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2010 Ryder Cup Monday, Open Thread
If you think I'm getting up at 1 a.m., think again. The DVR is set for USA network and with the fast forward button at my finger tips, I should be caught up by 4 a.m....after the 3 a.m. alarm goes off!
Over/under on when the Americans are closed out? I'm setting the line at 8:05 a.m. ET.
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 11:51 PM
Reader Comments (106)
I hope in the future they broadcast golf tournaments on an extra channel with just the ambient sound. I think I've got a carpel tunnel situation situation going on from hitting the mute button so often when McCord is babbling on CBS.
Cant believe Woods,Mickleson etc will play as badly today.
Estimated time for me to have chewed my fingers to the bone-about 9.30 am.
..."A few things..I have been an avid fan of the Ryder Cup for over 20 years and I attended the matches in 2008 at Valhalla. No one has been more overated and hyped over the last 4 cups than Phil. Face it, the guy shuts it down after the PGA. When he had success early on in his career at the Cup he was one of the best putters on tour..in the last ten years not so much. When his flat stick co-operates he wins. Why can't the US team figure out four balls? When you partner rolls one up stiff that is a free run at birdie for you. How can you leave it short, over and over again?..Par is already good idiots!..My Father, with whom I played many a best ball as a partner, taught me this when I was just a kid...US Captains picks: Length means absolutely nothing in the Cup..is there a metaphor for less than nothing? As a captain your four picks should come staight from one list. Forget World Rankings..Money Lists..Walker Cups..yadda, yadda yadda...Select at least the 3 best ranked putters that aren't on the team..I will give you a fourth for a special player you like but this Cup is won on the moss people, particularly in the team formats. D. Johnson (see U.S.Open and PGA..yeah he was standing in a bunker at the Straits but that bunker was so far out of play he would have been OB on 90% of the courses I have played or seen!) and Mickelson couldn't find the fairway or the hole with a compass, map and flashlight..so we paired them together? We should definately play the Ryder Cup before that bloated monster known as the playoffs for the Fedex Cup (when is that thing gonna die already?!)..Memo to Finchem and Fedex...nobody(and I mean absolutely nobody!) cares...except the guy cashing the 10 mill. ..."
Pretty much sums it up nicely. I'll add that the days of american dominance in golf are over....too many decent players coming up from overseas who aren't jaded golfers by the time they're in their early twenties. The rest of the world is hungry and don't care if greens are slow or the fairways too long/wet/etc....they WANT to be playing at the highest level and revel in it....damn the conditions and circumstances.
john
Having Woods still ranked #1 is just another example of how things are set up to keep someone undeserving at the top, just to milk the Woods hype for all they can. Now we see how the greatest golf event going has been sidetracked to October for the same reason...to hype the FedEx Cup.
The media coddle their stars to garner access while the public believes it....and sets themselves up for disappointment. But it is not only media Tiger worship, it has been also blame the captain, blame his wife, blame uniform colors and belts, blame the weather, the slow greens, the scoreboards, rain suits, golf bags, golf straps, blame Johnny Miller. On and on. It has been funny to watch, actually. Americans have been desperate to find a way to deflect the obvious, the Europeans are good and equal to the task.
I think you are confusing stating observations with 'blame'.
The USA is a train wreck as to the organization, but the 'blame' is poor putting by the USA and good putting by the Euros.
The USA knew the greens were gonna be slow. They have no excuse.
I still say the Euro get 6 to 8 pts.
John...nice post paste.
The USA team needs to win six matches and halve three matches. Possible but a long shot.
johnny, Mickelson shut it down after the US Open this year!
Mulligan, take a mulligan on that world ranking theory. Are you also a 911 truther?
What are the odds that Poulter makes a ball-striking tweet directed at Johnny Miller in the next 60 minutes?!
I think PM is not practicing due to health and family situation. I just don't think his health is as good as he led on at presser a few weeks back. Maybe the meds had an immidiate result, but then leveled out.... a very common situation.....
The World rankings are a joke until they redo the weighing of the current year more heavily.
http://www.celtic-manor.com/golf.aspx
and scroll down a to the 2010 course and the ciew course and flyover, rhere is a pretty nice course map and other features.
also the course is on Google Earth at
51 36,48N, and 02.55.35W.
The world rankings need to re-set every year. Otherwise , it is just more hype and hope then reality.
Someone better wake them up at the USA network. Excellent coverage of play, and I mean actual play, coul just ruin CBS' model for crappy coverage.
Seriously, I was very impressed with the amount of shots that they covered this morning. If only we could get that every tournament, I think that you'd see an uptick in tv ratings. Is it a panacea? Likely not, but anything would be an improvement over the status quo. I especially liked the lack of hyper-Tiger focus. I only remember seeing a couple of his shots as they spread the coverage around pretty well.
Of course, it's possible that it's just Monday morning and I'm easily impressed. What say you, fellow Shack-ians?
PTL
Just finished the 6th Lexus hybrid commercial in off and on viewing this morning.
hey man, I'm pulling for a Monty win, for him.,,,other than that, I just want everyone to play their xxxxs off, and that seems to be the case....lot's of great shots again today.and let the chips fall where they may.
I am not a flag waver over Golf, the Olys, etc...I think it is about the competitor, not some political boundary
The OWGR was created as a marketing tool, and yes, we agree, it needs fixing to really get it to the system it can be.
that was a great long stretch, but right b4 that, they were wearing out the 2 shots and out switch.
Sure the World Rankings aren't perfect. But if they are skewed toward keeping the legacy #1 in place, then it also makes sense that getting to #1 is more difficult for every pursuer...and that includes Tiger. To suggest the OWGR are some sort of conspiracy foisted upon the unsuspecting is a bit far fetched, I think.
Speaking of which, Tiger 6-under in his last 5 holes and 8-under on the day (thru 13)!!!
It's getting tighter as the holes go by. Team USA is hitting their putts with more authority....Tiger's on a roll....too little too late? McDowell clinches the final pt?
On the OWGR, I believe that my comment about its creation is widely regarded as fact. I'll try the google to upport the info, ASAP. Maybe someone can jump in and link us up.
Tiger: "I've had a lot on my mind"
Johnny Miller - "That is probably the understatement of the year"
What a prick. Funny, but what a prick.