MendieGK
Tour Winner
Poult's keeps playing like a lot of us amateurs - he appears to have either a good long game, or, a good short game. He can't seem to get both working well during a round.
so True.
Poult's keeps playing like a lot of us amateurs - he appears to have either a good long game, or, a good short game. He can't seem to get both working well during a round.
Poult's keeps playing like a lot of us amateurs - he appears to have either a good long game, or, a good short game. He can't seem to get both working well during a round.
Been working very hard on the new short game area at Woburn - was there every day during a recent visit and expect him to be there when the Fed Ex is done as well
Poult's keeps playing like a lot of us amateurs - he appears to have either a good long game, or, a good short game. He can't seem to get both working well during a round.
I agree with this completely. But as others have mentioned, he will be working incredibly hard to hit form and reserve a spot on the team. Gleneagles has certainly cast some doubt though, so he needs to work super hard.
you seriously think he wont take up membership in a Ryder Cup year???
he will 100% do it. and probably get in through the WorldRankings
Not looking good so far:lol:
http://www.europeantour.com/rydercup/points/index.html#6ZmDAWp5b7xd8HOg.97
Still a lot of love for Ian Poulter. Do people think he has the game the qualify by right or is he getting their vote as "Mr Ryder Cup" ? Personally i think that myth was extinguished at Gleneagles where he was, in my opinion, ordinary to say the least. I think he'll need a pick and i'm not so sure that DC will give him one automatically as he will do for Lee Westwood.
IMO the European Team could be wildly different this time around.
On current form,
There are only 3 definates…
McIlroy, Stenson, Rose
Then several probables…
Lowry, Willett, Luiten, Garcia, Kaymer
Then there are a boatload of new possibles depending on the form next year
Fleetwood, Wiesberger, Pepperell, Levy, Mannasero
Then the others who need to show form
McDowell, Donald, Poulter, Debuisson, Westwood
And finally, Those who may play enough events to get in if they are consistent
Jimenez, Bjorn, Donaldson, Molinari
For me Donald, Poulter and Westwood HAVE to qualify to get in the team or be very close to get a pick.
Right now I wouldn’t pick any of them – we have to move on.
I think Clarke will have Westwood as a Vice Captain alongside Jimenez and Bjorn.
McGinley didn’t want to rock the boat during his Captaincy – it was safe to pick Wetwood and Poulter
so that there was no furore over the picks a la Monty with Casey or Faldo/Monty.
Tom Watson had all the problems going into the event, (and during), so McGinley kept it all straight and narrow
even though I thought we had more than enough already in the team
I would have loved him to have picked Lowry and Luiten instead.
Clarke faces a different challenge this time if he picks Westwood, Poulter and say McDowell in justifying the selections
due to their complete lack of any form whatsoever. Experience was the ‘excuse’ last time – can he say that again and get away with it?
Poulter as a pick was an ‘after Medinah’ decision – did he really contribute enough at Gleneagles?
he was searching for form and it really didn’t arrive.
IMO you can’t pick 3 out of form guys the team due to their experience only.
Clarke will face several key decisions on his team and their pairings if its not the ‘old faithful’ line up.
McIlroy/Lowry, Rose/Willett, Stenson/Wiesberger, Garcia/Luiten, Kaymer/????
I’d love to see it! Exciting players – have a go at them
Because Team USA looks formidable and picks itself already – the only question is how they pair up.
Definates - Speith, Watson B, Fowler, Johnson D, Johnson Z, Furyk, Walker, Reed
Probables – Koepka, Kuchar, Mickelson, Berger, Thomas, Horschel, Snedeker, Haas
Also – Mr T Woods ?
Clarke has his hands full !
So anyone fancy making any changes after the Masters ?
Think either Wood or Cabello Bello in for mine instead of Poulter