OT - The Golf

Eoin

Just to say, well done to us. That's us (Europe) not the US. Top job boys.

Wolfpack

Congrats- dominating performance and fun to watch. 

DoubleEgger

Congrats. A lot of piss poor play on the US side. 

lousubcap

Definitely a first-class a$$ whipping delivered.  Congrats. 

EggbertGreenII

Don't know what Furyk was thinking when he selected Mickelson for the team. As it turned out, guess it didn't make much difference as no one else on the team played well either. I agree with Lou, it was a real butt-kicking by the Euros.

DoubleEgger

Definitely helped the Europeans that the course is a regular tour stop for them. A lot of local knowledge is required to play a course like that. Justin Thomas was the only one who came over to play in the tour event in late June. The Quicken Loans tournament on the PGA Tour was the same week so it wasn’t anything important. He was one of the few Americans to play well. 

Rascal

Mighty Tiger has struck OUT!!!~~~

DoubleEgger

Rascal said:

Mighty Tiger has struck OUT!!!~~~

He was used too much given his back and extended tour schedule. He was also paired with a couple of real turds. 

Rascal

DoubleEgger said:

Rascal said:

Mighty Tiger has struck OUT!!!~~~

He was used too much given his back and extended tour schedule. He was also paired with a couple of real turds. 

Somewhat true, but this still warrants an FBI investigation!!

GATraveller

We were taken behind the wood shed today boys.  Maybe we'll show up next year. Congrats to a solid victory! 

Spaightlabs

GATraveller said:

We were taken behind the wood shed today boys.  Maybe we'll show up next year. Congrats to a solid victory! 

If we do show up next year it will be pretty unproductive...

HeavyG

Spaightlabs said:

GATraveller said:

We were taken behind the wood shed today boys.  Maybe we'll show up next year. Congrats to a solid victory! 

If we do show up next year it will be pretty unproductive...

"Hey...where is everybody?"

dmchicago

HeavyG said:

Spaightlabs said:

GATraveller said:

We were taken behind the wood shed today boys.  Maybe we'll show up next year. Congrats to a solid victory! 

If we do show up next year it will be pretty unproductive...

"Hey...where is everybody?"

Automatic win tho..right?

Spaightlabs

dmchicago said:

HeavyG said:

Spaightlabs said:

GATraveller said:

We were taken behind the wood shed today boys.  Maybe we'll show up next year. Congrats to a solid victory! 

If we do show up next year it will be pretty unproductive...

"Hey...where is everybody?"

Automatic win tho..right?

I'm not 100% convinced of that.

StillH2OEgger

Much of the issue for the Americans is that nobody wants to play with Patrick Reed and that creates a ripple effect. Plus, the U.S. has too many long-hitting crooked drivers to do well on that course. Kudos to the Euros! It's hard to dislike the great majority of those guys.

YukonRon

Worst since 2006. Congrats to the holders of the Cup.

thetrim

It is a fun event to watch, but the Euros put a man size beat down this year.

Eoin

StillH2OEgger said:

Much of the issue for the Americans is that nobody wants to play with Patrick Reed and that creates a ripple effect. Plus, the U.S. has too many long-hitting crooked drivers to do well on that course. Kudos to the Euros! It's hard to dislike the great majority of those guys.

Just read up on Reed, not really a team player it seems.

ColbyLang

Reed never has been a “liked” guy. This has occurred since college, and isn’t limited to the Tour. He extends his behavior to his immediate family as well

DoubleEgger

Reed keeping it classy. 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/patrick-reed-rips-jordan-spieth-013759549.html

TN_Egger

DoubleEgger said:

Reed keeping it classy. 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/patrick-reed-rips-jordan-spieth-013759549.html

I woulda liked to have seen Reed paired with Bubba - coupla real d-bags.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

In my opinion, Fowler and Finau should have never been left out of a match.  Tiger shouldn't have played in the foursome matches either.  That would have left  him fresh for his Sunday Match.  Really questionable pairings all weekend long.  

Hoster05

Reed is really making it hard for fans and other players to want to be around him.  Not only is he an arrogant SOB, his wife is apparently worse and she was caught smack talking over the weekend too.  Bottom line is nobody wants to play with him, Tiger took him under his wing at hazeltine so they paired them together here in Paris.

Tigers record is awful in this event, phil's is worse and this course was not setup for the bombers to play.  

Blame pairings, blame the course, etc etc.  The US did not play good at all.  In fact Reeds round with tiger on Saturday was an 85 or something like that.    

I'd bet money that whistling straits is going to be setup as a bombers course and for scoring, similar to hazeltine, to give the US a chance again. 

(Side note I was at hazeltine for Friday and Saturday rounds and it was an incredible atmosphere.  if you ever get the chance to see a ryder cup, do it.)  

DoubleEgger

If I were Spieth, I wouldn’t want to play with trash like Reed either. Reed’s wife is just as obnoxious. 

https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2018/3/19/17137914/patrick-reed-ruling-dispute-arnold-palmer-invitational-2018

StillH2OEgger

I normally don't put too much emphasis on what the captain does or doesn't do, but Furyk deserves some of the criticism here. Wasting a captains pick on Mickelson was bad, but using him in alternate shot rather than the four ball just made no sense at all. Let him make his birdies or whatever in four ball, but why would you ever use someone so inconsistent in alternate shot, where you know some poor bastard is going to get stuck playing his horrendous drives.