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Originally Posted by GreeBoman I think it was crazy to have your two best players playing together in the fourball.
What is the point in them winning a hole where they both have birdies and then the two rookies lose a hole with two bogeys..
Surely its better to split them up to increase your chances, its like the Americans (well I guess Lehman really) arent too hot on the tactics required for matchplay.
You dont need a low score, you just need one better one than your opposition. |
I can see both sides, I think Lehman's early pairings were an attempt to splitt the points and remain close heading into singles and avoid a total disaster. Thinking that by running out 2 real strong teams they should be able to get 1.5 points and his 2 other teams should be able to some how salvage a .5 point.
The problem is that the super star teams did not dominate or even win holes with 2 birdies let alone 1 birdies
. Tiger/furyk went 2-2 (so a .5 a match) and Phil/Dimarco(toms for one) went 0-3-1 (.125 a match)
The little I watched I thought that Verplank, Cambell, Henry and Johnson came to play ( Cink, Tiger and Furyk as well) and should have played more then they did. Phil is so talented and I know it would have been tough to sit him but at some point the results matter and if he is not getting results he needs to sit.