Ryder Cup 2016 - Official Thread

[Lord Tyrion]

Just stop the bottom 11 games now. Rory v Patrick for the Ryder cup. You can't take your eyes off it.

Great shout. It's like a challenge from champions in olden days. No one else needs to fight, just those two.

You wonder if Mclroy and Reed can keep this up or whether they will dip at some point. Hard to keep it at that intensity for an entire round.

 

[Imurg]

Shock horror..... Kaymer's sunk a putt....

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

Great shout. It's like a challenge from champions in olden days. No one else needs to fight, just those two.

You wonder if Mclroy and Reed can keep this up or whether they will dip at some point. Hard to keep it at that intensity for an entire round.

Yep, Rory needs to get smart to get the win and let Reed waste energy with some antics.

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

Shock horror..... Kaymer's sunk a putt....

I've got him as one off 3 losses along with Fitz and Westwood.

 

[JohnnyDee]

On a knife edge but there's a lot more blue than red on the board.

Come on Europe!!!

 

[Deleted member 16999]

On the whole, the standard of putting is immense.

 

[craigstardis1976]

I am watching it free on NBC they also have "Playing Through Commercials" where the ad plays on one side of the screen and the golf coverage continues on the other half of the screen.

No excuses really for the Ryder Cup not being on network TV. If it can be in the United States, it can be in the UK, just greed and lack of vision preventing it combined with the fact Murdoch thinks the people of the UK are there to be exploited for media purposes...and they continue to prove him right with their wallets.

Remember, if you don't pay for Sky he has no audience and will not be able to sell advertising...

 

[upsidedown]

making the game look remarkably easy

 

[HawkeyeMS]

making the game look remarkably easy

It is easy, we make it difficult

 

[bladeplayer]

On the whole, the standard of putting is immense.

I asked on twitter were the holes bigger or what

 

[JohnnyDee]

Dear American team,

Can you please stop holing implausibly long and difficult putts.

That is all and thanking you in advance for your attention.


Johnnydee.

 

[Hacker Khan]

I am watching it free on NBC they also have "Playing Through Commercials" where the ad plays on one side of the screen and the golf coverage continues on the other half of the screen.

No excuses really for the Ryder Cup not being on network TV. If it can be in the United States, it can be in the UK, just greed and lack of vision preventing it combined with the fact Murdoch thinks the people of the UK are there to be exploited for media purposes...and they continue to prove him right with their wallets.

Remember, if you don't pay for Sky he has no audience and will not be able to sell advertising...

Good post, thanks for the update. Is the golf channel on network TV or do you have to pay for that?

 

[lobthewedge]

Dear American team,

Can you please stop holing implausibly long and difficult putts.

That is all and thanking you in advance for your attention.


Johnnydee.

I don't think Mickelson heard you.

Any more of those and I think sergio might crack him on the nuts!

 

[JCW]

D Clark`s loyalty to the MK & Westwood could yet bite him , After the 1st day when they both played so bad he should have left them out , 4 matches played and no points plus the miss putt on the last by Westwood last night , Bello playing the way he did should have gone out again as should have Chris Wood , its one thing to do your golf travel adverts with Westwood but to put a poor putter in against guys who are making putts from everywhere was a mistake , still it will be close match but Rory has to take out Reed to give the Europe a boost ...............EYG

 

[louise_a]

I am watching it free on NBC they also have "Playing Through Commercials" where the ad plays on one side of the screen and the golf coverage continues on the other half of the screen.

No excuses really for the Ryder Cup not being on network TV. If it can be in the United States, it can be in the UK, just greed and lack of vision preventing it combined with the fact Murdoch thinks the people of the UK are there to be exploited for media purposes...and they continue to prove him right with their wallets.

Remember, if you don't pay for Sky he has no audience and will not be able to sell advertising...

Quite right but sadly too many people are happy to play a lot of money (in my opinion) a month.

 

[ruff-driver]

making the game look remarkably easy

Just like our weekend spin up

 

[Hacker Khan]

Indeed - My Mrs is gripped - the golf - the excitement - the players - the racket - and she doesn't play golf - QED.

Same here, the Mrs normally asks me to switch over within 10 seconds of me tuning into Sky Sports 4. But she has not now, and is even paying attention to this.

 

[craigstardis1976]

Good post, thanks for the update. Is the golf channel on network TV or do you have to pay for that?

Hacker Khan:

Sadly Golf Channel is not free to air and is not included on most basic cable or satellite packages. I do not subscribe to it - it just happens to be included in the package where I am living at the moment. I would not pay for it.

I have caught some of Sky's golf coverage this season and have to ask about Ewen Murray. He strikes me as the kind of chap who has not quite got used to earning a good deal of money for talking about something he loves and seems to have this "If you have to ask, you can't afford it attitude" as he talks about knowing this person, that person, going here and there...or am I mistaken?

Craig.

 

[duncan mackie]

It's all about the putts - and they are simply sinking more than Europe.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I'm sure it's linked, the Americans are once again looking smarter on the course than we are. Why would anyone think two days of plain grey would be a winner? Trinny and Susannah must be shaking their heads.