Ryder Cup

[Colorado Gull]

Started at 7:45 and played 6 holes. Rain has been awful! They played untill 9:44 and been in for 7 1/4 hrs! Play re-started at 5:00pm.

Come on Europe!

(As a lover of golf, thought I should put this on )

[Southampton Gull]

This is the only golf event I ever bother watching. The game bores me to death under normal circumstances but this brings out the patriot in me, or maybe it's the chance to stuff the Americans on equal terms.

I have an inkling Colin Montgomerie will prove a very good choice as captain.

Come on Europe !!

[Colorado Gull]

Rory McIroy & Graeme McDowell 1DN - 1UP Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar

Padraig Harrington & Luke Donald 1DN - 1UP Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton

Ian Poulter & Ross Fisher A/S - A/S Tiger Woods & Stricker

Lee Westwood & Martin Kaymer 1UP - 1DN Phil Mickelson & Dustin Johnson


Only played up to the 12th hole after the very heavy rain. The good thing is that the new schedule means they will finish on Sunday (weather permitted.) Session 2 will now have 6 foursome matches. 3rd two foursomes and four fourballs and 4th the singles.

Lets hope the weather holds up!

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Session 1

Rory McIroy / Graeme McDowell v Stewart Cink / Matt Kuchar (Match halved)

Padraig Harrington / Luke Donald v Bubba Watson / Jeff Overton (U.S.A won 3 & 2)

Ian Poulter / Ross Fisher V Tiger Woods / Steve Stricker (U.S.A won 2UP)

Lee Westwood / Martin Kaymer v Phil Mickelson / Dustin Johnson (Europe won 3 & 2)


Session 2 - Foursomes

M. Jimenez / P. Hanson v T. Woods / S. Stricker (U.S.A won 4 & 3)

E. Molinari / F. Molinari v Z. Johnson / H. Mahan ( U.S.A won 2UP)

L. Westwood / M. Kaymer v J. Furyk / R. Fowler ( Matched Halved)

P. Harrington / R. Fisher v P. Mickelson / D. Johnson ( Europe won 3 & 2)

I. Poulter / L. Donald v B. Watson / J. Overton ( Europe won 2 & 1)

G. McDowell / R. McIlroy v S. Cink / M. Kuchar ( U.S.A won 1UP)


Session 3 - 4 Fourball & 2 Foursome


L. Donald / L. Westwood v S. Stricker / T. Woods

G. McDowell / R. McIlroy v Z. Johnson / H. Mahan

P. Harrington / R. Fisher v J. Furyk / D. Johnson

P. Hanson / M. Jimenez v B. Watson / J. Overton

E. Molinari / F. Molinari v S. Cink / M. Kuchar

I. Poulter / M. Kaymer v P. Mickelson / R. Fowler



Europe 4-6 USA - But a very long too go.

Come on Europe


(edit: Many members might not care about this thread but thought to put it on anyway)

[Colorado Gull]

The golf finished at 6:45 and these matches (below) will finish on Sunday and then the final singles.

L. Donald / L. Westwood 4UP v 4DN S. Stricker / T. Woods (Going onto the 10th)

G. McDowell / R. McIlroy 3UP v 3DN Z. Johnson / H. Mahan (Going to the 8th)

P. Harrington / R. Fisher 1UP v 1DN J. Furyk / D. Johnson (Going onto the 9th)

P. Hanson / M. Jimenez 2UP v 2DN B. Watson / J. Overton (Going onto the 7th)

E. Molinari / F. Molinari 1UP v 1DN S. Cink / M. Kuchar (Going onto the 6th)

I. Poulter / M. Kaymer 2UP v 2DN P. Mickelson / R. Fowler (Going onto the 5th)



Projected score: Europe 10-6 USA
Current scre: Europe 4-6 USA

Europe need 14 1/2 to win
USA need 14 to retain

[yellow]

I have to agree with SG. The Ryder cup rocks.

Great entertainment in a gladiatorial atmosphere.

Better than the World Cup...

And we are up in all 6 games that are in progress.

[Colorado Gull]

Waterlogged course and play won't start untill around midday. A huge doubt that it will finish today, which is gutting :evil: :evil:

[Colorado Gull]

Yesterday's play will be finished today, and the play will start at 1:30pm. Monday will be the singles and will start at 9:05am.

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L. Donald / L. Westwood v S. Stricker / T. Woods (Europe won 6 & 5)

G. McDowell / R. McIlroy v Z. Johnson / H. Mahan (Europe won 3 & 1)

P. Harrington / R. Fisher v J. Furyk / D. Johnson (Europe won 2 & 1)

P. Hanson / M. Jimenez v B. Watson / J. Overton (Europe won 1UP)

E. Molinari / F. Molinari v S. Cink / M. Kuchar (Match Halved)

I. Poulter / M. Kaymer v P. Mickelson / R. Fowler (Europe won 2 & 1)


Fantastic from Europe! Brilliant day of Golf!

Europe 9 1/2 v USA 6 1/2

Europe made 5 1/2 points! And USA only 1/2!

Come on Europe!

[Colorado Gull]

Session 4 - Singles - Tee Times: 9:05am - 11:15am

L. Westwood v S. Stricker

R. McIlroy v S. Cink

L. Donald v J. Furyk

M. Kaymer v D. Johnson

I. Poulter v M. Kuchar

R. Fisher v J. Overton

M. Jimenez v B. Watson

F. Molinari v T. Woods

E. Molinari v R. Fowler

P. Hanson v P. Mickelson

P. Harrington v Z. Johnson

G. McDowell v H. Mahan

Europe 9 1/2 v USA 6 1/2

C'mon Europe!

[Colorado Gull]

EUROPE HAVE REGAINED THE RYDER CUP!!

EUROPE 14 1/2 V 13 1/2 USA

BOLD = WON

L. Westwood vs. S. Stricker

R. McIlroy vs. S. Cink - HALVED

L. Donald vs. J. Furyk

M. Kaymer vs. D. Johnson

I. Poulter vs. M. Kuchar

R. Fisher vs. J. Overton

M. Jimenez vs. B. Watson

F. Molinari vs. T. Woods

E. Molinari vs. R. Fowler - HALVED

P. Hanson vs. P. Mickelson

P. Harrington vs. Z. Johnson

G. McDowell vs. H. Mahan


McDowell the hero! Great putt on the 16th! And a great win on the 17th!

WELL DONE TO MONTY AND THE SUPER 12!!

[HRG]

Huzzah and a whoo hoo!

[happytorq]

Honestly, woo and indeed hoo, etc etc, but I don't really see the point of the Ryder Cup. It's not a team game - 51 and a half weeks of the year these guys want to beat each other. And I don't really consider myself European anyway....if it was still just GB and NI maybe i'd be more into it, I dunno. I just think that a lot of the time people just want to 'spank the yanks' rather than have any 'euro pride'.

I actually played golf this weekend - 36 holes, magic stuff. And I wasn't crap, which is A Good Thing.

[Colorado Gull]

Honestly, woo and indeed hoo, etc etc, but I don't really see the point of the Ryder Cup. It's not a team game -51 and a half weeks of the year these guys want to beat each other. And I don't really consider myself European anyway....if it was still just GB and NI maybe i'd be more into it, I dunno. I just think that a lot of the time people just want to 'spank the yanks' rather than have any 'euro pride'.

I actually played golf this weekend - 36 holes, magic stuff. And I wasn't crap, which is A Good Thing.

It's the best team competition in the world! There is players in either TEAM that play eachother, The first TEAM to get to 14 1/2, which usually means the best TEAM wins. The players want to beat eachother to win for themselves in the tour as there not in a TEAM, they also want to beat eachother to get in the TEAM. It isn't GB & NI because the bloody Yanks always used to batter us. It's a more competitive competition if it is Europe. The Ryder Cup is becoming the best sporting tournement in the world. Saying you don't see the point of the Ryder Cup is a joke!

Rant Over!

[happytorq]

Blimey, that was easy

I'm just saying that in my experience, for a lot of fans (particularly non-golfers), the Ryder Cup is less about 'winning it for Europe'* than it is about 'pulling one over the Americans'. Maybe it's a function of me being somewhat of a Eurosceptic, politically speaking, but I'll always consider myself english (or at a push, British) rather than 'European'. It was all very dramatic, yes, yes,very impressive, but golf is not a team game in the same way as football, rugby or hockey is, in that in those sports, if your team-mates are lacking, the chances are you'll not do very well (unless you're Maradona, obviously).

With the Ryder Cup, it is the individual performances that are going to be remembered more than the 'team' performance. People remember Justin Leonard's mile-long putt at Brookline, or Harrington earning the winning point, or McDowell today (probably). I don't even think it means as much to a lot of the european golfers as it used to (or indeed, as much as it used to mean to GB&NI golfers), which is evidenced by the reluctance of players like Paul Casey and Justin Rose to leave the more lucrative PGA Tour in order to play in europe and get Ryder Cup points.