Ryder Cup 2016 - Official Thread

[MendieGK]

Is there's a stat for making putts when the chips are down in the big events. Ryder cup aside I'd wager he's not near the top 4 throughout his career.

All stats can can be manipulated thiugh. As someone as good tee to green I expect his total strokes are probably less than many others as he leaves lots of short one.

Strokes gained is as close as it gets for a perfect putting stat.

Peoples perceptions in the past were that he was a poor putter, in reality it was purely because he had such a good approach game he left himself a lot of makeable putts - and you would see him not make them on TV.

Nowadays he's nowhere near as good tee-to-green as you'd think.

 

[Garush34]

How does the ball thing work then? There's so much fuss made about players having to play a specific ball as they know its characteristics. But I imagine some of them are not playing their preferred ball. It's as if the difference in premium balls is just marketing guff and in fact they all behave virtually the same way.

There pictures on golf wrx showing Rory practicing with Titleist balls yesterday. Suppose some balls will be similar and wont be much of a change, but the likes of Rory has played with Titleist before so maybe its just a case of feeling how it rolls for putts and chips again.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Good to see fractions of the US crowd are helping prove Willetts brother right - what trash are they shouting ?! Surely they must be embarrassed by it

Add in shades of 99 with the cheering of poor shots creeping in early the atmosphere could get a bit toxic

 

[Imurg]

Well, it's still better than my average golf.

Apart from Mickelson OB tee shot. I can do that.

Oh yeah, I can do it too..😖

 

[hovis]

Good to see fractions of the US crowd are helping prove Willetts brother right - what trash are they shouting ?! Surely they must be embarrassed by it

Add in shades of 99 with the cheering of poor shots creeping in early the atmosphere could get a bit toxic

Beat me to it. Utterly disgraceful

 

[Qwerty]

Good to see fractions of the US crowd are helping prove Willetts brother right - what trash are they shouting ?! Surely they must be embarrassed by it

Add in shades of 99 with the cheering of poor shots creeping in early the atmosphere could get a bit toxic

I think it could get interesting later on when the Sun breaks through and the beer starts flowing...

 

[Papas1982]

Strokes gained is as close as it gets for a perfect putting stat.

Peoples perceptions in the past were that he was a poor putter, in reality it was purely because he had such a good approach game he left himself a lot of makeable putts - and you would see him not make them on TV.

Nowadays he's nowhere near as good tee-to-green as you'd think.

With his current rankings and the amount of times he's been a wild card. I think it's fair to say he's never been as good as we've sometimes believed.

Re the putting. You've got a bet on the line and you can pick your golfer to finish the last 4ft putt. Can you only need 3 players you'd have ahead of him....

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Good to see fractions of the US crowd are helping prove Willetts brother right - what trash are they shouting ?! Surely they must be embarrassed by it

Add in shades of 99 with the cheering of poor shots creeping in early the atmosphere could get a bit toxic

No different to any Ryder Cup held over there, only way to shut them up is to get more blue on the scoreboard.

 

[MendieGK]

I'm surprised there hasnt been any use of pro-tracer so far? anyone know why?

We really arent playing very well are we. the matches we are winning are due to american mistakes

 

[hovis]

I'm surprised there hasnt been any use of pro-tracer so far? anyone know why?

We really arent playing very well are we. the matches we are winning are due to american mistakes

There has been a few hole it was used on. . Stensons fairway shot on the second was one

 

[Deleted member 15344]

So the crowd booing when players are given gimmies , now they start shouting - make them putt it and players are being asked to putt from under a foot ?! Yep it's going to get nasty with the crowd as the beer flows

 

[ColchesterFC]

I think it was McDowell on Twitter saying that if the two players use different balls they swap between holes and drive with your partners ball choice so that they are hitting the second into the green with their favoured ball.

 

[MendieGK]

So the crowd booing when players are given gimmies , now they start shouting - make them putt it and players are being asked to putt from under a foot ?! Yep it's going to get nasty with the crowd as the beer flows

I cant believe they made him putt that.

Westwood having a mare!

 

[MendieGK]

I think it was McDowell on Twitter saying that if the two players use different balls they swap between holes and drive with your partners ball choice so that they are hitting the second into the green with their favoured ball.

Not sure thats allowed because the balls have to be the same compression dont they?

 

[hovis]

Westwood having a mare!

Fancy that!

 

[ColchesterFC]

Not sure thats allowed because the balls have to be the same compression dont they?

No idea but I guess it must be allowed. Just what was on Twitter earlier and I assume he'd know the rules.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Also said that in the event of hitting it into a hazard and having to drop they could change the ball then as well. That one didn't sound right to me so don't know if that is a foursomes only rule.

 

[Qwerty]

Had to laugh at the Guy dressed as Abraham Lincoln

 

[craigstardis1976]

Impressed with the start Team USA have made. Love the Mickelson/Fowler combo. Pieters/Westwood not a good combo at all. Have to think Westwood's playing days are behind him now.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I cant believe they made him putt that.

Westwood having a mare!

There's a surprise. What has he done recently to warrant a place in the team?