GOLF

[Ewood Ace]

Great to see Rickie Fowler back in the winners circle and very well deserved with the way he has played this season.

[oldjamfan1]

Decent start by Team Europe in the Ryder Cup - though the USA were 4-0 up after the first session of the Solheim Cup last week and didn't win it!

[oldjamfan1]

Very poignant. A Seve flag at the first tee this morning 

“Forever in our hearts”

❤️

[matt83]

By 11am day 2 already surpassed the total from whistling straits.

[jim mk2]

Brilliant from the Europe team - I'm thoroughly enjoying this

The Americans think they're the best at golf and, having attended 2 Ryder Cups including the famous 1989 win at the Belfry, I know how much this means to them. Some of their supporters are grade 1 idiots. 

Get in the hole, Europe, and give them a spanking

 

[den]

Sound on, watch this……

https://x.com/mrdanwalker/status/1708739779326603551?s=61&t=FPxP9rw03Z61jd2pGmotEQ

[Mike E]

The Solheim and Ryder Cups (and both accompanying Junior iterations) won by Europe, all in a two week span!

European golf is flying! And Viktor Hovland is rapidly becoming my favourite golfer, so aggressive and adventurous, yet entirely humble and funny off course.

[speeeeeeedie]

On 30/09/2023 at 06:10, jim mk2 said:

Brilliant from the Europe team - I'm thoroughly enjoying this

The Americans think they're the best at golf and, having attended 2 Ryder Cups including the famous 1989 win at the Belfry, I know how much this means to them. Some of their supporters are grade 1 idiots. 

Get in the hole, Europe, and give them a spanking

 

I feared the worst after kicking Europe got in Wisconsin 2 years ago but I was gladly proven wrong. There was some excellent golf played, and although it got a bit nervy toward the end Europe came through. 

The LIV experiment helped Europe. It forced a changing of the guard in both players and captains which refreshed the team. 

Cantlay himself played very well but his caddy's actions were stupid and he (the caddy) deserved all the grief he got.

2025 is in New York, expect a hostile crowd and a talented American team.

[jim mk2]

The US team captain was as much use as an empty tea caddy by supporting the caddie's behaviour.

 

[Norbert Rassragr]

I'm not big on golf, so what happened with one of the caddies? 

[matt83]

20 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

I'm not big on golf, so what happened with one of the caddies? 

 

The yanks have a player called Patrick Cantlay whose caddy during the Ryder cup was Joe lacava. A story broke that Cantlay believed the players should be paid to participate in the Ryder Cup and to effectively represent their country which allegedly caused a rift within the American team. Due to his frustration at not being paid the story goes he refused to wear a team cap during the Saturday foursomes and also refused to attend the gala dinner earlier in the week along with his friend Xander Schauffele.

So every time cantlay went past the crowd, the fans were waving their caps at him chanting stuff like “Europe’s on fire, Patrick cantlay wants his fiver. Europe’s on fire, Patrick cantlay wants his fiver. Na na na na na.” Bit of old fashioned British terrace humour. 

On the final hole of the fourballs cantlay sunk a good putt which meant mcilroy would have to sink another big putt to avoid defeat. After cantlays putt lacava and the rest of the usa team were waving their hats which was a quite amusing retort. Mcilroy politely asked lacava to move aside from his line of vision whilst he’s still kept waving his hat going ott. He stood there and didn’t move for a good while and continued to wave the hat chirping away at anyone who’d listen like some mid afternoon drunk. 

This pissed mcilroy off and it continued onto the car park. 

In the aftermath another amusing little ditty was sung to lacava on the first tee to the tune of cranberries-zombie. He’s in your head, he’s in your head. He’s in your head, he’s in your head. Rooory, Rooory, Rooory, ry, ry. That also tickled me.

If my grandad was still alive. He’d be appalled at what the Ryder Cup has become. But I love it

Edited October 3, 2023 by matt83

[matt83]

[Upside Down]

The Ryder Cup is everything to the yanks.

Golf is the only sport they're good at that is played by anyone else in the world.

Nice to see they've been thrashed again.

[oldjamfan1]

On 03/10/2023 at 22:44, Upside Down said:

The Ryder Cup is everything to the yanks.

Golf is the only sport they're good at that is played by anyone else in the world.

Nice to see they've been thrashed again.

To be fair they’ve produced plenty of good athletes, boxers and tennis players over the years.

[Upside Down]

15 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

To be fair they’ve produced plenty of good athletes, boxers and tennis players over the years.

No team sports though.

They just created their own shit versions of games that already existed elsewhere.

[speeeeeeedie]

On 11/10/2023 at 01:00, Upside Down said:

No team sports though.

They just created their own shit versions of games that already existed elsewhere.

You've given me a nice new discussion point for my American friends, and not anything I've really thought about before. 

The USA has an inordinate amount of athletic talent and facilities to match. A lot of the rest of the world's best use America as their base. At least half of the European Ryder Cup team live in America. 

They have done much better at women's team sports; football, volleyball, gymnastics (they do have a team event) to name a few, primarily down to universities having to fund women's sport programs to the same level as they do American football.

They are still top dogs at basketball, now a global sport. But they are being caught up. The current best player in the NBA is Serbian, a Greek is not far behind, and a French lad is being tipped as the next superstar.

Edit; I've been saying this for years but if they manage to seriously crack into Latino and urban black kids they'll win a World Cup. However, it's not looking likely any time soon. Football in the USA still values speed and athleticism over football brains, all coached by substandard people.

Edited October 12, 2023 by speeeeeeedie

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, speeeeeeedie said:

You've given me a nice new discussion point for my American friends, and not anything I've really thought about before. 

The USA has an inordinate amount of athletic talent and facilities to match. A lot of the rest of the world's best use America as their base. At least half of the European Ryder Cup team live in America. 

They have done much better at women's team sports; football, volleyball, gymnastics (they do have a team event) to name a few, primarily down to universities having to fund women's sport programs to the same level as they do American football.

They are still top dogs at basketball, now a global sport. But they are being caught up. The current best player in the NBA is Serbian, a Greek is not far behind, and a French lad is being tipped as the next superstar.

Edit; I've been saying this for years but if they manage to seriously crack into Latino and urban black kids they'll win a World Cup. However, it's not looking likely any time soon. Football in the USA still values speed and athleticism over football brains, all coached by substandard people.

Rounders > Baseball

Netball > Basketball

League > American Football

All inferior versions of pre existing games.

[wilsdenrover]

Jon Rahm joins the LIV tour - another player where no actually meant offer me more.

McIlroy changes his view on LIV players being picked for the Ryder cup - seems his eagerness to win can usurp his morals after all.

[speeeeeeedie]

An interesting morning at the PGA Championship in Kentucky. 

A volunteer was hit by a bus and killed whilst on his way to the course. As cops, ambulances, and investigation officials were clearing it up Scottie Scheffler, current world number 1, was driving to the course. Unfortunately he ran through a cordon, cue a cop jumping on his car, trying to drag him out, then finally arresting him.

ESPN: Scheffler arrested

As of time of writing he's back on the course and has birdied his first hole. 

[Mike E]

Grayson Murray pulled out of the Charles Schwab Cup on Friday feeling unwell and died Saturday, aged 30.

Awful.

[oldjamfan1]

16 hours ago, Mike E said:

Grayson Murray pulled out of the Charles Schwab Cup on Friday feeling unwell and died Saturday, aged 30.

Awful.

Sadly he took his own life Mike 😢

[wilsdenrover]

5 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Sadly he took his own life Mike 😢

I saw he had mental health problems and feared this would be the case.

So tragic.

[Mike E]

Wow, that’s horrible 😞 

[Ewood Ace]

That is a Norman sized choke from Rory far worse than St Andrews 22 or LACC last year. He looked a different player after the birdie on 13 to take the lead. The missed putts on 16 and 18 were inexcusable. But also the decisions off the tee on 15 and 18, I've never been convinced about Harry Diamond as his caddy and that only raises my doubts even more. I hate to say it but I just cannot see him winning another major, if he's going to then he is either going to need to spread eagle the field like he did at Congressional all those years ago and I don't think he has the game to do that anymore. Or he will need go out early on in the final round and shot a low score to post the clubhouse lead a Johnny Miller US Open type win. 

Edited June 17 by Ewood Ace

[oldjamfan1]

7 hours ago, Ewood Ace said:

That is a Norman sized choke from Rory far worse than St Andrews 22 or LACC last year. He looked a different player after the birdie on 13 to take the lead. The missed putts on 16 and 18 were inexcusable. But also the decisions off the tee on 15 and 18, I've never been convinced about Harry Diamond as his caddy and that only raises my doubts even more. I hate to say it but I just cannot see him winning another major, if he's going to then he is either going to need to spread eagle the field like he did at Congressional all those years ago and I don't think he has the game to do that anymore. Or he will need go out early on in the final round and shot a low score to post the clubhouse lead a Johnny Miller US Open type win. 

Indeed. Even Jimmy White was heard to shout “bottle job” at the telly 😐