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Half My Arse...GBI should start the day one down

Sunday September 27, 2009 | 06:49:35 188 words, 10695 views
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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.


Comments:

Comment from: wendyuk [Visitor] Email
Just because your round was washed out, no need to take it out on us - glorious sunshine all w/e btw:)

How about Steve Pate 1991 Ryder Cup -Europe would have retained it using your reasoning.

How about 1 reserve per team?
Permalink 09/27/09 @ 12:12
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member] Email · http://www.buffalogolfer.com
1 Reserve per team...completely escaped me...each side for the Walker Cup had a fellow on site, just in case one of theirs went down. Stupid professionals!!!

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.
Permalink 09/27/09 @ 15:07
Comment from: wendyuk [Visitor] Email
Nope, can't say I agree with you on this one. I think a half is a sportsmanlike decision. The disadvantage of course is still to the injured player's team, as the opposition can choose their weakest player for an unlikely half point, so there is a kind of penalty.

The only reason I like a reserve is so that the paying public get their full quota of matches.



Permalink 09/30/09 @ 16:06

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