Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
We've won more than our fair share recently...have Europe ever been favourites?
Jacko_G
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We shall see but for me the PGA Tour is miles ahead in terms of depth and talent.
Beezerk
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I agree which why they will set up the course to try and counter that.
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The PGA have been “miles ahead in terms of talent and depth” many times before in a RC but yet they can’t win in Europe and haven’t done since the 90’s ( 93 to be exact ) and as we all know it’s not about the individual talent of each team it’s about the team collectively
PJ87
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Agreed. I don't think there's anyone in LIV that we desperately miss. Casey at a push if his back hasn't given out that week. Garcia is past it now. Poults and Westy were already past it at the last RC.
Edit: Did you mean Casey when you said Grace?
Yeah European team will not miss a single liv player ATM but the USA may miss bryson, DJ and Reed
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So starting to get into the heart of the season and the following players are sitting in the 6 automatic places
Rahm
Rory
Paul
Fitzpatrick
Hovland
Hatton
Guess it’s only Paul’s spot that may change with Perez close
Then that leaves 6 other spots for Capts Pick
Fleetwood
Lowry
Rose
Imo are shoe ins barring injury or major loss in form
Then the next three could be anyone
Power , Wallace , Perez , Hojgaard’s , MacIntyre , Meronk
For the US it looks pretty simple
Top 6
Scheffler
Homa
Young
Speith
Burns
Cantlay
Automatics
Then it’s prob
Schuaffle
Morikawa
Thomas
Those 9 are prob a shoe in
after that it’s three from
Zalatoris
Finau
Kirk
Kitiyama
Theegala
Europe only has 8 players this time, and that is the problem. The drop off after that is dramatic. Paul probably will fade out. Perez and Power need a good summer and are maybes. Disappointing to see MacIntyre has sunk like a stone. Hoped for better and that he would at least have pushed into Power country. But he is already out. The 8 are going to have to do all the heaving lifting if there is to be any chance on the Sunday.
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Think we can guarantee they'll be no-one named Speith in the USA team !European Team Rankings
So starting to get into the heart of the season and the following players are sitting in the 6 automatic places
Rahm
Rory
Paul
Fitzpatrick
Hovland
Hatton
Guess it’s only Paul’s spot that may change with Perez close
Then that leaves 6 other spots for Capts Pick
Fleetwood
Lowry
Rose
Imo are shoe ins barring injury or major loss in form
Then the next three could be anyone
Power , Wallace , Perez , Hojgaard’s , MacIntyre , Meronk
For the US it looks pretty simple
Top 6
Scheffler
Homa
Young
Speith
Burns
Cantlay
Automatics
Then it’s prob
Schuaffle
Morikawa
Thomas
Those 9 are prob a shoe in
after that it’s three from
Zalatoris
Finau
Kirk
Kitiyama
Theegala
Being serious though - with the USA team being administered by the PGA of America, who next month in their Championship are not aligning with the PGA Tour - does bring the possibility of the captain picking 1 or 2 players from outside of the PGAT.
The whole huh-ha around the ins and out of all that in the States, might actually play into Europe's hand (as they don’t really have that problem to the same degree).
Can't really see Zalatoris being fit and sharp enough by then.
Jigger
Club Champion
Aren’t our picks half from the world rankings and half from the euro tour? If so, perez is a definite right nowEuropean Team Rankings
So starting to get into the heart of the season and the following players are sitting in the 6 automatic places
Rahm
Rory
Paul
Fitzpatrick
Hovland
Hatton
Guess it’s only Paul’s spot that may change with Perez close
Then that leaves 6 other spots for Capts Pick
Fleetwood
Lowry
Rose
Imo are shoe ins barring injury or major loss in form
Then the next three could be anyone
Power , Wallace , Perez , Hojgaard’s , MacIntyre , Meronk
For the US it looks pretty simple
Top 6
Scheffler
Homa
Young
Speith
Burns
Cantlay
Automatics
Then it’s prob
Schuaffle
Morikawa
Thomas
Those 9 are prob a shoe in
after that it’s three from
Zalatoris
Finau
Kirk
Kitiyama
Theegala
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Think we can guarantee they'll be no-one named Speith in the USA team !
Being serious though - with the USA team being administered by the PGA of America, who next month in their Championship are not aligning with the PGA Tour - does bring the possibility of the captain picking 1 or 2 players from outside of the PGAT.
The whole huh-ha around the ins and out of all that in the States, might actually play into Europe's hand (as they don’t really have that problem to the same degree).
Can't really see Zalatoris being fit and sharp enough by then.
I would be surprised if the US went with any golfer not playing on the PGAT
Zalatoris will be very close
Perez is 4th in the European Points and 11th in the World Points
They pick from the European Points first
howbow88
Hacker
Who will the US miss out if they don't go for LIV? Brooks, DJ... Anyone else? Bryson hasn't been particularly good for a while now and Reed isn't worth the hassle.
I think that on paper, the US are miles better than us but that's happened loads of times before and they've ended up losing. I think home advantage will be huge and so it will end up being very close - more like Celtic Manor than Paris.
I think that on paper, the US are miles better than us but that's happened loads of times before and they've ended up losing. I think home advantage will be huge and so it will end up being very close - more like Celtic Manor than Paris.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Rory and Reed in a final day pairing would be epic viewing.
Don't be surprised to see a few LIV guys present in some capacity in Italy, there's a few the USA team would love to have playing, and there's still chance for a few European guys to play their way into Luke Donalds thoughts before September.
Don't be surprised to see a few LIV guys present in some capacity in Italy, there's a few the USA team would love to have playing, and there's still chance for a few European guys to play their way into Luke Donalds thoughts before September.
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Unless a European LIV player wins majors they have next to zero chance of them playing their way into any Ryder Cup team
On the US side - Koepka just about makes it into the top 20 But that gap will grow as each event goes by
The only way they get in is if Captains pick them - after what happened with Stenson there is zero chance Imo that a European LiV gets a pick and there isn’t really anyone that Donald would pick anyway
With the depth of the US Players I don’t expect to see Johnson pick any LiV players as well
It will imo be a fully LIV free event and hopefully the full concentration will be on the Ryder Cup and the players there
Beezerk
Money List Winner
What happens if a US LIV player wins a major, a certain for the Ryder Cup or left on the side?
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I guess it depends on who it is and where it leaves them in the standings.
If form is anything to go by ZJ will pick the next 6 after the 6 qualifiers.
Brooks may have a chance if he wins one but I'm not sure anyone else would make the top 12 as there's still plenty of PGA events to accumulate enough points.
howbow88
Hacker
Even if Reed was on the PGA Tour still, he would only get into the US side by qualifying automatically. They didn't pick him last time and there were loads of thinly veiled comments about team harmony.
AussieKB
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I thought no one cares about team events ?
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They may have already been likely selections, but Perez and Straka making their cases stronger this weekend.
Sure things : Rory, Hovland, Rahm, Fitz, Fleetwood, Hatton, Lowry, Rose.
The likely lesser lights: Perez, Meronk, Straka
Up for grabs but possibly sitting things out until Sunday: Noren, Power, Paul.
Sure things : Rory, Hovland, Rahm, Fitz, Fleetwood, Hatton, Lowry, Rose.
The likely lesser lights: Perez, Meronk, Straka
Up for grabs but possibly sitting things out until Sunday: Noren, Power, Paul.
