Who will Win The Ryder Cup???

May as well start the chatter on the biggest and best golf team event.

Personally I believe that Europe head into this clash with an extremely fresh and talented bunch of guys. Whilst the USA on paper has a seamingly unstoppable team, I think Europe stand a very good chance of defending their trophey. Good Luck to all.

What do you guys think?


Here are the teams:

TEAM USA

Captain
Hal Sutton
Team Members
Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Davis Love III
Jim Furyk
Kenny Perry
David Toms
Chad Campbell
Chris DiMarco
Fred Funk
Chris Riley
Jay Haas (Wild Card)
Stewart Cink (Wild Card)
Assistant Captains
Steve Jones
Jack Burke


TEAM EUROPE

Captain
Bernhard Langer
Team Members
Paul Casey
Darren Clarke
Luke Donald (Wild Card)
Sergio Garcia
Padraig Harrington
David Howell
Miguel Angel Jiménez
Thomas Levet
Paul McGinley
Colin Montgomerie (Wild Card)
Ian Poulter
Lee Westwood

Vice Captains
Thomas Björn
Anders Forsbrand

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I dunno but I'm looking forward to it. Pity American TV broadcasters hammer all their programmes with ads after every 30 seconds though. I've never liked playing match play myself but I guess it makes exciting TV.

Looks like Europe has a good side this year so I'm hoping for them.



We have very little TV coverage. It seems that they are only interested in football and adverts. I'm hoping to catch the highlights on CNN news.

On paper, the US looks like it will dominate. The reality is that the PGA Tour has more international players in it than ever. Europe has a very good chance of winning.

I think it is going to be extremely close. Given the poor performance by a few of the USA's top stars this year, I think team Europe will come away victorious.

Well here are the pairings we have all been awaiting:

Match 1 (8.10am ET)

T. Woods & P. Mickleson v C. Montgomerie & P. Harrington

Match 2 (8.25am ET)

D. Love III & C. Campbell v D. Clarke & M.A. Jiménez

Match 3 (8.40am ET)

C. Riley & S. Cink v P. McGinley & L. Donald

Match 4 (8.55am ET)

D. Toms & J. Furyk v S. Garcia & L. Westwood


My prediction - sitting on the fence I know 2-2

I say 1 1/2 USA to 2 1/2 Europe

After day 1

Europe 6 1/2
USA 1 1/2

I never would have predicted such a score, with Tiger and Phil losing both their matches.

And now Mickleson has been oiked. What does that ay for the physcology of the American team? You might think they would fight harder but I think they are a broken team.

It certainly was an interesting first day. I think there were probably a few stern words from captain Sutton last night. Don't count the USA out, they will come out fighting tomorrow - they wont want to lose this one. But if Monty and co put on a show like they did yesterday it will make it tough for them to come back. Also it is important that the European team take a lead into the singles, remember that the USA allways do well in the singles. It should make for some fantastic viewing, as the American crowd will be all that more behind their trailing team should their performance improve.

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Monty seems to have a better attitude since his personal problems went away ... that has gotta be beneficial to his golf.

His performance in that Ryder Cup has made me wonder if this might inspire him and regain his enthusiasm for the majors... you never know after all this is golf.