If Tiger....
Weirfan I’m inclined to think the opposite if you can only pick one it has to be Tiger, assuming one or the other doesn’t land an automatic pick. If both are playing well you shouldn’t bypass the 2nd greatest record in the history of the game for someone of great, but considerably less accomplishment. However, I think both are absolute picks even though Phil missed the cut this week. I know there is still more time, but based upon the first two rounds of the PGA I’d now go with Schauffele, Johnson, Mickelson and Woods.
ode Bryson is not a good putter, I suspect with missing the cut this week, he'll have to step it up to get picked!
he missed by 1 stroke...so did Sergio.....Bubba and Paul Casey missed by 8 strokes and will both be on the team....
Bryson is streaky, but so can be every player...if not Bryson then Xander
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history is history, why not take Jack then 
If they base it on current play Tiger would get the nod over Phil. I personally don't think you take both because they are players who are likely only going to play singles and one other game. I only take one old guy and I think Phil adds more to the team and is a motivator and good with the young guys...Tiger as I said earlier has always had trouble being paired with an appropriate partner.....this creates problems. In the past, they had to take him as he was the best out there....now he's just one of a number of good golfers to choose from
I just looked it up on the internet. It looks interesting to say the least, but I'm more of a root bear soda /orange cream soda float guy with Breyer's homemade vanilla ice cream.
Now I did try something different while we were at one the the ports-of-call on our cruise back in February. I think we were in one of the touristy areas in Costa Maya. I tried some authentic dark chocolate lightly infused with mild red pepper. I bought it by mistake, was simply wanting regular dark chocolate, picked the wrong one. On the hike back to the cruise ship that evening I opened it up and realized I'd bought the wrong one. But tried it... I was pleasantly surprised.
I started thinking yesterday that this very well might be both Tiger and Phil's last Ryder Cup opportunity as players. I think there's a good chance that Furyk will pick both for sentimental reasons.
If my gut feeling is accurate, then those two remaining spots weigh heavily on how Bryson, Kisner, Finau and Schauffele play over the next 3 events... some could make an argument for Zach Johnson or Kuchar, and if either of those two guys win between now and then - they elevate their stock significantly.
Not an easy decision for Furyk.
Weirfan Jack didn’t have the lead during the final round of the 2018 British Open or play his way into contention during the 2018 PGA Championship- but if he did i’d take him.
I agree in principle, but Tiger is playing too good to ignore. Perhaps Tiger will take himself out and and say he’s content as co-captain for health reasons, but absent that I think Furyk would be nuts if he didn’t make him a pick.
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I think Furyk has to take Tiger over Phil,Tiger is trending upwards currently and Phil not so much.
Plus Tiger is a better putter under pressure and some of the young guys probably really want to
have the chance to be paired with Woods.
Also need to have Tony Finau on the team,the dude's a birdie machine which is what you need in match play.
.....if Tiger could hit a fairway.....................
PA-PLAYA Looked it up on the internet? LOL. I thought I invented it. But after you said this, I googled it only to find that I'm not the only one who does this.
I was also going to recommend spicy dark chocolate. I love it. The first time I tried it I was driving. That wasn't a good idea because the ecstasy of the combination of flavors almost made me wreck my car. It is seriously amazing.
Ok, as of this morning
9 - Bryson
10- Phil
11- Tiger
12- Xander
I like Kisner over Bryson. Great putters do well in the Ryder.
I'd take Tiger,Finau,Kisner and Kucher or Zach Johnson to round out the final 4.
Disco Phil is just not trending in the right direction lately.
Let him be a co-captain,and get him ready for when he'll be the next Ryder Cup captain.
darpar I'd take Tiger,Finau,Kisner and Kucher or Zach Johnson
Kisner seems shaky when it counts the most. Just a Spuzzervation.
Golly Gee Kuchar can play with anybody but he isn't lighting it up lately.
I can't see him and Phil on the same team. They need fresh faces at some point.
So as I just mentioned, that puts Finau in and Johnson out.
If Tiger is in, Bryson may be in and his playing partner as well. Just a hunch.
Id could see Furyk going pedestrian and taking TW, FIGJAM, Kuchar, Johnson (or Kuchar).....and pairing TW and FIGJAM together!
Re: Woods and Mickelson pairing - there are two people on the planet today who would love to see that come to fruition: Thomas Bjorn, the Euro Captain this year, and Hal Sutton (2004). Sutton would love to see it happen simply because there's a good chance that it would take some heat off of him being the only captain to make such a disastrous decision.
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Considering that Bubba Watson (3 RC appearances) and Webb Simpson (2 RC appearances) have never won a Sunday singles match between them in their RC careers, this got me to thinking about another hypothetical.
If you could replace 1 or 2 players who've solidified their spots on the team with 1 or 2 players who haven't, would you? If so, which player(s) would be replaced?
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I think Furyk has an allegiance to Woods/Mickelson, and more so Mickelson (at this current point) than Woods. I think Tiger has more than earned his pick. Mickelson - we'll see. I still think he'll get picked, but if he bottoms out over the next 3 weeks - who knows. That suddenly isn't a sure thing if he continues to struggle like he has.
But Furyk isn't an idiot. Putting Woods and Mickelson together, the two alpha males, the best two players in the past two decades of playing, while enticing as it might seem... as much as it might generate buzz and interest for the Ryder Cup - I think Jim understands that he'd be trying to mix water with oil with that pairing. Why put either of them in that situation, if you're wanting to win and get the most out of what they have to offer the team from a RC veteran point of view?
It's been tried before. And failed miserably, despite the fact that both of these guys were 14 years younger, much more competitive, and much more finely tuned with their games when it was last attempted.
Ain't happening. Why on earth would you put two guys together who can't find a fairway? It would be a recipe for failure.
As much as he would hate losing, he doesn't want to face the Monday Morning Quarterbacking from the reporters asking why he chose to do that, and continue to be asked that for the next 2 years.
Furyk's smarter than that. Or so I hope anyway.
Which is why Bjorn and Sutton both hope that he has such an epic brainfart and decides to give it another try.