Top Five European Ryder Cuppers

[Dodger]

Re: Top Five European Cuppers

Can't believe anyone has gone for Clarke,bit of a sympathy vote I think.

The undisputed 5 are :-
Seve
Chema
Langer
Faldo
Monty.

Close misses on top 5 would be Jacklin,Garcia,Oosterhuis and Woosie.Woosie only missing out courtesy of his awful singles record.

 

[DMC]

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Has to be :

Monty
Seve
Langer
Faldo
Westwood

 

[vig]

Re: Top Five European Cuppers

My 5 were
Seve
Ollie
Faldo
Monty
Westwood


it was the US 5 that I found hardest to pick 5 from

I had
Jack
Arnie
Trevino
Watson
Stewart

 

[Dano]

also went for seve, ollie, faldo, monty & langer....

 

[rgs]

Went for Monty, Faldo, Seve, Ollie and O'Connor senior.

O'Connor played in 10 Ryder Cups when it was a GB&I team which were never in with a real chance of winning and travelling to the states was difficult.

He was also on the infamous plane journey in 59 when the plane carrying the GB&I team from LA to the venue came clsoe to crashing, plane lost power and dropped uncontrolled from the sky.
I remember Peter Alliss mentioning this was the closest he came to dying.

 

[thecraw]

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didn't O'Connor hole the winning put one year at the belfrey ? I put Woosie in mine over Langer, just liked his attitude

Woosie was never even half the player Langer was/is! Not in a million years.

I agree 100% with freddie's picks thats what I also went for.

 

[Golfmmad]

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Has to be :

Monty
Seve
Langer
Faldo
Westwood

Exactly my choice too DMC

Golfmmad.

 

[CrapHacker]

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I don't see how so many people are missing Jacklin.

He was the guy who pretty much single handedly forced through the change from GB&I to a European team that could actually compete with the Yanks, and it was him that actually led us to the victories that turned the RC into a genuine competition.

Seve was the talent that gave Jacklin the ammunition, so he's in.

Faldo, definately.

Langer, yes.

You can have whoever you like for the 5th choice - except Woosie that is. For someone that was so cocky about his matchplay upbringing, his singles record was appaling.

 

[Smiffy]

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Faldo
Montgomerie
Langer
Westwood
Ballesteros

Simples

 

[Tommo21]

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Brian Barnes for god sake. He frightened the crap out of big Jack twice in the same day.

 

[Smiffy]

Re: Top Five European Cuppers

Brian Barnes for god sake. He frightened the crap out of big Jack twice in the same day.

Yeah only 'cos Jack thought he was going to throw up over him