I'm pumped like crazy for this. Go USA. Fourball pairings have been released (Local tee off time) P. Mickelson / D. Johnson vs. L. Westwood / M. Kaymer 7:45 AM S. Cink / M. Kuchar vs. R. McIlroy / G. McDowell 8:00 AM S. Stricker / T. Woods vs. I. Poulter / R. Fisher 8:15 AM B. Watson / J. Overton vs. L. Donald / P. Harrington 8:30 AM http://www.rydercup.com/2010/
I love the Ryder Cup. Will be watching before work on Friday and then up early on Saturday and Sunday.
At the break.... P. Mickelson / D. Johnson vs. L. Westwood / M. Kaymer 1Up thru 12 S. Cink / M. Kuchar vs. R. McIlroy / G. McDowell 2Up thru 11 S. Stricker / T. Woods vs. I. Poulter / R. Fisher AS thru 10 B. Watson / J. Overton vs. L. Donald / P. Harrington 1Up thru 8 EUR 0:0 USA Rough day with all the Scotland falling from the sky. Hard to get any momentum going. The Stricker/Woods/Poulter/Fisher match might turn out to be a classic by end of play.
After four balls P. Mickelson / D. Johnson vs. L. Westwood / M. Kaymer 3 & 2 S. Cink / M. Kuchar vs. R. McIlroy / G. McDowell Halved S. Stricker / T. Woods vs. I. Poulter / R. Fisher 2 & 0 B. Watson / J. Overton vs. L. Donald / P. Harrington Wins 3 & 2 EUR 1 1/2:2 1/2 USA Watson and Overton are a monster team. Due to the weather, the tournament has been amended. All 24 players will be involved in today's foursomes. That will be followed by two more foursome matches (for a grand total of eight) going out at the same time as four more fourball matches. For round 2... T. Woods / S. Stricker M. Jimenez / P. Hanson Z. Johnson / H. Mahan E. Molinari / F. Molinari J. Furyk / R. Fowler L. Westwood / M. Kaymer P. Mickelson / D. Johnson P. Harrington / R. Fisher B. Watson / J. Overton I. Poulter / L. Donald S. Cink / M. Kuchar G. McDowell / R. McIlroy Both Monty and Corey sticking to their guns
Is there a reason Sergio Garcia is not on the team? As I recall, he always was one of Europe's best players in this thing.
He hasn't really had a great season and he's was pretty much crap in the last Ryder Cup. Montgomerie made a controversial enough pick taking Padraig Harrington over Paul Casey. Taking Garcia as a captains pick would have created an uproar. The US had to leave out some great guys too like Anthony Kim and JB Holmes
After round 2... T. Woods / S. Stricker M. Jimenez / P. Hanson 4 & 3 Z. Johnson / H. Mahan E. Molinari / F. Molinari 2 & 0 J. Furyk / R. Fowler L. Westwood / M. Kaymer Halved P. Mickelson / D. Johnson P. Harrington / R. Fisher 3 & 2 B. Watson / J. Overton I. Poulter / L. Donald 2 & 1 S. Cink / M. Kuchar G. McDowell / R. McIlroy 1 & 0 EUR 4:6 USA Rory chokes on both 17 and 18 and Phil has tied Raymond Floyd for most losses in Ryder Cup history with 16. In progress in the random ass 3rd round Session 3 Foursomes S. Stricker / T. Woods vs. L. Donald / L. Westwood Z. Johnson / H. Mahan vs. G. McDowell / R. McIlroy Session 3 Fourballs J. Furyk / D. Johnson vs. P. Harrington / R. Fisher B. Watson / J. Overton vs. P. Hanson / M. Jimenez S. Cink / M. Kuchar vs. E. Molinari / F. Molinari P. Mickelson / R. Fowler vs. I. Poulter / M. Kaymer End of play to come soon for darkness.
Euros leading all 6 matches at nightfall. Just a great day of golf all around. Man of the day - Stewart Cink with his long birdie put on 17. Without that the match is either 5 1/2:4 1/2 or 5:5
You have to hand it to the US, they really look the part, they were obviously dressed by their WAGS, whereas our team look like they were dressed by their Grans...
Absolute domination by Europe in round 3 Session 3 Foursomes S. Stricker / T. Woods vs. L. Donald / L. Westwood 6 & 5 (Now this is an ass kicking) Z. Johnson / H. Mahan vs. G. McDowell / R. McIlroy 3 & 1 Session 3 Fourballs J. Furyk / D. Johnson vs. P. Harrington / R. Fisher 2 & 1 B. Watson / J. Overton vs. P. Hanson / M. Jimenez 2 & 0 S. Cink / M. Kuchar vs. E. Molinari / F. Molinari Halved P. Mickelson / R. Fowler vs. I. Poulter / M. Kaymer 2 & 1 EUR 9 1/2:6 1/2 USA After doing nothing all weekend the Molinari's drop 2 beautiful gap wedges within 2 and 4 yards of the cup on 18 to half the game. Final round singles S. Stricker L. Westwood S. Cink R. McIlroy J. Furyk L. Donald D. Johnson M. Kaymer M. Kuchar I. Poulter J. Overton R. Fisher B. Watson M. Jimenez T. Woods F. Molinari R. Fowler E. Molinari P. Mickelson P. Hanson Z. Johnson P. Harrington H. Mahan G. McDowell
Anyone know whether NBC will be broadcasting the singles matches tomorrow? And if so, what time will their coverage start?
The singles will be on USA network starting at 4am eastern and then switch to NBC at some time. But if I were you I'd find a way to stream the Sky feed since it is much, much better.
Thanks for the info, Matt. I watched some NFL today from the Sky feed and was impressed with their coverage. I'll definitely check it out.
It all came down to the last match on the 17th hole.... S. Stricker vs. L. Westwood 2 & 1 S. Cink vs. R. McIlroy Halved J. Furyk vs. L. Donald 1Up D. Johnson vs. M. Kaymer 6 & 4 M. Kuchar vs. I. Poulter 5 & 4 J. Overton vs. R. Fisher 3 & 2 B. Watson vs. M. Jimenez 4 & 3 T. Woods vs. F. Molinari 4 & 3 R. Fowler vs. E. Molinari Halved P. Mickelson vs. P. Hanson 4 & 2 Z. Johnson vs. P. Harrington 3 & 2 H. Mahan vs. G. McDowell 3 & 1 EUR 14 1/2:13 1/2 USA Fantastic tournament all around. Congratulations Europe. See you in Medinah.
Cink's was really the key match in the end. McElroy tried to give it to him on both 17 and 18, but Cink couldn't drop the putts. Nice to have a close Ryder Cup again. Sucks when the blowouts make the final day mostly useless.
Good point. Up to today I would have called Cink the player of the tournament. At this point, I think Jimenez was the man.
That putt he made on 17 on Saturday morning was ridiculous, especially when the Europeans missed the short one.