Kudos to the forum members that commented on the Captain's picks, contemplated and then chosen, and the importance of the ability to have clutch putting in their arsenal. There were makeable putts missed by America's young guns, sure, but no one got down on themselves with the flat stick. Both teams burned, or lipped out of, the cup all weekend but many more fell for Team USA. I mentally made a note early on in the matches that it looked like the tables had turned after watching the Yanks have so many near misses on the greens in competitions past and now I was watching the same fate unfold for the Euros. I watched as much, or more, golf this weekend than I get in for golf's majors. Beyond exciting for me.

On the Captain's picks it became very evident why Stricker chose Scheffler. Teamed with DeChambeau who else can you team Bryson with and have them both blossom. Whistling Straits definitely favored the long bombers and good wind players over shorter hitters. ie Na. Stricker did an admirable job and shook off the old guard way of thinking. Job well done by the whole team.

Dufferman. yea good to see them dump all the old losers, now they're Captains and vice Captains. What's their speech, " Go out and do what we never could "?

    Don't know much about Euro golf, but they may be in trouble for awhile. Their stalwarts are getting really old and their younger guys didn't impress

      sdandrea1 Koepka......your thoughts?

      Seemed like the same as always. I still admire the way he plays and I didn’t mind his protest over the drain ruling if there actually was a drain anywhere near his swing path. Rahm and Garcia got the best of him this weekend, but they had to play some great golf to do it from what I saw.

        sdandrea1 Not so sure about Koepka......your thoughts? I like him a tad less now.

        I was a big Koepka fan, he seems like a primma donna now. I respect his game (and even that doesn't seem as good) but he's kinda lost me.

          azgreg That looked a little more sincere then the first one on the course. They're still not double dating anytime soon

            sdandrea1 I already didn't like him, and, if anything, I was somewhat pleasantly surprised. He always has to be 'too cool for school,' which I find pretty annoying. If he had kept his game face on after he nearly aced the 17th hole to win his singles match, I would probably have disliked even more than usual. But he became a human for a brief few seconds.

            Long story short, I'm still not a fan, but I guess I like him slightly better now than I did before it started.

                Bryson's likeability factor probably went up 10 fold this week, as he seemed to really embrace
                the Ryder Cup spirit and showed he's a formattable team player.
                Looking forward going to Mesquite this Tuesday to see how well he can compete
                in the PLDA competition. BOMBS AWAY!!!!

                  DJ was ripped at that presser!

                  rsvman2 He always has to be 'too cool for school,' which I find pretty annoying.

                  Perfect description, he's trying to hard to be "hard"

                    azgreg Maybe players in the past were a bit intimidated, especially by Tiger? I know, sounds strange with them being on the same team, but may have been a factor.

                    Now they look like a team who've played together for years and they have, if not in the Ryder Cup, but loads of them all around the same age, playing through the college system and junior events.

                    garyt1957 Don't know much about Euro golf, but they may be in trouble for awhile. Their stalwarts are getting really old and their younger guys didn't impress

                    Talking that through with golf_ghirl last night, I don't see much coming through the Euro Tour at the moment to adequately replace the fading regulars. There are some I personally think can break through and it'll be interesting to watch their development next season, with the season after that the RC qualifying period (assuming it's 2 years 'til the next one ...).

                        Euros lost one time, not really trend, I think their process works for them, why change now??