Caught this as my morning round on Sunday was being canceled by a deluge
England’s Anthony Wall was unable to play his singles match against Spaniard Alvaro Quiros on the final day of The Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros in Paris.
Wall had injured his shoulder on Friday afternoon and did not play in either session yesterday, but lengthy physio could not get him fit enough in time.
Under the rules of the event - Continental Europe against Great Britain & Ireland - a half was agreed with a player chosen by Continental captain Thomas Bjorn to sit out the singles.
Do not call it pity, sportsmanship or anything other than a posturing cop-out. If the stupid Wall could not avoid injury, than his team pays the price. If your player can’t play, you lose the point. It is absolutely ironic that someone would play a team competition to win, then allow a tie on the basis of sportsmanship. Do you think I want Quiros out of the match? Quiros would have smoked this Wall fellow. Ridiculous. Hope we don’t see a repeat in two weeks at the Prez Cup.
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Brandon Tucker:
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Mark Nessmith:
How about Steve Pate 1991 Ryder Cup -Europe would have retained it using your reasoning.
How about 1 reserve per team?
Nope, I considered it stupid then, along with the whole "War By The Shore" thingy. USA deserved a bad break (although Pate did not), given our attitudes toward the world.
The only reason I like a reserve is so that the paying public get their full quota of matches.