Ryder Cup European Wild Cards

[clarke_111]

Hmm-I can understand all the picks aside from Garcia really-can’t help feel RCB should be in with Sergio maybe named as additional Vice Captain?...

I understand going with experience but I think the ‘rookies’ this time out are a different kettle of fish to those playing 2 years ago. Even pairing them together Rahm and Fleetwood or either of them with Noren would worry any US pairing more than Chris Wood and Andy Sullivan for example (with the greatest respect to both players who I am a huge fan of). Noren, Fleetwood, Rahm and even Hatton to a degree have all competed consistently at the top level in both the PGA tour and European tour winning big events and challenging in majors. The RC is different, but I think they’ll handle it like veterans.

As a result of all that I think Rafa is very, very unlucky...he’ll prob go and win the BMW or the tour champs now...

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Not sure where the Poulter love in and shoe in comments come from. Last decent Ryder Cup he had was 2012.

He was honking at Gleneagles managing 2 halves and a loss, failed to qualify for 2016 yet still living off of a Ryder Cup performance from six years previously.

Garcia has a lot of additional pressure on him now. Not entered this week's European Tour Event either. Just when does he expect to get his game back in shape when he's not competing. The fact that he's not played since failed to make the Fed Ex suggests that he was told regardless of form I'm picking you.

USA was looking strong, Bjorn has made it even harder now for Europe.

Drape the Ryder Cup in stars and stripes. That's me made my prediction.

Poulter has had a very good season , a win and solid performances in the majors , just missed out on the Auto spots because he stayed in the US to play Fed Ex and 2016 he had a lot of injuries hence his drop in form. Poulter has stood up in the Ryder Cup enough times now - just like other stalwarts in the past.

 

[clarke_111]

And Sergio should have played this week. He lives in Crans Montana doesn’t he!? Surely he has to play before the RC...?

 

[Papas1982]

if you look at the rankings list RCB is above everyone bar poulter who has been picked

the USA have picked the next 3 players down

RCB would bring Form, experience and a good points return ..

yet overlooked

baffling

If all the teams did was pick based solely on rankings then then why would we bother with picks. The captains have that right. Only hindsight will tell of it was right or not.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

The choices Bjorn made were pretty predictable and I would agree with most but not all of them.

However, like many others I am puzzled by Garcia getting the nod ahead of Cabrera-Bello.

For some time now Sergio has looked not only out of form but also disinterested in his game.

Maybe It was brought on by finally getting a Major coupled with at last being content off the course.

Whatever the reason I would have been reluctant to give him a pick.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Sergio wasnt on my radar for a pick ,but he is now in the team soooooooo
COME ON EUROPE. lets spank the yanks.

 

[Hobbit]

I'd suggest it's a lot longer than a couple of months!

Good luck but I personally think it's the wrong choice.

Garcia's form dipped at the beginning of April and apart from a couple of very good tournaments in June, one of which was at the Ryder venue, his form hasn't really improved. Recent weeks have suggested a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel but too little is too late for me.

His scoring average in the Majors was 75.

Maybe this year is a not untypical reaction to winning a Major the previous year. He isn't the first to have a poor year after winning a Major, nor will he be the last. Whatever, its now about supporting all 12 players, and hoping that the wild cards justify their pick.

 

[Junior]

Feel that RCB should have played for Sergio, and Sergio should have gone as a vice captain. Also, is it a bit of a kick in the nuts for the European Tour? Matt Wallace with 3 wins this year not going???

 

[Deleted member 3432]

As I see it Garcia has become a father this year and its highly likely that golf has taken a bit of a backseat.

Like his fellow Spaniards Seve and Olazabal I think he thrives on taking on the Americans in the Ryder Cup. Come the first morning he will be fired up and his game will be in shape.

I prefer our wildcard selections to theirs anytime, Tiger and Phil pantomine could easy cause friction it their dressing room as far as I'm concerned.

 

[sev112]

Prediction Stenson pulls out with injury week before and RCB steps in, wins 5 out of 5

 

[Jacko_G]

As I see it Garcia has become a father this year and its highly likely that golf has taken a bit of a backseat.

Like his fellow Spaniards Seve and Olazabal I think he thrives on taking on the Americans in the Ryder Cup. Come the first morning he will be fired up and his game will be in shape.

I prefer our wildcard selections to theirs anytime, Tiger and Phil pantomine could easy cause friction it their dressing room as far as I'm concerned.

Totally disagree. Tiger and BDC have consistently kicked the majority of the European's butts in the majors this year. Phil I agree is a strange choice and in Finau who I think they'll go for they have another form player better than all four of our picks who are labouring at present.

I can see Poulter and Casey struggling to get a point.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The choices Bjorn made were pretty predictable and I would agree with most but not all of them.

However, like many others I am puzzled by Garcia getting the nod ahead of Cabrera-Bello.

For some time now Sergio has looked not only out of form but also disinterested in his game.

Maybe It was brought on by finally getting a Major coupled with at last being content off the course.

Whatever the reason I would have been reluctant to give him a pick.

This. Garcia isn't the first to struggle after a Masters win (Willett?) but I do feel this is a sentimental pick rather than one based on form. Of course as Bjorn said he'll be a big influence in the team room but it's on the course that counts. I feel Casey, Poulter and Stenson have played well (albeit in patches) and will add their experience and form far more so than Garcia

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Totally disagree. Tiger and BDC have consistently kicked the majority of the European's butts in the majors this year. Phil I agree is a strange choice and in Finau who I think they'll go for they have another form player better than all four of our picks who are labouring at present.

I can see Poulter and Casey struggling to get a point.

Performance in the Majors is often irrelevant.

Over the 2002, '04, and '06 Ryder Cups, a period when Woods was at or around his peak in Major terms his record was 7-7-1.

Decent but not overwhelming.

 

[Jacko_G]

Performance in the Majors is often irrelevant.

Over the 2002, '04, and '06 Ryder Cups, a period when Woods was at or around his peak in Major terms his record was 7-7-1.

Decent but not overwhelming.

Still plenty in the tank to defeat any of our picks. Best golfer the world has ever witnessed.

 

[sev112]

Maybe Bjorn has decided that neither Sergio isn’t going to play til the singles and he’d rather do that to him rather than a young impressionable rookie

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Best golfer the world has ever witnessed.

Not in Ryder Cups!

 

[Jacko_G]

Not in Ryder Cups!

Well not everyone can be as awesome as Sir Colin.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Well not everyone can be as awesome as Sir Colin.

I think you mean Sir Nick.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Still plenty in the tank to defeat any of our picks. Best golfer the world has ever witnessed.

I think he has won 1 RC in 99 ? Mickleson has won 3

Where as the European picks

Poulter - 4
Garcia - 5
Stenson - 3
Casey - 2

So whilst you can point to Woods major wins and rightly highlight what an amazing career he has had in them - when it comes to the Ryder Cup he has only won 1 - the states have only won two since 99 and both of those Woods wasn’t playing.

 

[PJ87]

stumbled across this gem

Garcias last 10 events

MC
MC
MC
T70
MC
MC
MC
T39
MC
T24


not bad.