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[NorthernStar]

Leaving Reed off the team is a huge mistake.

Back in Tiger and Phil's prime the USA really should have dominated the Euro's with easily the two best players and we didn't. My theory is we had a bunch of whining millionaires who are still millionaires even if they lose. Plus we had a bunch of quote un quote nice guys like Hunter Mahan and Kuchar (although I now think he is a prick) that would say all the right things and we gave it our best but came up short. The Euros on the other hand relished the underdog role and sent guys out there like Poulter and Sergio that played with emotion and they won.

Now without Reed name one guy with a fiery personality on the USA team......I can't name one either. We are back to a bunch of guys that are supposed to be better and this is a train wreck waiting to happen.

The other thing in match play type of events I want someone that can putt. It isnt about the low score always. You putt different in match play type of things versus an event where the low score is the winner. You need to make sure that 30 foot putt makes it past the hole and not try to cozy it up next to the hole for a two putt.

USA has a team full of shitty putters. Reed is 4th in putting and better than anyone on the team. Plus he is 7th in scrambling and 10th in strokes gained. How can you be the 10th best in scoring on the PGA and not make the Ryder Cup team? Reed is getting treated like John Daly (only golfer with multiple majors and never on a Ryder Cup) . Shitty putters don't all of a sudden become good under pressure.

Morikawa 178th, JT 104th, Scheffler 107th Finau 91st, Berger 60th, Koepka 66th (I think under pressure he is a very good putter just see the majors)

Schefflers is the weakest link. 33rd in scoring and 107th in putting.

 

[Ricboff]

Finau, Spieth, Xander all no -brainers. The remaining 3 selections he decided to go all rookies, surprising. Yeah, i liked Reed. Not sure how u can take Berger over Reed, ...who would u want looking down a 12 footer to halve a match, reed or berger? Dont want to shit on Berger , steady player , but give me Reed all day in that scenario. Reed looked okay at East Lake, great Sat round 66..that's spells good-to-go. I do like the Scheffler pick-- birdie machine , great for 4-balls.

on paper USA is clearly stronger , EIGHT of their players sit inside top 10 of golf's world rankings, lol . No need to ask anyone to play 5 matches. But i'd play Cantlay in 4-somes BOTH days, Patrick should play 4 matches .This is a deep team . This is why i think the euros need to go experience and ride horses. Rahm plays all 5, got to. Hovland 4. Rory off the tee is a mess, in 4-somes may need to hide him on day 2, lol.

JT is more of a streaky putter ,can be scary when the putter is on...... that dude is a gamer. But yeah, i'd force him to make all the 2 footers, lol

i wonder who they pair DeChambeau with in 4-somes? I'd pair him with good wedge players; that's berger or morikawa


Morikawa and Brooks r question marks health wise/form. But if they bring the 'a' game? .....this is the best USA teams in years and years. No Mickelson or Tiger , lol . Can the Euros slay this team on American soil? one thing is certain-- it will be tremendous theatre

 

[Railbird]

i would pick kevin NA

 

[Railbird]

reed has covid and is weak, thats why he played terrible

 

[Railbird]

kevin na is best putter in the world, i would limit bet him at EVEN money every week vs spieth

 

[Railbird]

sheffler is a hack, koepka is injured

 

[Railbird]

morikawa has a bad back, he will get his ass kicked

 

[Railbird]

spieth always has atleast 1 triple bogey a round

 

[Railbird]

i was gonna bet usa for 1st time in my life, until today, Stricker is fukkin moron

 

[HarryCaray]

i would pick kevin NA

He's like 900th in strokes gained off the tee. That is not gonna cut it at WS for the 87th ranked putter on tour (NOT #1).

 

[HarryCaray]

kevin na is best putter in the world, i would limit bet him at EVEN money every week vs spieth

I am no Spieth apologist but this is comical. Dude walks in putts like a jackass and that makes him the best putter in the world. Hahahaha

 

[Ricboff]

yeah calling Na the best putter in the world is a bit of a stretch;

total putting PGA Tour;

K Na

2021- tied 33rd
2020- tied 39th
2019- 115th
2018- 42nd
2017- 120th

over the last 5 yrs he hasnt been inside the top 10

 

[Ricboff]

ever wonder what a human Asian ATM machine looks like.......here ya go:

2018 Webb.com Player of the Year
2019 PGA Rookie of the Year

23 yrs of age he won his 2nd PGA title two weeks ago with a scorching 64 on Sunday

A workaholic. Goes from tournament to tournament rarely missing a week collecting six-figure cheques while picking up Holiday Inn Express points..


FANTASTIC golf swing , big part (for me at least) is the action of the hands at the top , :30 sec mark. Bows his wrist, huge power source. DJ bows his wrists at address and keeps it that way (less room for error, no timing involved ), rotates HARD on the downswing to prevent the face from flipping over. This dude does it at the top!! his ability to repeat this is uncanny given the timing factor involved. Under severe heat, Sunday at a major with a lead or in contention--can this swing hold...At the last Presidents Cup he went 3-1 as a rookie

 

[Ricboff]

awesome to see Tiger back on the course , a noticeable limp.No way he plays if not for the opportunity to play with his son. Charlie's swing is gettign more solid, more balanced at the finish- what a fuckin swing he has .

PNC Final round today

post-round interview yesterday for Woods '

late in the interview talks about Trevino. Lee is 82, still loves life , contagious smile. Par 5 18th- Lee hit driver , 3 wood to 16 feet, drains the eagle putt.--82 yrs young, never too old ..... Greatest Game in the World

 

[Ricboff]

Sony Open, final round theatre yesterday. Russel Henley had a 5-shot lead with 9 to play. Matsuyama proceeds to put on a ball-striking clinic , think he missed one shot. Had the flat blade goin' week .. 18th hole down one , par 5 he takes it over the corner--incredible recoil, fukcin bomb 338 yds. Birdie and into a playoff with Henley...and...

shot of the tournament and likely will be a top 5 shots of the 2022 golf year, Same hole, the 2nd shot from 277yds ....3 wood;

4:15.. listen to the fuckin' sound, LOL . STRIPPED IT!!!!!!!!

 

[Ricboff]

Tiger was inducted into the Hall of Fame tonight. Daughter inducted him that must have been super special for him ..he got emotional a few times, teary at the end. .Childhood backgroud hardly that of the privileged . .Fuckin icon. Was huge for the game, he MOVED the game. The guy . internationally is a rock star, like a Messi, Ronaldo.

Jack Nicklaus;

'you never know exactly what makes someone great . Its somewhere in their heart, a little more desire than someone else, a little more gutsy , work a little harder, they try a little harder, they believe a little harder. All those things fall in the category of Tiger Woods'

Respect

 

[Ricboff]

vid is up everywhere .........from the speech;


How, when he was 14, his family took out a second mortgage to cover his AJGA travel expenses – and that when Tiger signed his first deal with Titleist, the first thing he did was pay off that loan.

“So without the sacrifices of Mom,” Woods said, getting choked up, “who took me to all those junior golf tournaments, and Dad, who’s not here, but who instilled in me this work ethic to fight for what I believe in, to chase after my dreams – that nothing’s ever going to be given to you, everything’s going to be earned.

“If you don’t go out there and put in the work, if you don’t go out and put in the effort – one, you’re not going to get the results, and two, and more importantly, you don’t deserve it. You need to earn it.

“So that defined my upbringing. That defined my career.”

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TPC playing very soft, if ya keep it on the fairway can just fire at flags ..even back pins like that @ 17. No way anyone fire at the flag in normal conditions as liekly one hop and water

Rahm has got the old putter back in the bag, the experiment with a new putter has been aborted lol .

McIlroy has become a fuckin baby. Always complaining and thinks his opinion needs to be heard. Cryin' a week ago as according to him Arnie's place was set up unfair...cryin' today...STFU and play

 

[williamfor]

What about that swing by Smith pictured in the first photo? Is it possible to make such a steep curve? I want to buy many different golf balls from different manufacturers for the coming season. So far, I found a good explanation of how the balls’ structure actually influences the dynamics and the trajectory of their flight on https://sportsgearmetry.com/best-golf-balls-for-women/. I have golf balls made by different brands, and, tbh, they feel the same.

 

[Ricboff]

Phil signs up for majors, requests release for LIV

Phil Mickelson registered to play in the PGA Championship and U.S. Open and has requested a release from the PGA Tour to allow him to play in the first event of the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series.

www.espn.com

wtf?

what has happened to this guy?

 

[Ricboff]

Garcia has always had a bit of a temper , lost it yesterday yet again. Crazy childish , he's 43 ! Just not cool -- Dude has made like $50 mill from the Tour.

Sergio Garcia gripes "I can't wait to leave this tour", looks set to join Saudi Tour

A chuntering Sergio Garcia was caught dropping bad-tempered hints of his future by television in the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship. The Spaniard was furious that, following a poor shot into deep rough, his timing for the search was started before he joined the hunt for the ball.

uk.sports.yahoo.com

A chuntering Sergio Garcia was caught dropping bad-tempered hints of his future by television in the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship.
The Spaniard was furious that, following a poor shot into deep rough, his timing for the search was started before he joined the hunt for the ball. As he trudged through the grass he was heard muttering: "I can't wait to leave this tour. I can't wait to get out of here. "Just a couple more weeks and I don't have to deal with you any more." It had been widely assumed that it was an inadvertent admission that he will be playing the LIV Golf International Series event in London next month.

He refused to talk to the media for clarification after signing for a 3-under 67.

why u losing it at a rules official? lol..