Ryder Cup picking contest

[CameronBornAndBred]

Team CB&B

Molinari
Fleetwood
DeChambeau
Thomas
Rose

12.5

[cato]

As I see two of my players matched up against each other tomorrow, it occurs to me that splitting choices between teams may not have been the best approach.

[CameronBornAndBred]

As I see two of my players matched up against each other tomorrow, it occurs to me that splitting choices between teams may not have been the best approach.

Oooooh...you can't be the only one.

[mr. synellinden]

Fleetwood
Rory
Rose
Rahm
Stenson

I'm going all-in on Europe winning again on home soil even though I think the US is objectively better 1-12. Just a gut call - probably a dumb one.

Tiebreaker: Europe 15 - 13.

[duketaylor]

Tiger
Reed
Rory
Poulter
Finau

Not sure why.

[jb75]

Terry Gannon on Golf Channel just described atmosphere around first tee at the Ryder Cup in Paris being like Cameron Indoor!

[Tripping William]

Good start for the Trippers, with only Rose dropping a match and with Fowler winning big (and Fleetwood winning medium).

[JasonEvans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

The sheet has been updated with the morning matches.

Early leaders:
Sage Grouse 10
Tripping William 8
CB&B 6
Curtis 3
Rich 2

Those are the only folks in positive territory.

[JasonEvans]

European beatdown happening in the afternoon matches. Some folks are going to get biiiig points up and down from this.

[mr. synellinden]

European beatdown happening in the afternoon matches. Some folks are going to get biiiig points up and down from this.

Wow, talk about a bloodbath. What a disastrous second half of the day for the US. It wasn’t just losing all 4, they were all demoralizing blowouts.

They didn’t play Reed, Woods or Koepka. Mickelson and DeChambeau were awful and Spieth and Thomas weee even worse. Spieth in particular looked so out of sorts on the golf course in the second match. It’s like he expects to miss every putt - absolutely no confidence and terrible body language.

Of course things can turn around very quickly but Europe has a lot of momentum. Also, it’s clear this is a very tough golf course.

[JasonEvans]

Standings at the end of day one:

Picker Total
sagegrouse 15
curtis325 14
Mr Synellinden 12
Cameronborn&bred 9
Tripping William 8
cato 8
Rich 7
mkirsh 4
Rasputin 0
duketaylor -1
accfanfrom1970 -4
Killerleft -6
Jason Evans -7

-Jason "Killerleft and I were at the top of the FedEx Cup standings... and at the bottom of the Ryder Cup standings" Evans

[killerleft]

Standings at the end of day one:

Picker Total
sagegrouse 15
curtis325 14
Mr Synellinden 12
Cameronborn&bred 9
Tripping William 8
cato 8
Rich 7
mkirsh 4
Rasputin 0
duketaylor -1
accfanfrom1970 -4
Killerleft -6
Jason Evans -7

-Jason "Killerleft and I were at the top of the FedEx Cup standings... and at the bottom of the Ryder Cup standings" Evans

LOL, how right you are. From the penthouse to the outhouse!

[JasonEvans]

Updated standings through the AM matches:

Sage - 22
CB&B - 19
Curtis - 17
Mr. Syn - 16
Tripping - 9
Cato - 8

Bottom two...
Killer - negative 15
Jason (me ) - negative 18

[JasonEvans]

Standings through the afternoon matches:

sagegrouse 36
Cameronborn&bred 30
Mr Synellinden 21
Tripping William 20
curtis325 18
cato 11
Rich 7
accfanfrom1970 -6
Rasputin -8
mkirsh -10
Jason Evans -20
Killerleft -20
duketaylor -24

[curtis325]

Standings through the afternoon matches:

sagegrouse 36
Cameronborn&bred 30
Mr Synellinden 21
Tripping William 20
curtis325 18
cato 11
Rich 7
accfanfrom1970 -6
Rasputin -8
mkirsh -10
Jason Evans -20
Killerleft -20
duketaylor -24

Red numbers are good in golf, right?

[devildeac]

Red numbers are good in golf, right?

Jason & killer were heard to replay in unison, "Thank you DBR for duketaylor."

[Tripping William]

Of course Fleetwood v. Finau. *sigh*

[JasonEvans]

Of course Fleetwood v. Finau. *sigh*

Yup, I got that too with Simpson vs. Rose.

Not that it matters to me. All my guys could win by 4 or 5 holes and I still would not have a chance.

[JasonEvans]

Picker …... Total
sagegrouse …... 30
Cameronborn&bred …... 25
Mr Synellinden …... 18
Tripping William …... 16
curtis325 …... 11
cato …... 10
Rich …... 1
accfanfrom1970 …... -6
mkirsh …... -9
Rasputin …... -10
duketaylor …... -16
Jason Evans …... -21
Killerleft …... -21

[JasonEvans]

In case you were wondering who the best and worst golfers were, in terms of holes won and lost...

Molinari ….. 21
Fleetwood ….. 11
Stenson ….. 10
Garcia ….. 6
Finau ….. 5
Noren ….. 3
Thomas ….. 3
Casey ….. 2
Simpson ….. 2
Rose ….. 1
Olesen ….. 1
Poulter ….. 0
Hatton ….. -1
Rahm ….. -1
McIlroy ….. -3
Koepka ….. -3
Spieth ….. -3
Reed ….. -4
Fowler ….. -4
Johnson ….. -6
Watson ….. -6
Mickelson ….. -9
DeChambeau ….. -11
Woods ….. -14