HomerJSimpson
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But it aint broken, US Team, Bubba 7th in World Rankings, not needed.
I would agree picks should be last minute.
Not saying it's broken but surely worth looking at.
But it aint broken, US Team, Bubba 7th in World Rankings, not needed.
I would agree picks should be last minute.
What wound me up was Sky insisting Rose was playing well when it clearly was not the case and he holed nothing. The games he won, one was 90% Henrik and the other him and Wood were only -2. Only the one birdie in the loss saturday afternoon as well, on a course with four par 5s (albeit long) and a drivable par 4 that simply is not good enough
Big error not playing RCB both sessions on Saturday as well imo.
Its was simply a putting competition, even the players that are getting some stick on here still shot level par or better and when they got their birdies,they were simply halved, usually by putts that you wouldn't expect to drop! the difference was that the USA sank more single putts and drained the ones when it really mattered.
A lot of truth in that. Plus let's give the Americans some credit, they played some great golf!
Its was simply a putting competition, even the players that are getting some stick on here still shot level par or better and when they got their birdies,they were simply halved, usually by putts that you wouldn't expect to drop! the difference was that the USA sank more single putts and drained the ones when it really mattered.
The issue being if there was a 72 hole standard tournament round there the cut would be something like +2 or +3 so level will not achieve anything vs the very best players in the world
Apparently Justin Rose was complaining about Davis Love putting the pins in flat spots on the greens and also not hard enough pin positions.
With virtually no rough to speak of on the course he had to be making more birdies.
He simply didn't play well enough.
So every single player should shoot under par every round?
Yep, that's how golf works...
Its was simply a putting competition, even the players that are getting some stick on here still shot level par or better and when they got their birdies,they were simply halved, usually by putts that you wouldn't expect to drop! the difference was that the USA sank more single putts and drained the ones when it really mattered.
In reality, all pro tournaments tend to be putting competitions. Ryder Cup is no different.
I think the point I was trying to make Martin, was, the players were all on the greens together mainly in regulation, I didn't witness much scrambling from wayward drives in conditions that penalised them a shot, even the bunkers were that easy they could aim for them, as such, it favoured and leaned towards more of a putting competition which I think can be seen by some of the scorecards with very few bogeys being carded, even by those players that are getting some stick, so, the points were being made by single putts only and hardly ever by actual dropped shots.
The course was obviously set up that way and it must have been recognised by Love that that would suit his selected team, until courses are not set up by captains it's not a fully balanced competition as each team will have their own strengths and weaknesses, if the European teams strength is tee to green but the USA is short game including putting, then the money is on the USA for a course set up that way.
Just my warped view of it in hindsight...
When is a RC point worth less than one point?
I was just wondering what the mathematics and stats are behind gaining/losing any one point out of the 28
For example if you have a couple of lads off the boil form-wise and another couple just back from injury so a bit rusty. Statistically what is the best way to play them to minimise ‘damage’ (points lost) rather than chasing points won
I’m working on the assumption that every player must play at least twice, so every rookie, recently injured or out of form player is responsible for at least 2 points each (even in a pairs match
Is there merit in pairing all these type of guys together over the first two days to double up on possible lost points without losing more than one point at a time, and did DC dabble in this approach with the Kaymer/Willett and Westwood/Willett pairings and therefore get minimum damage from a lost point? (hoping they will still win obviously as with the latter pair) And if he’d extended the group to include Fitzpatrick & Sullivan might another couple of lost points have been ‘saved’ by losing at the same time
I really have no idea whether to take the above seriously or not... & I wrote it!