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.

    WOW Patrick and Xander are steamrolling Rory and Poulter...5 up thru 5 hole.

    Rahm/Garcia +3 vs Thomas/Spieth.

    Rahm has made over 100' of putts so far. I think the perceived PGA POY snub is a burr in his saddle and his going to kick some butt this week.

      candukid that shot from the side of the cliff was pretty impressive.

      I know, agree. I just get cautiously pessimistic when he's out there.

        Not a fan of the loud cheers for mishit shots but it's expected in a Ryder Cup now; think that's because it's now a "bucket list" event attended by a lot of non-golfers. Or maybe I'm just getting old and irritable ...

        Been to a couple of pro events in Scotland and poor shots/mishits are generally met with total silence, probably because most of the spectators have been there, done that, got the golf shirt 🤣