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best watch for some time

winner winner chicken dinner

eassyyy monet

what idiots theybre

cmoneuro easy monet

The only hole in one the Americans are getting is in the doughnut shop

The Yanks don't like it up 'em

don't watch as much golf these days but this has been excellent viewing - shame about how moronic the some of the US crowd are but will make it all the more satisfying of they can get it over the line..

I fancied Europe at 2.7 Thursday night. Unfortunately, I got sidetracked and missed the boat. Still a good watch. American caddies well out of order, not for the first time.

Let's not forget our ladies won the Rugby World Cup as well as Europe tonking the septics.

I fancied USA, hey, pleased with the way it's going.

I didn't catch the prices pre tournament but I thought the US would edge it tbh...

I was thinking the same, but then I watched the docu about Luke Donald and the European team, and saw how cohesive, passionate and determined they were. That changed my mind for me. Still didn't win any money, but thoroughly enjoyed it.

yep, they do seem to play above the sum of their parts in the last 20-30 years ? (defer to golf experts) and the U.S almost the opposite..

The Americans have not played badly, by any means, especially today. It just seems to mean that bit more to the Europeans.

USA usually have advantage of hitting ball further so set up home
course to give them advantage, wide fairways, little rough.

This course doesn't really lend itself to giving that advantage.

europe 1/33

Ryder Cup does mean more to Europe, the Yanks are very individualistic thinkers, Europeans are more team minded making team bonding easier and motivation greater, big part of that reason is that Football is the number 1 sport in most European countries and it's the most tribalistic sport in the world, us against them, In America I don't even think it's a top 5 sport, behind American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice Hockey probably even college football and Boxing, maybe soccerball is on a par with Golf itself. Whilst America has it's own big team sports it's not the same, attention and focus is always centered around the individual stars, the fans have never had an away culture where they follow their teams to the ends of the earth like they do here, let alone have an ultra culture. So it stands to reason when Europeans are playing the Ryder Cup they are going to war, when the Yanks are playing the Ryder Cup they are going to work, hence 'show me the money', I want to get paid for playing with my rivals, I mean my teammates.

Kind Regards.

USA have college golf, which of course now takes most
of the top European talent too. It's team based as
well as individual.

Foursomes, four balls, and singles matchplay are really
three different games, on top of stroke play which is
how the vast majority of golf is formatted. And stroke play
qualifies you for ryder cup.

LIV is trying to bring in team stroke play golf which
is yet another format.

It is possible to excel at all formats but some folk
simply do not.

On top of this Europe have had a lot of players in great form
whereas USA players seem somewhat embarrassed by the
antics of home supporters which has likely distracted them,
and you don't want to be distracted playing golf.

Day 3 singles

USA 1.97
Europe 2.64
Tie 8.4

Victory over a foreign adversary especially in one of their most popular sports, golf, means the absolute world to America. Hence all the abuse the European players have had to endure.

Pete tong clearing his throat.

a big choke going on here..... Rose and fleetwood bottle went. Fitzpatrick bottle went ten holes ago. America win this from here

European team look like they are exhausted

Fitzpatrick has capitulated horribly.

their bottle gone on the crowd

haven't played the occasion at all

As for Rahm. to bothered by listening to the crowd, couldn't wait to finish and get off the course

will be 12 all in 10 minutes

the most embarrassing capitulation of all time

Should get a half though on 18.

Rory has fallen apart - another point for USA

Lowry & Straka have lost - another 2pts for USA

its going to the last 3 pairs to decide

pathetic considering where this was at start of play

Tie is now 5.90

Blimey, this is quite alarming...

all the momentum is on Red.... Donald went strong at the start. Its unravelled

America to be favourite shortly on here

Europe 1.29

1.53 now

remote controlled balls for the American's today

Lowry gets the half.

Get in there Lowry..... Shut those yanks up fella

So pleased Lowry was the one to get it, legend !

stick that in your hole Amercia

great to shut up those loud mouth Yanks!!

Yes A.R. Me too.

Suck it up U.S.A.

Shane to the rescue.

Please not a tie.

Hatton to grab the remaining half id say

It looked like Shane was going to have a cardio

Fire drill in progress

after all that shouting and screaming for hours of get in the hole.... theyve finally crawled back into their hole

re-posted this quote 8 years ago on a similar thread from Danny Willet's brother


mesmerised29 Sep 16 16:32Joined: 10 Nov 10 | Topic/replies: 37,404 | Blogger: mesmerised's blog
Danny Willet's brother

'For the Americans to stand a chance of winning, they need their baying mob of imbeciles to caress their egos every step of the way,' he wrote. 'Team Europe needs to shut those groupies up.
'They need to silence the pudgy, basement-dwelling, irritants, stuffed on cookie dough and p**** beer, pausing between mouthfuls of hotdog so they can scream 'Baba booey' until their jelly faces turn red.
'They need to stun the angry, unwashed, Make America Great Again swarm, desperately gripping their concealed-carry compensators and belting out a mini-erection inducing 'mashed potato,' hoping to impress their cousin.
'They need to smash the obnoxious dads, with their shiny teeth, Lego man hair, medicated ex-wives, and resentful children. Squeezed into their cargo shorts and boating shoes, they'll bellow 'get in the hole' whilst high-fiving all the other members of the Dentists' Big Game Hunt Society.
'Darren Clarke needs to pick his pairs carefully, they need to support each other intelligently, and the crowd needs to be dealt with swiftly.
'If these things happen, Europe will win, and I'll try to support gracefully by embracing the same sense of fair-mindedness that has permeated this unbiased article. If not, the Americans will claim their second victory this century... those fat, stupid, greedy, classless, b*******.'

Never in doubt, was it?

No sign of Rory

I'm happy Europe won but glad it's over.

Glad all over!

compelling viewing for the whole 3 days.and to think some people dont watch sport

I am not a golf fan but it was compelling viewing. Reality TV at its best!

I was also compelled to watch the women’s curling final at the Winter Olympics all those years ago along with 10 million other British sports fans.

The authorities need to take responsibility for this and also the European Ryder Cup team management. They neglected their duty of care to the the extended team and Golf itself. They are supposed to be custodians of the game.

Sport won, Golf lost.

Nothing whatsoever compelled me to view it.  It has become a pathetic circus of golfers behaving like knuckle-scrapers.

I see what you did there -y-h-t-l