Ryder Cup 2020 [Official Thread!]

But that is the whole point of it - Winning on ‘away’ soil (which it isn’t even that for most players anymore).

Its the challenge of going to someone else’s course who sets it up their way and seeing if you can beat them. An Independent committee would end that challenge.

Anyway - Why these arguments just because USA destroyed Europe. I don’t recall them ever having complaints like that when they were getting hockeyed.

We're clearly the underdogs and you'd expect the Americans to win the majority of these. The world rankings are flawed and I wouldn't quite say that they accurately reflect who is the best in the world, but they're a decent guide. And they blow us out of the water in them.

But golf is a funny game. It's far less predictable who will win in a head to head. If you look at the win percentage of the golfers who have played in it, a win percentage of over 60% is exceptional. This time around the American's played great - considerably better than you'd expect them too. The opposite could be said of us. Next time around if we play well, the Americans below expectations we could easily win it. I wouldn't be hitting any panic buttons at this stage.

As disappointed as i was watching there is no way Padraig should receive any guff, all the players looked interested and determined they were simply beaten by a much better, younger and in form team. I think the americans have had their changing of the guard, which we are having now.I can't see Poulter or Westwood playing again and garcia would do well to make the team the next time.

Was McElroy crying?

But doesn't the pool get even smaller if you are limiting yourself to three form picks. If you had nine tour players in great form and you can only pick three of them. That's handicapping yourself significantly.

As mentioned above, the captain has the choice to increase his picks, could it be that Padraig took the difficult decision and tough conversation out of his hands by getting Westwood, Hatton, Fitzpatrick (who doesn't even have half a point in the ryder cup I think) in by default.

The European boat had already sunk on Saturday night, there might be some pressure, but when it mattered most, like a lot of the team, he didn’t perform. At least he did on Sunday, but that is not new.

I don't agree with you. The challenge is enough with travel and home fans rather than having to contend with a home course set up also imho.

The Yanks haven't won in Europe since 1993, Europe needed a miracle to win at medinah. The US team practiced at the Whistling Straits course a week before any of the European team set foot on it. I wouldn't be surprised if they played from tees & to pins in the same position as day 1 of the Ryder Cup too, Judy for good measure. No wonder they couldn't miss a putt day 1!?

I think there are simply too many ' unfair' advantages conveyed on a home side currently & this leads to one sided victories imho.

That’s an awful mentality to have - the achievement winning ‘away’ is supposed to be so big. Can’t be negating that

Who said it was easy?

Blinded by obvious hatred? Put the dummy back in, do you have heightened insight into whether posters like or dislike a player (neither in my case), he played horrible golf for 2 days (your words) when it mattered, and good golf when it didn’t. Is that blind hatred? Of course not, but accusing someone like that is blindingly something.

Has anyone argued otherwise?

He played crap the Fri/Sat, good Sunday when there was less pressure as the European team was doomed before he teed off. Playing well on Sunday having sucked in earlier rounds is not out of character. Why you think that is blind hatred is known only to you, I know the site has undergone changes, is mods trolling posters now a thing?

The captain decided on his picks by asking each player ... LAST WEEK.

What a joke.

Yes, because you spelled his name wrong 😥

Read the Charter, no Grammer Nazis please

How do you know he asked each player? No issue with the pairings being revealed to the players last week. That would be for day 1 only don’t forget and the way the players practiced it was fairly obvious they all knew.

The US players were on site a full week - 10 days ahead of the European players so they all knew the score the week before.

did you expect Harrington to take out a pen and an a4 page on stage on Thursday evening and start jotting names down? If he didn’t tell them well in advance there’d be a problem. So I dunno what the joke is.