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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Tiger and Stricker have to be paired together. It will be interesting to see who Phil teams with. Last Ryder Cup he thrived with Anthony Kim, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Ricky Fowler get the chance to play with lefty. We're also gonna need big performances from guys like Hunter Mahan and Bubba.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    My mistake chime, it is in Wales. Are you a golf fan?

    Not really but you can't help watching a bit of Ryder Cup. For instance my only reaction to The Ryder Cup photos in the paper this morning was .... are the US team REALLY wearing flares :? ... no doubt our outfits will be hideous too ... but really flares??? :lol:
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    polaris_x wrote:
    chime wrote:
    All this talk about Ireland and Irish women ...isn't the Ryder Cup in Wales :?

    is it just me or is the lead up to this ryder cup been pretty dull? ... americans have done a great job of claiming underdog status ...
    I think the build up has been pretty low key over here as well. Not sure if many are that interested in it.
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/rydercup10/news/story?id=5625994
    The shit talking has begun at Celtic Manor!

    http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5625279
    Furyk made millions of dollars this last week with a $39 bargain bin putter he bought in Massachusetts!
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,978
    http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5625279
    Furyk made millions of dollars this last week with a $39 bargain bin putter he bought in Massachusetts![/quote]

    What a cheap fuck Furyk is, shopping in a bargain bin :lol::lol: hey whatever works

    I'm pumped for the Ryder Cup. I just hopes the points stay close as they get to Sunday. I love watching the head to head matches, even more fun when they see saw back and forth for the lead. I think Bubba is going to be the surprize player for the states
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    BLACK35 wrote:
    I'm pumped for the Ryder Cup. I just hopes the points stay close as they get to Sunday. I love watching the head to head matches, even more fun when they see saw back and forth for the lead. I think Bubba is going to be the surprize player for the states
    I'm very excited as well. I think we are in the minority though, Mr. BLACK35. And I agree with you about Bubba. I just hope guys like Hunter, Bubba and Dustin Johnson remember to have fun. Everyone seemed to have fun 2 years ago at Valhalla and they won. Tiger and Phil and Furyk and Stricker are too serious. The three guys I mentioned need to lighten the mood up a little. Stewie Cink will help with that too I think.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,978
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    BLACK35 wrote:
    I'm pumped for the Ryder Cup. I just hopes the points stay close as they get to Sunday. I love watching the head to head matches, even more fun when they see saw back and forth for the lead. I think Bubba is going to be the surprize player for the states
    I'm very excited as well. I think we are in the minority though, Mr. BLACK35. And I agree with you about Bubba. I just hope guys like Hunter, Bubba and Dustin Johnson remember to have fun. Everyone seemed to have fun 2 years ago at Valhalla and they won. Tiger and Phil and Furyk and Stricker are too serious. The three guys I mentioned need to lighten the mood up a little. Stewie Cink will help with that too I think.

    Yeah the young guys need to just go out and play and have some fun, stay loose. Take it seriously, but have fun. Which I think they will be able to do, being its across the pond and not that added pressure of being on home soil.
    Good thing we have a tv in the office, I'll have to make sure there are no appointments for Friday morning :D
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    The morning matches for tomorrow are set! All times are Eastern.

    2:45 AM -- Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson (USA) vs. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer (EUR)
    3:00 AM -- Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell (EUR)
    3:15 AM -- Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods (USA) vs. Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher (EUR)
    3:30 AM -- Bubba Watson and Jeff Overton (USA) vs. Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington (EUR)

    These will all be difficult for the US. I like our chances in matches 1 and 3. 2 and 4 will be difficult to get a half.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    I'm still trying to get fired up by this. I'm normally a dribbling wreck by the end of the Sunday but it's not happening. :evil:
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    nuffingman wrote:
    I'm still trying to get fired up by this. I'm normally a dribbling wreck by the end of the Sunday but it's not happening. :evil:
    At least give us a prediction from the other end of the pond. Do you like the Euros chances? Will the US keep the cup and win on Euro soil for the first time in over a decade?

    So nuffingman, you're saying my lonely posts in this thread all week haven't fired you up? :lol:
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    The morning matches for tomorrow are set! All times are Eastern.

    2:45 AM -- Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson (USA) vs. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer (EUR)
    3:00 AM -- Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell (EUR)
    3:15 AM -- Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods (USA) vs. Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher (EUR)
    3:30 AM -- Bubba Watson and Jeff Overton (USA) vs. Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington (EUR)

    These will all be difficult for the US. I like our chances in matches 1 and 3. 2 and 4 will be difficult to get a half.

    match 1 - us
    match 2 - euro
    match 3 - us
    match 4 - euro


    and are those the east coast times??? so this will be in the middle of the night for me?? i hate watching sports on tape! :x
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Yeah, unfortunately that's 11:45PM norm time.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Yeah, unfortunately that's 11:45PM norm time.

    all sports should take place in the us! ;) :P :lol:
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    norm wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Yeah, unfortunately that's 11:45PM norm time.

    all sports should take place in the us! ;) :P :lol:
    I'll play my vuvuzela in agreement of that statement!
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    norm wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Yeah, unfortunately that's 11:45PM norm time.

    all sports should take place in the us! ;) :P :lol:
    I'll play my vuvuzela in agreement of that statement!

    :lol::lol:
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    I'm still trying to get fired up by this. I'm normally a dribbling wreck by the end of the Sunday but it's not happening. :evil:
    At least give us a prediction from the other end of the pond. Do you like the Euros chances? Will the US keep the cup and win on Euro soil for the first time in over a decade?

    So nuffingman, you're saying my lonely posts in this thread all week haven't fired you up? :lol:
    OK here goes.

    Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson (USA) vs. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer (EUR) If Westwood is fully fit EU
    Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell (EUR) Half
    Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods (USA) vs. Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher (EUR) Half
    Bubba Watson and Jeff Overton (USA) vs. Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington (EUR) EU

    3-1 to Europe after those 4

    Oh and I think Europe will win but it will be tight and not by the normal massacre
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    You're right nuffingman, Westwood and Kaymer will be a force. Phil and Dustin will need some magic to even get a half in this match.

    We're 3 hours away. Time to catch a little nap, then its my biennial tradition of a Bailey's and coffee for the opening ball. This shit only happens once every two years guys! Get fired up!

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    America, fuck yeah.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    If the weather in Wales is anything like we have where I live it's going to be horrific. Expect snorkels and flippers.

    Apparently the American players and fans have found the expressions used by European fans to describe certain shots puzzling. So to help the Ryder Cup committee have handed out a list to explain what we strange Europeans are going on about.

    A Paris Hilton - an expensive hole
    A Diego Maradonna - a very nasty 5 footer
    A Salman Rushdie - an impossible read
    A Rock Hudson - thought it was straight, but it wasn't
    A Cuban - needs one more revolution
    An Elton John - a big bender that lips the rim
    An Adolf Hitler - two shots in the bunker
    A Yasser Arafat - ugly and in the sand
    A Kate Winslett - a bit fat but otherwise perfect
    A Rodney King - over-clubbed
    An OJ Simpson - got away with it
    A Princess Grace - should have taken a driver
    A Princess Di - shouldn't have taken a driver
    A Ladyboy - looks like an easy hole but all is not what it seems
    An elephant's arse - high and shitty
    A condom - safe but didn't feel real good
    A circus tent - a BIG top
    An Anna Kournikova - looks great, but unlikely to get a result
    A sister-in-law - it's up there but shouldn't be
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,978
    nuffingman wrote:
    If the weather in Wales is anything like we have where I live it's going to be horrific. Expect snorkels and flippers.

    Apparently the American players and fans have found the expressions used by European fans to describe certain shots puzzling. So to help the Ryder Cup committee have handed out a list to explain what we strange Europeans are going on about.

    A Paris Hilton - an expensive hole
    A Diego Maradonna - a very nasty 5 footer
    A Salman Rushdie - an impossible read
    A Rock Hudson - thought it was straight, but it wasn't
    A Cuban - needs one more revolution
    An Elton John - a big bender that lips the rim
    An Adolf Hitler - two shots in the bunker
    A Yasser Arafat - ugly and in the sand
    A Kate Winslett - a bit fat but otherwise perfect
    A Rodney King - over-clubbed
    An OJ Simpson - got away with it
    A Princess Grace - should have taken a driver
    A Princess Di - shouldn't have taken a driver
    A Ladyboy - looks like an easy hole but all is not what it seems
    An elephant's arse - high and shitty
    A condom - safe but didn't feel real good
    A circus tent - a BIG top
    An Anna Kournikova - looks great, but unlikely to get a result
    A sister-in-law - it's up there but shouldn't be

    :lol::lol::lol:
    Just tuned in to see them start, wow very wet out there. Sur[rized they haven't called play yet. There are friggin puddles on the greens and rivers in the fairways. You can play in rain, but not that shit. They have to squeegee the players line before he putts for crying out loud
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  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,978
    I guess they finally suspended play
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