents live when a pair of women came behind me on the tee and suggested we play together. I said yes. One of them turned out to be Amy Alcott, Hall of Famer Amy Alcott to you. That pretty much cured me of any such remarks on the course, what with watching her bomb it past me on every hole.

 

It used to be an okay event until people stupidly began barking that so-and-so "hates his country" because he's not a good Ryder Cup player. I didn't know losing a best-ball match was such a barometer of patriotism. Last one was somewhat fun if because it didn't look like the guys were making it such a life-or-death event. It's a silly little team thing to break up the monotony of the individual sport. Should be full of fun and trash talk

 

STOP

LEAVING

PUTTS

SHORT

 

A lot of very unexpected things have been happening. It looked like Tiger and Steve Stricker were the strongest team of Team USA until a very unexpected 6&5 loss. Their opponent, Lee Westwood, sure played really solid golf all week and I'm glad Westwood will overtake Phil as the #2 player in the world.

One thing that's becoming hard to believe is that the Europeans are slowly falling back after establishing so much ground yesterday afternoon. Within the last 5 minutes, watched Kaymer miss a 4-foot birdie putt, then both Hanson and Jimenez had 5-footer to win their hole, but each missed theirs.

Nice 15-foot birdie by McDowell, though, looks like him and Rory McIlroy are a very strong team. Also a very nice birdie on 17, but I found it surprising that McDowell made a VERY aggressive stroke that would've probably gone 5 feet past had it not gone in. Considering he only need to 2-putt from 20 feet to win.

 

When you leave your putts short, the terrorists win.

 

Mickelson caps a horrible team tournament. He's like 10-17-6 but only won two of his last 15 or 16 matches?

 

Anybody see this photo yet? Daily Mail photographer Mark Pain gets this shot right before Tiger Woods hits his camera with the ball.

Good God, you could wait a lifetime and never get something this good. Especially with the guy with the cigar on the right.

To me, it's instantly an inconic sports photo.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317364/RYDER-CUP-2010-Tiger-Woodss-challenge-halted-Mails-photographer.html

 

This is true.

I stand corrected.

 

You said it; He may have had a few great years. But, he makes the world think that he could have been a member of the big 3; Nicklaus, Miller, Player.

Everytime someone goes low in a US Open, I pray someone shoots 61 or 62, so Miller would shut up about it.