EUROPE (Defending Champ)

Captain: Jose Maria Olazabal
c-Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium
Luke Donald, England
Sergio Garcia, Spain
Peter Hanson, Sweden
Martin Kaymer, Germany
Paul Lawrie, Scotland
Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland
Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland
Francesco Molinari, Italy
c-Ian Poulter, England
Justin Rose, South Africa
Lee Westwood, England
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UNITED STATES

Captain: Davis Love III
Keegan Bradley
Jason Dufner
c-Jim Furyk
c-Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Matt Kuchar
Phil Mickelson
Webb Simpson
c-Brandt Snedeker
c-Steve Stricker
Bubba Watson
Tiger Woods

c-captain's pick

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This is by far my favorite golf tournament to watch. Seeing golfers on a team is so much better than individual. Awesome action today with each side winning one match so far.

As expected Tiger is playing terribly. The announcers were talking about sitting him for the afternoon session.

9/28/2012 12:28:07 PM

I got to see both guys shank it left on the first tee in the match involving Furyk. Made me lol.

9/28/2012 12:36:39 PM

Afternoon pairings announced

P. Lawrie / P. Hanson vs.
B. Watson / W. Simpson

R. McIlroy / G. McDowell vs.
P. Mickelson / K. Bradley

J. Rose / M. Kaymer vs.
D. Johnson / M. Kuchar

L. Westwood / N. Colsaerts vs.
T. Woods / S. Stricker

Rory/Grahm vs Phil/Bradley is going to be really fun to watch. Love is surprisingly sticking with the Woods/Stricker team. It pains me but I have to start pulling for Tiger to get it together.

9/28/2012 12:48:07 PM

Tied at 2 after the first session.

9/28/2012 1:10:46 PM

GOLF


LOL

9/28/2012 1:15:42 PM

Bubba just teed off the first with the crowd still cheering. How awesome is that. When will the Ryder Cup ever come to Pinehurst so I can see this thing live?

9/28/2012 1:16:35 PM

even with that miss, Webb and Bubba are raping right now

9/28/2012 3:31:26 PM

TIGRE

9/28/2012 6:45:41 PM

TIGER

9/28/2012 6:50:02 PM

Thought Tiger was going to pull it out, but I'll take 5-3. Kinda hard to win match play when Cozart had 8 birdies and an eagle.

9/28/2012 7:26:56 PM

9/28/2012 7:41:19 PM

Tiger is out for tomorrow. Probably a good play, they don't really need him with the cushion they have right now.

9/29/2012 1:37:01 AM

what channel is this on?

9/29/2012 3:09:48 AM

It will be on NBC today and tomorrow.

9/29/2012 3:30:40 AM

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/143769/2/watch-pga-tour:-38th-ryder-cup,-usa---day-2,-foursomes.html

good golf so far this morning!

I'd kill to be in Chicago right now

9/29/2012 9:51:30 AM

That Watson Poulter scene on the first tee today was one of the craziest things I've ever seen at a professional event.

9/29/2012 10:18:34 AM

Bradley and Phil killed it again this morning 7 & 6. US up 6-3.

9/29/2012 11:24:40 AM

USA looking very good barring some collapses in the afternoon rounds

9/29/2012 5:53:19 PM

Tiger finally coming around

9/29/2012 5:57:15 PM

Need 4 1/2 points to take home the title. Can't wait to see Rory and Keegan go after it today.

9/30/2012 12:00:58 PM

Rory mixed up his tee time, and showed up 10 minutes before tee off.

9/30/2012 12:28:57 PM

Poulter is sick....


birdie-birdie starts for the first two matches.....awesome

9/30/2012 12:29:33 PM

Shit is getting crazy..

9/30/2012 4:31:03 PM

State loses, Panthers lose, might as well complete the weekend USA

9/30/2012 4:48:01 PM

This is looking like it's coming down to Tiger...

9/30/2012 5:11:03 PM

wow, I've watched almost all of the first two days, but took a break earlier to watch the Panthers debacle since I thought the USA had it in the bag. What a crazy comeback

9/30/2012 5:36:06 PM

lots of NC State Shit all around this weekend.

9/30/2012 5:52:19 PM

Sweet read, Strick.

9/30/2012 6:08:59 PM

Holy fuck.....Stricker was about as bad as you could get those past two holes. That was some miserable short game play right there.

9/30/2012 6:09:17 PM

What the fuck was that

9/30/2012 6:09:26 PM

Quote :

"Sweet read, Strick."

I'm definitely not a golf expert...but how much of that falls on the Caddy.

"Yeah Steve...I see it the same way."

I mean...fuck. Announcers were calling it the whole time.

9/30/2012 6:11:03 PM

Fuck you Stricker

9/30/2012 6:14:22 PM

Fat Phil and Furyk fucked a 1 UP lead after 16 too and it cost them dearly.

9/30/2012 6:15:06 PM

Yeah obviously others sucked it up today too.

9/30/2012 6:16:29 PM

Well the captain's picks certainly favored Europe, that's for damn sure.

9/30/2012 6:19:19 PM

perfect cap to one of the worst sports weekends ever

9/30/2012 6:20:46 PM

played 17 and 18 like a bunch of Jacklegs.

9/30/2012 8:03:05 PM

UNC Captain = choke job

His picks of Furyk and Stricker killed the team. Stricker went 0-4.

9/30/2012 8:07:33 PM

Quote :

"Fat Phil and Furyk fucked a 1 UP lead"

don't put this on Phil

your nutsqueezer Tiger was squeezin all kinds of nuts this weekend

9/30/2012 8:13:21 PM

Quote :

"your nutsqueezer Tiger was squeezin all kinds of nuts this weekend"

yeah,.... ok.... wtf did stricker do all weekend? Oh yeah, absolutely nothing.

10/1/2012 9:21:05 AM

Tiger played fine.

Stricker held him back. Friday afternoon Tiger had 7 birdies. Only problem was that he was playing against Colesarts who had 7 in the first 10 holes alone.

Tiger would've made that putt on 18 yesterday if it would've mattered. You can't expect him to drain it with the entire European team jumping and singing 10 yards away while he's trying to concentrate.

10/1/2012 9:48:53 AM

^Not to mention having to hit an approach shot knowing you've already lost. Though, I was hoping they would tie it 14 all so it wasn't like we lost the cup.

10/1/2012 10:28:10 AM

Quote :

"I'm definitely not a golf expert...but how much of that falls on the Caddy. "Yeah Steve...I see it the same way." I mean...fuck. Announcers were calling it the whole time. "

not a fair statement...announcers saw about 8 putts from that spot already. still a horrible read though

[Edited on October 1, 2012 at 10:32 AM. Reason : asdf]

10/1/2012 10:32:40 AM

We had 3 or 4 players lose 17 and 18 costing us points.

Davis Love's captains picks played especially awful. The older guys just don't have the nerves anymore. Look at Vijay every week on tour this past season. He's riding the leaderboard for the first 2 days and then falls by the wayside during the weekend.

10/1/2012 11:17:55 AM

Quote :

"Tiger played fine."

Half a point. The best golfer in the world received half a point. That is not fine. Did you see his first round? Yes the captains picks, minus undefeated Dustin Johnson, played poorly, but if Tiger scores 1 point we at least tie. The one time every two years that I will pull for Tiger and he puts up a stinker (for a golfer of his caliber) every year - 13-17-3.

c-Dustin Johnson 3-0-0
Keegan Bradley 3-1-0
Jason Dufner 3-1-0
Zach Johnson 3-1-0
Phil Mickelson 3-1-0
Matt Kuchar 2-1-0
Bubba Watson 2-2-0
Webb Simpson 2-2-0
c-Jim Furyk 1-2-0
c-Brandt Snedeker 1-2-0
Tiger Woods 0-3-1
c-Steve Stricker 0-4-0

I can't really hate on Love for the captains picks. They were all ranked in the top 25 in the world (10, 12, 13, 23) with Furyk being the only questionable choice. Blame the players for this one.

10/1/2012 1:01:21 PM

^ you don't understand how friday and saturday work do you?

You want to sit there and say Tiger played like garbage etc...but you don't back it up with anything other than "half a point".

He played with sorry ass Stricker every fucking time. Tiger should've been put on the course Saturday afternoon with Keegan because Phil was to tired to keep playing.

[Edited on October 1, 2012 at 1:10 PM. Reason : ]

10/1/2012 1:10:13 PM

He won 1/2 a point because he wasn't playing with Strick, and given the circumstances that probably would have been a whole point minus the Europeans cheering the whole damn time.

Dude birdied 5 holes on the back 9 two separate rounds. It's not his fault that Strick wasn't doing a damn thing all weekend long.

10/1/2012 1:11:58 PM

Quote :

"Half a point. The best golfer in the world received half a point."

wrong. Rory went 3-2

10/1/2012 1:46:36 PM

^ haha touché

Friday alternate shot - If you think that round was lost because of Stricker and not Tiger (both were bad) you're crazy and didn't watch it.

Friday best ball - Tiger went out and played great but got beat straight up by a guy who shot 10 under. Our best player got beat head up to a guy who is 35th in the world.

I'll give you Saturday best ball.

#2 in the world plays #31 in the world and doesn't win, that's all on Tiger.

Quote :

"and given the circumstances that probably would have been a whole point minus the Europeans cheering the whole damn time."

Bullshit it was silent when he was hitting. Now he was definitely rattled knowing he could only tie. I'm not saying that others don't deserve a shit-ton of blame. Yes Stricker and Furyk played poorly, but it just pisses me off to see all of these Tiger apologists. Tiger just doesn't play well in team matches plain and simple.



[Edited on October 1, 2012 at 2:42 PM. Reason : .]

10/1/2012 2:36:00 PM

So you concede that Tiger played great 2 of his 4 matches. He played well Sunday and could(would) have had the full point, had it mattered. What was your point again?

10/1/2012 2:56:13 PM