This is my favorite event in all sports. I am a huge NFL fan and a Broncos season ticket holder (through family) since the 60s, but if the Super Bowl and Ryder Cup singles were played on the same day at the same time, I would DVR the former.*
The Tour Championship this week provides a good preview. Th/Fr matchups include Woods/McIlroy, D. Johnson/Westwood, Bubba/Sergio and Kuchar/Donald.
Europe is certainly the paper tiger, with 3 of the top 4 OWGR and the unquestioned #1 in Rory.
The Chicago crowd at Medinah will be unreal. Best pro-USA crowd since The Country Club in '99.
Loving 75% of the USA Ryder Cup rooks - Dufner and Bradley are unflappable and Snedeker is a putting machine. DL3 needs to hide Webb - he is not on form.
The captains, the pairings, the gamesmanship, the tweets, national pride. Awesome.
So excited.
I love pools, but the only one I've come up with for the Ryder Cup is a pick [x] players and then tally their overall points. If anybody has a better idea, please advise.
WAR U S motherfucking A.
*(unless the Donks were playing, in which case I would drink myself into a deep sleep in my Haven Moses jersey before either event commenced).
I believe there should be more captain's picks. As one knows, tournaments are mostly won by players in the midst of a run/groove. A quick glance at some U.S. team players - Stricker, Watson, Simpson - haven't done anything for awhile - Simpson could be argued since he won the major....but all in all, it does look like a formidable U.S. team.
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