Not to mention leaving the Spieth / JT pairing on the bench
Golf 2023
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Awful strategy from ZJ so far, but still a long way to go. Hovland might be my new golf daddy.
Given foursomes is Europe's strong suit, being the first session and being played in Europe you'd think they would prioritize strength in the morning.
Agreed, they need to win at least 2 this afternoon, the Europeans will be flying now and hopefully will have some leeway to be even more aggressive in the fourballs
What the feck happened at the last? I left thinking I’d miss one hole when USA got a shot back and it’s over
Thought USA would win 1 but 4-0.
Europe is so much stronger this cup. In Rory, Tommy, Victor and Rahm you have 4 top 15 contenders in the pga every week. USA has Scottie and maybe Colin right now.
Europe is so much stronger this cup. In Rory, Tommy, Victor and Rahm you have 4 top 15 contenders in the pga every week. USA has Scottie and maybe Colin right now.
Btw how does this work with golf balls? Do they just play one ball all week?
In fourballs just their own ball.
In foursomes, they can alternate balls based on who’s hitting into the green, but has to be the same ball for the hole. Typically on a par 4 for example, Rory would hit Tommy’s ball off the tee so Tommy gets to hit the iron into the green. That’s because he’s comfortable with ball and how it reacts on the green etc.
First time Europe have led after session one since 2006, mad stat.
Brilliant start but need to hammer it home this afternoon.
Brilliant start but need to hammer it home this afternoon.
What a wonderful morning.
Was a great shot out of that fairway bunker by Hatton to set up that birdie
Potentially stupid question - on the TV coverage, why is shot tracer only used for tee shots? Is it just too logistically hard to get it operational for every shot (obviously not needed for putts/chips on).
You will find at some tournaments you get more of this all over the course. For me its always been a weakness of golf televising, for decades it was "watch swing, ball in sky, ball lands" and that's why coverage focussed so much on chipping and putting, the latter of which is the dullest part of golf. I feel like mobile shot tracers so that almost every shot you can see the ball flight, it can be tracked real time on a mini map etc. is critical to grow the televised game.
Every match in the second session is on the course and I don't think the USA has been up in any match. Wonder what the modern record for that is, for either side.
Justin Rose is so good.
he is what tiger should be for USA at that age. Just solid safe hands.
he is what tiger should be for USA at that age. Just solid safe hands.
I don’t like the mixing around with colours. Why do the yanks always go to blue, just stick to your red ffs.
Hovi is the best golfer in the world right now, and he will be world no1 sometime in 2024. Absolutely incredible.
This is going to be a beatdown. Revenge for last time
Tiger's was always a very poor Ryder Cup player even during his prime: 13 wins and 21 losses and 3 halves. Only 14.5 points across his entire career is absolutely appalling.
Fitzpatrick > Morikawa
Fitzpatrick seems on a roll.
Fitzpatrick battering them by himself 
Rory might as well sit the rest of this match out, Fitzpatrick doesn't need him.
Fitzpatrick battering them by himself
Rory might as well sit the rest of this match out, Fitzpatrick doesn't need him.
An absolute beast right now, Rory can play with his putter only for the rest of it
6 up thru 7
You'd take any kind of session win after the morning session like that.
That drive that JT just hit was absolutely ridiculous. No idea how somebody of his size is smashing a ball 367 yards.
At least this Europe team is very likeable. Doesn't hurt as much as they're kicking your butt.
Sitting JT & Spieth was a great decision Zach.
there will be people slimmer and smaller who can hit it further. All mechanics
the lesson here is Americans aren’t as good as the actual team stuff. Losing 4-0 on alternate shot but doing mostly well in four ball
Little bit of momentum for the US now, things might not look so terrible for them at the end of the day.
Disagree, it’s more that the teams were horribly composed by a clueless captain. They are horrible in foursomes in Europe but I think a lot of it is bad team composition historically. They can’t get it right.
I know I know, but if you're bigger and have the same mechanics, generally speaking you'll hit it further. How he outdrives so many of the other guys on tour with such good mechanics is crazy.
his club head speed is one of the fastest I think.
I love Justin Thomas
Great putt JT
Unreal shot by Rahm there