Ryder Cup thread

[Woodsey]

Rich sportsmen in shagging everything that moves shocker 

[BigAdz]

The US fall out has started and Patrick Reed (and his wife who seems to be of the same ilk) has been firing shots at Jordan Speith and Jim Furyk with a side swipe at Tiger along the way. It must be a big price he is ever a captains pick if he doesn't qualify for future events now.

What caught my eye tho was that and Brooks Keopka who were very close friends had to be separated from fighting in the European (?) team dressing room on Sunday night. In the last few months has been playing a few extra holes away from home with a young lady that he met at a golf club. In a fantastic piece of having your cake and eating it syndrome it seems he took offense to Keopka and Paulina becoming closer friends and accused Keopka of trying to take his fiancee away from him. Seems a strange thing given Keopka has a long term girlfriend who was in Paris too.

On the Saturday night of the Fedex Cup finale that Tiger won walked into a golf shop and bought a new putter which he used during the final round of that event combined with changing his putting stroke to left below right. That's in a comp he could still win, players don't do that if they are happy with their game or happy in general. He then changed putters again going into the singles matches last week. Doing strange things like that and then fighting with his friend after looking really unhappy on the golf course for weeks makes me wonder if he is that well at the moment.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6154429/Yassie-Safai-named-socialite-sensational-Dustin-Johnson-Paulina-Gretzky-split.html

I can't see how the US team are going obtain the much heralded team moral they need in future teams given some of these young guys seems to have intertwining issues with each other. The last US team to play in Europe also had to deal with Jimmy Walker being in the same team as who had been sleeping with his wife. Looks like they have more problems than not being able to play proper golf courses.

Dustbin must be back on the marching powder if he has swapped her for her.......oh my....

[bobby1]

I wouldn’t be surprised Adz. He just looks wrong as well as doing strange things to me.

[tikay]

I wouldn’t be surprised Adz. He just looks wrong as well as doing strange things to me.

Now I'm worried. What sort of strange things does he do to you, Phil?

[BigAdz]

I wouldn’t be surprised Adz. He just looks wrong as well as doing strange things to me.

Now I'm worried. What sort of strange things does he do to you, Phil?

Is Phil a golfing socialite sweetheart?

[bobby1]

I wouldn’t be surprised Adz. He just looks wrong as well as doing strange things to me.

Now I'm worried. What sort of strange things does he do to you, Phil?

Its that beard that does it!


Is Phil a golfing socialite sweetheart?

[ripple11]

The US fall out has started and Patrick Reed (and his wife who seems to be of the same ilk) has been firing shots at Jordan Speith and Jim Furyk with a side swipe at Tiger along the way. It must be a big price he is ever a captains pick if he doesn't qualify for future events now.

What caught my eye tho was that and Brooks Keopka who were very close friends had to be separated from fighting in the European (?) team dressing room on Sunday night. In the last few months has been playing a few extra holes away from home with a young lady that he met at a golf club. In a fantastic piece of having your cake and eating it syndrome it seems he took offense to Keopka and Paulina becoming closer friends and accused Keopka of trying to take his fiancee away from him. Seems a strange thing given Keopka has a long term girlfriend who was in Paris too.

On the Saturday night of the Fedex Cup finale that Tiger won walked into a golf shop and bought a new putter which he used during the final round of that event combined with changing his putting stroke to left below right. That's in a comp he could still win, players don't do that if they are happy with their game or happy in general. He then changed putters again going into the singles matches last week. Doing strange things like that and then fighting with his friend after looking really unhappy on the golf course for weeks makes me wonder if he is that well at the moment.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6154429/Yassie-Safai-named-socialite-sensational-Dustin-Johnson-Paulina-Gretzky-split.html

I can't see how the US team are going obtain the much heralded team moral they need in future teams given some of these young guys seems to have intertwining issues with each other. The last US team to play in Europe also had to deal with Jimmy Walker being in the same team as who had been sleeping with his wife. Looks like they have more problems than not being able to play proper golf courses.

Dustbin must be back on the marching powder if he has swapped her for her.......oh my....

....and engaged for nearly five years!?.......maybe they were saving to get married.

[tikay]

More on the lady hit by the errant golf ball;


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/45734449

[Doobs]

More on the lady hit by the errant golf ball;


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/45734449

I find it a bit odd, When I first heard this story I assumed she must be some poor woman who was dragged along by her husband.

But she is a regular golfer, and thinks somebody else should tell her she could get hit by a ball.  Even if she hears someone shout fore, she still gets hit?  I feel sorry for her that she was badly hurt, but I just don't see how you can make it safe other than banning spectators. Imagine the fun in watching golf from a covered stand behind bullet proof glass?

[BigAdz]

More on the lady hit by the errant golf ball;


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/45734449

I find it a bit odd, When I first heard this story I assumed she must be some poor woman who was dragged along by her husband.

But she is a regular golfer, and thinks somebody else should tell her she could get hit by a ball.  Even if she hears someone shout fore, she still gets hit?  I feel sorry for her that she was badly hurt, but I just don't see how you can make it safe other than banning spectators. Imagine the fun in watching golf from a covered stand behind bullet proof glass?

We all know the risks when watching golf.but that is also why you have golf insurance.

I am sure she could have got plenty of compo from this incident without making herself look so mercenary.

[RED-DOG]

More on the lady hit by the errant golf ball;


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/45734449

I find it a bit odd, When I first heard this story I assumed she must be some poor woman who was dragged along by her husband.

But she is a regular golfer, and thinks somebody else should tell her she could get hit by a ball.  Even if she hears someone shout fore, she still gets hit?  I feel sorry for her that she was badly hurt, but I just don't see how you can make it safe other than banning spectators. Imagine the fun in watching golf from a covered stand behind bullet proof glass?

We all know the risks when watching golf.but that is also why you have golf insurance.

I am sure she could have got plenty of compo from this incident without making herself look so mercenary.

You can bet that a lot of the decisions she's made and things she's said have been influenced and encouraged by the media.

[tikay]

When we go to watch a Golf Tournament on the course, we get to see 2 golfers every 5 or 10 minutes. If that's all we see, surely we'd watch the guys tee off & know the trajectory of the ball. "Fore left" was shouted, and the little man behind the tee with the pointy sticks was waving "LEFT". 

I do understand it's very sad for her, but I'm not sure everything about the story stacks up. We don't even really know if she has been blinded in one eye.

We can cut her some slack for being emosh about it though, it must have been a horrible experience. 

[tikay]

There was another incident yesterday at the Dunhill Links thing, with Tyrrell Hatton the "culprit" this time.

The Media are all over this now, & I can see changes being made to how the galleries view golf Tournaments.

This one really does look like it must have stung a bit, but the young lady looks cheerful enough.




 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45751456

Click to see full-size image.

[BigAdz]

Having seen Phil shoot -7 yesterday, post Ryder Cup, travelling exhaustion, press condemnation etc, you cant help but wonder what was going on in the US dressing room in France. Phil was obvs not at the races, but seems ok now!

[tikay]

Phil Mickelson loses the plot.....


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/golf/2018/10/05/phil-mickelson-refuses-play-courses-brutal-rough-ever-failure/


Which brings us nicely back to this, by the other Phil - Bobby1....