thesheriff
Head Pro
Is there not way too much analysis of who should pair up with who and course set up supposedly to favour one team? How does that work as most of the Europeans play in the States most of the time anyway? They're all good pros. You put someone who's brilliant but streaky out with a steady Eddie in fourball to cover the likely birdie/bogey-maker with a back up pars machine. Foursomes probably better with 2 steady eddies than erratic/streaky players generally as you have to be considerate to your partner more in foursomes, play a little within yourself so you're not leaving partner in bad spots hacking out etc.
The Ryder Cup normally comes down to putting, whichever team is putting best will win.
Yeah they analyse stuff to death in the build up. Makes me cringe when they talk about the course being set up to favour the Europeans. If you look at the stats, there's minimal difference between the top pros in the world and these guys can adapt to however the course is set up.