Taki27
Burns' length would seem to be a good fit for that course.

When it comes to the Brooks/Bryson feud ... my impression is that it will continue for however long Brooks wants it to. If Brooks doesn't play - there's no way Bryson won't be asked about it by the media, and my guess, is that he'll say something pre-scripted about wanting to have the best players on the team to give the US the best chance to win.

    azgreg
    Someone's not a Reed fan and seems to be trying way too hard to strike up controversy? It sounds like Reed, or possibly/more likely, whoever runs his Twitter account, was just thanking fans who were supportive of Reed as a selection. One of the posts liked by "Reed" that Harig lists in his ESPN column was "Patrick Reed - American badass". How was that either "aimed at Stricker" or "disparaging" to him? The most "disparaging" listed were one saying "probably not a good decision by the captain" and one thanking Stricker for "giving the European team a life line" by not picking Reed. Scathing! Reed has far from the most likeable personality - and certainly has some history/baggage with controversies - but, to me, Harig is the one here that comes off looking like the douche.

      I think it was a mistake not picking Reed, he might have been the perfect guy to pair with
      Bryson....2 controversial "villains" would've been fun to watch! IMO

      The European Ryder Cup team will be finalised in the next couple of hours - the 9 players below are confirmed on the team after the BMW PGA, 3 picks to be named at 7:30pm UK time (with Garcia and Poulter very likely to be on the team).

      Jon Rahm
      Tommy Fleetwood
      Tyrell Hatton
      Bernd Wiesberger
      Rory McIlroy
      Victor Hovland
      Paul Casey
      Matt Fitzpatrick
      Lee Westwood

      To the surprise of absolutely NO ONE, Harrington picked Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, and Shane Lowrey, so the
      teams are set. If I were Stricker, I would have concentrated on "who can sink a putt when he needs to?!!" b/c
      that's where we seem to continually fail when we play the Euros in either Ryder Cups or Solheim Cups. They
      make 'em....we don't. How many putts did Leona McGuire & Company make at Inverness when they needed
      to last week vs. the US girls...???

      5 days later

      azgreg. it definitely won't go that way, but I'd favor the US in every one of those matches except the last one

        Listening to Chamblee talk about how the US has no chance to lose, LOL. Euros gonna put up a fight.

        This is gonna be interesting as I remember Jason Day taking this course to it's knees with the tee ball when he won the PGA. Alt shot and Better ball gonna be interesting to see how the strategy changes for the teams as once you get off the beaten path at The Straits you are likely to be in an awful lie!

        Go 🇺🇸

        Strick shedding a tear when he introduced his daughters was pretty cool. Expected. But cool.