dusty kooch make it 2-0

USA 33/100
Early days

More like 18 vs 10 ffs

usa dormie in other 2 so its 3-0

1/7 game over but worth a lay just for interest.

sky twice mention peter willet

they need to grow one

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some of the heckling Willett heard at virtually every hole.

“Danny, you’re brother’s an idiot!”

“Hey Danny, can you get me a hot dog?”

“Hey, Danny, want a jelly donut or would you rather some cookie dough?”

“I fill my fat, jelly face with hot dogs. Don’t let it bother you.”

Willett was cheered along the way, too. After he made birdie at the ninth, he got a huge cheer from fans. But as the cheer was subsiding, a fan yelled, “But we still hate you Danny!”

Willett’s parents were inside the ropes following him.

Snedeker was asked if fans crossed the line.

“You get in the last couple groups, people don’t want you to win or whatever it maybe, you hear some yelling,” Snedeker said. “I don’t think it crossed the line by any stretch of the imagination.”

Mickelson/Fowler 6/5 v Mclroy/Pieters 4/6
Snedeker/Koepka 4/5 v Stenson/Fitzpatrick 1/1
Walker/Zachary 4/5 v Rose/Wood 1/1
Reed/Spieth 4/6 v Garcia/Cab Bello 6/5


Rory McIlroy & Thomas Pieters  v    Brooks Koepka & Dustin Johnson   
Danny Willett & Lee Westwood   v    Ryan Moore & J.B. Holmes   
Martin Kaymer & Sergio Garcia  v    Phil Mickelson & Matt Kuchar   
Henrik Stenson & Justin Rose   v    Patrick Reed & Jordan Spieth

9½ vs 6½ going into the SUNDAY SINGLES

OK, so where will USA get their 5 points needed to win ?

'We don't need the MIRACLE AT MEDINAH'.....Crikey, what do we need ? Major Meltdown in Minnesota

Hazeltine is even better qualified historically to host this Ryder Cup than Medinah was four years ago. Hazeltine didn’t even open until 1962, roughly 40 years after Medinah, but it has already hosted two U.S. Opens (1970, 1991), two U.S. Women’s Opens (1966, 1977), two PGA Championships (2002, 2009), the U.S. Senior Open (1983) and the U.S. Amateur (2006). The Ryder Cup is all that’s missing from the club’s resume, and that will soon be corrected. Only one club has hosted all those big events plus the Ryder Cup. That would be North Carolina’s Pinehurst No. 2, which opened in 1907 – 55 years before Hazeltine.

http://lenziehmongolf.com/daily-herald-columns/will-the-u-s-meltdown-at-medinah-carry-over-to-hazeltine/

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Yes, no contractual sponsors obligations in Ryder Cup.  Was the same in The Olympics.
Some golfers really dislike wearing headgear, but have to due to sponsorship.

Thomas Bjorn has confirmed a switch to the session format - with morning 4 x Fourballs and afternoon 4 x Foursomes on both Fri/Sat.

Bjorn hoping for leads going into both afternoons as America are stronger in foursomes. Americans smashed us 4-0 in first session of last Ryder Cup (Foursomes) and we never had a chance after that. Bjorn making right call playing fourballs first. America will have some deadly foursomes pairings. JT/Fowler, Spieth/Reed, DJ/Kuch.


While the 42nd Ryder Cup kicks off on Friday September 28th, the rivalry will be begin on Tuesday with the Ryder Cup Celebrity Match as part of a week-long schedule of events in Paris. EIGHT celebrities from Europe and USA compete in a nine-hole scramble at Le Golf National. This year the celebrity teams will comprise of a mix of stars from the world of film, sport and beyond. Jamie Dornan and Kelly Slater being the first two to be confirmed for Europe and USA respectively.

Dornan, an actor from Northern Ireland, will make his Celebrity Match debut in Paris. The 35 year old, who stars in the "50 Shades of Grey" franchise, is a keen golfer and plays off of a handicap of ten. He was also born in Holywood, Northern Ireland – the town where Rory McIlroy grew up. 
Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer. He has been crowned World Surf League Champion a record 11 times, including five consecutive titles in 1994–98. He is the youngest (at age 20) and the oldest (at age 39) to win the title. Slater represented USA in the 2016 Ryder Cup Celebrity Match in Hazeltine and is often spotted at golf events or pro-ams, playing off a handicap of three.

Next up for Team Europe is Luis Figo. Along with four La Liga winners medals, four Serie A winner medals, a FIFA World Player of the Year award and a Ballon d'Or, the Portuguese footballer is also an avid golfer and golf fan. The 45 year old represented Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Internazionale from 1989 to 2009 and was capped by Portugal more than 125 years, scoring 32 goals. He won the 2000 Ballon d'Or and the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year titles and was once the most expensive footballer in the world, when he moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid for a fee of €62 million. Figo plays to a handicap of around 11 and has played in the European Tour's Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews in three of the last four years, partnering Martin Kaymer, Matt Fitzpatrick and Ricardo Gouveia.
The second player announced on the US side is former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver a master’s degree from Notre Dame, Rice went on to work under President Carter before becoming the second African American Secretary of State under the Bush administration. Following her time in office, Rice now teaches at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and likes to golf in her free time. In 2012 she became one of the first two female members of Augusta National Golf Club and continues to play regularly, off a handicap of 14.
The 2018 Celebrity Match will take place at Le Golf National on Tuesday from 2:00 to 5:45pm CEST.

Olesen's 4th at the Nordea (final-round 67 with 3 birdies in his last 7 holes) was too little too late but he moves past Paul Casey and Ian Poulter in a tight race for the fourth and final Ryder Cup spot via the World Points list this week. He's not far behind Fleetwood (4th) in the European Points list either. The top four players from both lists on Sept. 2 will qualify.
Poulter and Casey will both have a chance to move back in front next week at The Northern Trust, while the final qualifying week will include the PGA Tour event at TPC Boston and Olesen headlining the field in his homeland at the Made in Denmark.
Even if Olesen fails to qualify automatically for Paris, he's a possible pick from his countryman, Bjorn. In addition to the players who fail to qualify from the Olesen-Poulter-Casey trio, other candidates for Bjorn's quartet of picks will likely include Major Champs Sergio and Stenson.

Step forward Mr DeCHAMBEAU

https://www.rydercup.com/news-media/europe/search

Peppered -4
Fitz -3
Olesen +1

Danish CUT -1

Poulter nailed on for a pick. Casey and Stenson (injury permitting) will probably get the nod which would leave Rafa and Sergio for the last spot. On form it would have to be Rafa, Sergio has been shocking recently picking him would be like when Clarke went for Westwood.