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Eoin
Eoin Posts: 4,304
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Just to say, well done to us. That's us (Europe) not the US. Top job boys.
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,551
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    Congrats- dominating performance and fun to watch. 
    Greensboro, NC
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,180
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    Congrats. A lot of piss poor play on the US side. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,375
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    Definitely a first-class a$$ whipping delivered.  Congrats. 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • EggbertGreenII
    EggbertGreenII Posts: 253
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    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.
    Tampa Bay, Florida
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,180
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    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. 
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  • Rascal
    Rascal Posts: 3,923
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    Mighty Tiger has struck OUT!!!~~~
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,180
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    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. 
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  • Rascal
    Rascal Posts: 3,923
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    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!!
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    We were taken behind the wood shed today boys.  Maybe we'll show up next year. Congrats to a solid victory! 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

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    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,349
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    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?" :)
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,516
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    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?
    Philly - Kansas City - Houston - Cincinnati - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - Austin - Chicago - Austin

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    "If I wanted my balls washed, I'd go to the golf course!"
    Dennis - Austin,TX
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
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    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.
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,746
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    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.
    Stillwater, MN
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    Worst since 2006. Congrats to the holders of the Cup.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,357
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    It is a fun event to watch, but the Euros put a man size beat down this year.
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    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
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    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.
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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,426
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    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
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,180
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    Reed keeping it classy. 

    https://www.yahoo.com/sports/patrick-reed-rips-jordan-spieth-013759549.html
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  • TN_Egger
    TN_Egger Posts: 1,120
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    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.
    Signal Mountain, TN
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  • Hook_emHornsfan_74
    Hook_emHornsfan_74 Posts: 1,348
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    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.  
    Midland, TX XLBGE
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  • Hoster05
    Hoster05 Posts: 312
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    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.)  
    Mankato, MN - LBGE
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  • DoubleEgger
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    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
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  • StillH2OEgger
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    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.
    Stillwater, MN
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