Ryder Cup 2016 - Official Thread

[Swingalot]

Hindsight is a wonderful tool and I'm not sure changing the line ups Saturday or even having Knox or Beef would've made a difference. I think it was just the USA's time to win.

please stop talking sense on this thread, you'll never fit in!

 

[Alex1975]

I hardly watched any of it, i just don't like seeing guys screaming "Cuomon" to themselves over and over after every shot. All this screaming and playing up to the crowd leaves me cold.

if the players are all running around like lunatics on steroids, its little surprise the crowds go a bit over the top from time to time.

Yep, no one have any fun for Pete`s sake. Lets keep it low key and library like until it sinks into complete decline....

 

[patricks148]

Yep, no one have any fun for Pete`s sake. Lets keep it low key and library like until it sinks into complete decline....

how's screaming like a loon fun?

 

[AmandaJR]

how's screaming like a loon fun?

I find it an enthralling, but very uncomfortable, watch. When I read your comment I realised a big part of the discomfort is all the hollering and screaming. Patrick Reed is just unbearable. In fact the few times the cameras showed Chris Wood v DJ it was a relief to see two calm, fairly laid back guys playing hard but keeping it more "civilised".

 

[Alex1975]

how's screaming like a loon fun?

I wouldn't but I would like to live and let live. Its not exactly the end of the world is it...

 

[patricks148]

I find it an enthralling, but very uncomfortable, watch. When I read your comment I realised a big part of the discomfort is all the hollering and screaming. Patrick Reed is just unbearable. In fact the few times the cameras showed Chris Wood v DJ it was a relief to see two calm, fairly laid back guys playing hard but keeping it more "civilised".

i'm surprised he didn't injure himself TBH, nothing wrong with being patriotic and showing a bit of passion, but like you i find these antics uncomfortable to watch

 

[Tongo]

I hardly watched any of it, i just don't like seeing guys screaming "Cuomon" to themselves over and over after every shot. All this screaming and playing up to the crowd leaves me cold.

if the players are all running around like lunatics on steroids, its little surprise the crowds go a bit over the top from time to time.

I'm inclined to agree. I didn't have the same fervour or interest in this year's event as previous years. For me the RC is now arguably beyond the pale. Its a mega corporate event that has been made into too much of a circus now. Its heading toward the realms of WWE Wrestling. How long before tv starts dictating pairings?

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

I'm inclined to agree. I didn't have the same fervour or interest in this year's event as previous years. For me the RC is now arguably beyond the pale. Its a mega corporate event that has been made into too much of a circus now. Its heading toward the realms of WWE Wrestling. How long before tv starts dictating pairings?

When I seen the Singles Draw I thought that they did!

Patrick, I agree with you on some of the antics and hype ... Reed had Rory bent over and Rory just couldn't match him, energy wasted.

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

Fair play to Danny Willett, at least he's got a decent assessment of his own performance.

https://twitter.com/richardmaspero/status/782744400501899264

I'm just a fan and I take it more serious than him ... What a doughnut, he takes the cash and just laughs about it, idiot.

 

[shewy]

It's loud it's fun and the golf was awesome, that's the way you get people involved, if you want silence go watch snooker.

 

[JamPal]

Yep, no one have any fun for Pete`s sake. Lets keep it low key and library like until it sinks into complete decline....

Exactly.. Silence please, no fun on or off the course.. oh and tuck your shirt in... bloody place is a disgrace, they let anyone in now you know.. wasn't like this in my day of course, he should be taken out and shot!

 

[Liverbirdie]

I like that .Can i use that line on the 'and we're off' thread?

Yeah, but it'll cost you a pint at H4H.

 

[Qwerty]

So long as the shouting and yelling is genuine passion I'm happy. When it starts getting OTT, fake and done with a tone purely to get under the opponents skin I'll lose interest as I have done with the Solhiem Cup.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Interesting to look at the World Rankings; taking the top 12 European players (regardless of Tour membership) would have meant Casey, Knox, Lowry and Molinari would have been in the team.

They would have replaced Fitzpatrick, Westwood, Kaymer and Sullivan.

Obviously it is no longer relevant to this year's contest but it provides food for thought in the post match debate and any review of the selection process.

Previous RC teams have often included one or two who were lower than alternatives but the figure this time round does seem rather high.

Mind you the American team contained Zach Johnson & Ryan Moore who were lower in the rankings than 3 or 4 others, most notably Bubba.

I guess whatever selection process you have there will always be anomalies.

It is Mickie, and just like Links vs parkland golf, they can be a world away from each other.

Individual vs team golf can also be a world apart.

Would anyone pick Poulter based on his individual record - No - but him in the Ryder cup and he's a revelation.

 

[Val]

It wasn't that bad. As good as the US were all it needed was for big guns Rory, Rose and Willet to win their singles and Europe would have retained cup. DC did nothing wrong IMO and hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Big gun Willet? I know he's masters champ but that's it, he's done nothing else's and is hardly a European big gun

 

[Val]

We left a mountain to climb after fridays morning session,after we did OK.
Some quality golf from both sides and was fantastic viewing.

I know some of the golf on show was superb but we didn't do ok, we lost more sessions than we won. That is poor.

 

[patricks148]

Exactly.. Silence please, no fun on or off the course.. oh and tuck your shirt in... bloody place is a disgrace, they let anyone in now you know.. wasn't like this in my day of course, he should be taken out and shot!

who said anything about silence??

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

Big gun Willet? I know he's masters champ but that's it, he's done nothing else's and is hardly a European big gun

I notice that ... Peashooter :rofl:

 

[Tongo]

who said anything about silence??

It seems that some people can only go from one extreme to the other. The middle ground is an alien concept.

 

[Reemul]

I hardly watched any of it, i just don't like seeing guys screaming "Cuomon" to themselves over and over after every shot. All this screaming and playing up to the crowd leaves me cold.

if the players are all running around like lunatics on steroids, its little surprise the crowds go a bit over the top from time to time.

Yep I really struggled to enjoy it this time. I'm ok with the USA winning, they deserved it but the jingoistic shouting and crowd behaviour really left me cold.

My eldest who is 9 has just started golf lessons, 4 so far and we play a local Par 3 course as well together, part of his lessons involves etiquette and behaviour and he just couldn't understand the crowd at all.