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Comment from: Wendy (UK) [Visitor] Email
Wow, I hadn't worked out those statistics! So, Shanks, what is your idea of the most exciting 4ball, 4somes combination for Garcia & Kim?

You're right that Stewart has gone off the boil since winning The Travelers in June. Last year he was fighting to get to play The Tour; this year he had already achieved both Ryder Cup team and The Tour, so perhaps the fire had subsided somewhat in the "playoffs". Hopefully Ryder cup will reignite him. Think how much he plays will depend on how practice rounds go. At least he did take out Sergio in the singles last time!
09/12/08 @ 14:53
Comment from: Shanks [Member] Email
You will read that the RC record of all those Euros who are not rookies is 41-27-12 going in. Take Sergio's fourball & foursomes matches out and the rest are 28-26-10. Doesn't sound so daunting then.

I suspect we will see Kim with Mickelson to start. They have been playing some practice rounds together recently. If not, probably Stricker.

Garcia has a very successful history with Westwood but you may see Faldo have those two shepherd some of the rookies in early matches.
09/12/08 @ 15:13
Comment from: Brandon Tucker [Member] Email
I say we just lay an egg versus Sergio. Just put the two worst players together (how about Holmes & Campbell) and strengthen our positions in the other matches.
09/12/08 @ 15:39
Comment from: Shanks [Member] Email
Can't manage that as everything in Ryder Cup is done by blind draw. And since there are only 4 matches in each session until Sunday's singles, I'd say don't play anybody more than once those first 2 days if they are not going well. Ride hard on the backs of your best.
09/12/08 @ 15:44
Comment from: Wendy (UK) [Visitor] Email
OK - Kim/Mickelson vs Garcia/ Westwood? I'd love that combination at some point. Very tactical.

I always think the whole thing is up for grabs on the day - that's what makes it so exciting, rather than the 4 round grind. I feel that the US rookies will be less fazed than the European rookies, apart from Justin Rose. Given up on my pairings, however. Can't wait for the whole thing to begin.
09/12/08 @ 16:30
Comment from: Wendy (UK) [Visitor] Email
Totally off subject - but have you seen that Dudley Hart made $2m+ and is 14th in Fedex? Any comments on new Tracker System?
09/12/08 @ 16:58
Comment from: Booger [Visitor] Email
Europe wins by over 10 points.
09/12/08 @ 23:01
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member] Email
I'm a big Dudley Hart fan. He is a Buffalo guy who moved back and took a year off from the tour while his wife battled cancer. It is in remission and he is back out there. He spent the year off playing evening rounds at the Country Club of Buffalo. He would go out in the early evening with a cart and make a shizzle-load of birdies.

Neutralize or neuter Sergio? I opt for the latter.
09/13/08 @ 11:14
Comment from: Shanks [Member] Email
I wish all the best to Dudley Hart. It's been a tough, tough chapter of his life. Had he started this resurgence a few weeks earlier, he would have had a great chance of playing in Valhalla.
09/15/08 @ 07:45
Comment from: Brandon Tucker [Member] Email
He has thus been neutralized
09/19/08 @ 21:42
Comment from: Shanks [Member] Email
Neutered is more like it. Wow, Kim put it on him from the get-go, just like Cink did 2 years ago.
09/22/08 @ 07:39

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