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2023 Ryder Cup - Marco Simone Golf & CC, Roma, Italy

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Not sure someone from European side should be weighing in on this... unless he's now just a golf commentator.  

 

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  • You guys are crazy. Great match play set up. Greens are perfect. Just because it isn't set up to bomb it anywhere you want off the tee then bunt a sand wedge up there like 90% of the courses on the pg

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    Our soldiers on d day were less scared to be in Europe than this golf team. 

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Hank Haney is a clown - he acts like a fool so you pay attention to him. Since Tiger ditched him, his only contribution to golf has been to try to be the Stephen A Smith of golf.

It's also widely believed the swing changes Haney installed into Tiger are a big reason for his knee issues.

Forget the fact that I do agree with his general premise in this case...

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7 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Not sure someone from European side should be weighing in on this... unless he's now just a golf commentator.  

It is just part of the head games - I wanna see if the Euro's pick straight down the line, which means no IJP or any other LIV'r

25 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

It is just part of the head games - I wanna see if the Euro's pick straight down the line, which means no IJP or any other LIV'r

For the umpteenth time: Donald cannot pick any LIV players. To be considered, you have to be a member of the DP Tour. All of the LIV guys had to resign and can’t be reinstated until next year. 

On 8/31/2023 at 8:50 PM, Wally Fairway said:

It is just part of the head games - I wanna see if the Euro's pick straight down the line, which means no IJP or any other LIV'r

Pretty that the Euro's have picked players not in their Top 12 before.

Sergio and Poulter come to mind...

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Donald made his picks and Team Euro is (OWGR):
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Matt FItz (8)
Ty Hatton (13)
Viktor (4)
Robert MacIntyre (54)
Rory (2)
Rahm (3)

Captains picks
Ludvig Aberg (90)
Tommy Fleetwood (14)
Nicolai Hojgaard (78)
Shane Lowry (37)
Justin Rose (34)
Sepp Straka (23)

for comparison Team USA OWGR
Scottie (1)
Wyndham Clark (10)
Harman (9)
Slowpoke Cantlay (5)
Max (7)
Xander (6)

Burns (20)
Rickie (26)
Brooksie  (15)
Morikawa (19)
Jordan (12)
JT (25)

On paper the US should be tough to beat, lowest rated player is 26, avg just under 13; Euro lowest rated player is 90 with 5 players ranked lower that than Rickie, average ranking is 30.
The Cup is won on paper, Team RWB had better come ready to play - and unless they play this weeks PGA event it will likely be a month since they played a competitive round.

 

Donald getting criticized...

Ryder Cup: Team Europe’s Luke Donald pulls a fast one leaving Adrian Meronk off the team with captain’s picks

The 2023 Ryder Cup is less than four weeks away at Marco Simone Country Club in Rome, Italy. In what is expected to be highly competitive, the United States finalized their roster last week. Team USA Captain Zach Johnson took some heat for his captain’s picks, opting for Justin Thomas and others ahead of Keegan Bradley.

It appears Team Europe’s captain, Luke Donald, took a page out of Johnson’s playbook.

On Monday, Donald named his captain’s picks, with one glaring omission; Adrian Meronk.

Donald selected Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Nicolai Hojgaard, Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg and Justin Rose.

Fleetwood, Straka and Rose were all but locks for the team. But an argument can easily be made for Meronk over Hojgaard, Lowry or Aberg.

Meronk is having an undeniable breakout over the last year or so.

He won the Irish Open last July, won the Australian Open in December, and most importantly captured the Italian Open in May this year. That happens to be the course venue for this year’s Ryder Cup. Safe to say, he likes that track.

He also has five other top-10s, finished fifth in European Ryder Cup standings, and is currently third in the DP World Tour rankings behind only Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm.

 

 

Donald’s picks will join Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, Robert Macintyre and Matt Fitzpatrick in Rome. They look to take back the Cup after Team USA handled them quite easily at Whistling Straits.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/ryder-cup-team-europe-s-luke-donald-pulls-a-fast-one-leaving-adrian-meronk-off-the-team-with-captain-s-picks/ar-AA1gePWa

How Europe stacks up against U.S. at 2023 Ryder Cup | Golf Today | Golf Channel

Congrats to the Spieth's  !!!   🎉🎉🎉

 

Gotta pull an all-nighter Thursday to watch the first day.

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Every Hole at Marco Simone Golf Club

 9/6/2023

On 9/25/2023 at 8:57 PM, LTtxfan said:

Every Hole at Marco Simone Golf Club

 9/6/2023

Beautiful course.

Tight landing spaces on most holes and almost every green has one, two or even three tiers.

Also a few drivable par 4's are possible for big hitters.

Should be fun.

I actually prefer it when it is in Europe becasue it does not interfere with CFB.

41 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

I actually prefer it when it is in Europe becasue it does not interfere with CFB.

But it does interfere with sleep. 

I know everyone will be talking about the drivable par 4s and the strategy. But watching that video nothing looked too scary to me. If the wind gets going then yeah the gunch becomes worrisome but the one thing that did make me pause were the par 3’s. I know they aren’t super long but looking at some of the green plateaus….I think the par 3s will play a bigger role than people think-meaning like swing holes. There’s about 6 holes that look like halve holes but the par 3’s will be tough especially on alternate shot. Beautiful course, US can easily do it-just need to play this strategic. 

Koepka and Scottie playing today in practice Rd... that would be an interesting pairing.

Think I heard Luke has changed 1st session to foursomes.    Not sure about that strategy.

About 26 hrs till matches start... 🎉🎉🎉

Opening Ceremony is live on Golf Channel.

It just started...   

USA  USA  USA !!!  🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

No JT, Jordan or Koepka is somewhat surprising but I doubt any US player is going to go out 5 times. 

Course reviews I have seen aren't great but the competition can overcome a weak course.

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

No JT, Jordan or Koepka is somewhat surprising but I doubt any US player is going to go out 5 times. 

All 3 have had recent struggles, especially off the tee.  Also criticism of JT addition to this team probably won't be discussed after the 1st session tomorrow.

Not sure how much confidence I have in Zach as the Captain... sure would be great for USA to win Session #1 tomorrow.

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Match #1 and #4 might have some real fireworks. 💥💥💥💥💥

Sure hope good Rickie shows up in Match #3.

35 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Course reviews I have seen aren't great but the competition can overcome a weak course.

Yep. Reachable par 5s and drivable par 4s bring the excitement. 

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Zach Johnson talks not picking Spieth, JT in foursomes | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel  

Let’s play a drinking game. Any mention of Seve or his greatness/love/inspiration the Ryder Cup, you take a shot.

8 minutes ago, hacker said:

Let’s play a drinking game. Any mention of Seve or his greatness/love/inspiration the Ryder Cup, you take a shot.

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I think we're losing, and I think this is a weak-ish US team, but I also think this Euro team can be had. Especially in singles where their depth will get tested. If we can be within 2 or 3 going into Sunday I like our chances. 

Let's fuck em up boys.

Huge fucking crowds, taken just now before the gates open …

 

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4 hours ago, hacker said:

Let’s play a drinking game. Any mention of Seve or his greatness/love/inspiration the Ryder Cup, you take a shot.


I saw the man play live, twice. One time he asked me back up some away from his hall. He birdied from the rough 

Third groups both in the rough off #1 tee.

Crowds are great !!!

Love Cantlay's scowl.  😂😂😂😂😂😂

Xander hacks it out on to the 1st green!!!

Hovland unconscious.

Homa makes a big putt wins hole !!! 💥

31 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

So many commercials ugh

Ridiculous... hardly any tee shots being shown. 

Need to see more golf assholes!!!

Need that red raider to keep hurting Europe 😋

Damn... Rahm almost aces hole #7

Why the fuck are we seeing a Captains cart cam 😬

Americans are not making any putts...

 

DANG RICKIE !!!

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