Monday
Oct042010
Monty Finally Gets His Major Win, Brace Yourselves!
I can't wait to read the slobbering UK writers! By weeks end they'll be declaring him fit for the Prime Minister's seat someday soon! And the first suggestion of knighthood will earn some special golf writer a place in the hall of shame.
Oddly, all I can think of is the clutch play by the U.S. to get back into the match today, but hats off to the Europeans for a great win.
Thoughts?
Monday, October 4, 2010 at 07:32 AM
Reader Comments (46)
Despite the elements of farce with rainsuits, bags and Lift Clean and Place it proved to be a riveting and exciting finish, which can only be good for the game.
Congrats to Monty and his team - well done lads.
Geoff:
Monty wouldn't be a bad choice as PM - have you looked at some of the previous office holders?? :-) :-) :-)
The 3 hours I saw were unmatched rock 'em, sock 'em. Really riveting.
Fowler coming in and McDowell's putt on 16 were the highest of the highlights.
"Who, who refuses to wear the ribbon."
while i'm not sure that getting the logistics right would have changed the outcome, the rainsuit and golf bag issues for the yanks were just plain embarrassing. so much for "brand captainess," eh?
But, for a continent of rich sports songs and chants, they crowds need something better than "Eur-ope, Eur-ope". That's about as brain dead as the "U-S-A" ones.
I liked the U.S. look today, really. If they had black hats instead of red hats, then they could have done the man (men) in black thing.
One final jab? Who said I was stopping after he wins the Ryder Cup? :)
The bad news is the boys in Ponte Vedra will be starting very soon on promoting next Fall's President's Cup. . . It is a long trip to Australia but, is there any doubt that the soon to be Hall of Fame member - and the honorary name sake of the event - G.H.W. Bush - will be there and dozing off in his golf cart while being driven by Commissioner Finchem?
Too bad Monty didn't have to pay for leaving Casey and Rose off the squad. They wouldn't have had to sweat if they'd had that extra firepower.
How dare we privide British weather in Britain!What dastardly trickery was that!Makes me totally ashamed to be British.
Get it right up ya Scotty boy!
(p.s-this is not anti American-I like America and its people.It's just that I really,really hate Scott-and I've never even met him!)
I am not sure Cap'n Pavin would have sat some of his struggling stars like TW or PM even if the weather had cooperated. Maybe DJ, but I would guess he would have stuck with Tiger and Phil throughout. It doesn't take a lot of neurons firing to write "Woods/Stricker" 4 times. Tiger played a little better than I expected (especially today), but still Stricker carried him. I do believe that both sides had to play in the weather equally, so it isn't even an issue anyway....
I'm happy for Monty. He was a tremendous RC player, and I'm glad he added to his legacy. He is kind of a knob, but I have always felt that the hatred of him by American fans was out of line.
He also said the US Open had been like a Sunday round with his Dad compared to the pressure he felt coming in today.
The Ryder Cup is quite the special event for guys like Garcia, Poulter and Monty. I wonder if old flag pants will ever manage to become more than just a Ryder Cup attack dog? If not, he'll still be memorable for these performances.
I know its your website etc etc ...... but do you really need to carry this anti-Monty thing on ?
Please for me !
oh, and BK, answer is none of the above, bacause HM is marrying a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.
I'll try, I really will. He was doing so well in the news conference until the end when he was gritting the teeth and getting all maudlin about how much the media helped in the cause!
That blown half-point by Kuchar and Cink yesterday really hurt ... the US should have put that one away.
That's the nature of this event though...woulda, coulda, shoulda for the loser and joy to the winners. Europe did what it needed to do, and the US played a lot better than was expected before the action and after yesterday. They just dug themselves a half-point too deep a hole on Sunday.
It should be exciting in Medinah, and once again we have the makings of a solid team as do the European side. My only hope is that Phil Mickelson is sat down for most of the the foursomes.
You know Montry can still hit the golf ball. Will be interesting to see how his game goes now that he has the RC behind him.
God I hope that Kid lives up to the promise he shows .
I'm with chico here. your anti-brit comments are uncalled for. although we continental europeans take the fun out of them once in a while, the atmosphere in wales was wonderful as I could sense on the tv. good banter on the first tee, respectful applause for good us shots and no sub-par heckling like in recent ryder cups being held in the states.
and to your above quote: were the poor guys attacked or something similar by the understandably very very happy european fans after an immense tension relief?
why not get yourself a lite beer and a supersize fast food meal and get over it?
Until he cheated.
@BK,
You definitely get it on which loss will definitely matter to Mahan in the long run.
@Scott,
Why even bother replying to the euro monkeys?
Definitely not worth it.