Golf 2025

[CardHog]

Great showing, best ever by a Hog.  Hopefully he can parlay this into a nice senior season and pro career.

[DirkPiggler]

nice jinx.

Yep.  Made that incredible shot and then choked on the short putt.

[DirkPiggler]

Great showing, best ever by a Hog.  Hopefully he can parlay this into a nice senior season and pro career.

Best by a Hog in the men's amateur.

My hometown girl lost in 36 holes in the women's amateur back in 2014.

https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/mccurdy_falls_in_the_finals_of_the_us_amateur_68956/

[mr.zorak]

Scheffler with the big balls chip on 17.
  What a shot...

[Son of Spam]

Scheffler with the big balls chip on 17.
  What a shot...

No shit. That won it.

[Thin Red Swine]

Scottie may actually have as much killer instinct as Tiger and I never thought I'd ever say that about anyone. He might not get Tiger's records but I think he could make it interesting. I guess he could possibly just hang it up in a few years, given his consistent comments about priorities.

[mr.zorak]

Fleetwood shaved and now is almost there.

Cantlay kills me how long it takes him to putt.

[BASS]

Good for Tommy. I like that dude.

[mr.zorak]

I'm really happy for Fleetwood. He's always seemed like a really nice guy in his interviews .  Justin Rose and Shane Lowry being there was really cool to congratulate him.

[Thin Red Swine]

Yes, one for the good guys!!

He's so deserving to show that resilience after two absolute gut punches toward the end of the season. 

[Hizog]

Now on to the Ryder Cup. Normally a home Ryder Cup is almost a guarantee, but I don't have a good feeling about this group. There will be several difficult decisions for Bradley to make.

I watch more golf than the average person, but 3 or 4 of our top 12 players could walk past me today and I wouldn't recognize them. Doesn't mean they can't play, but losing guys like Koepka, DJ, Speith, Reed etc is tough.

[rzrbkfan69]

Now on to the Ryder Cup. Normally a home Ryder Cup is almost a guarantee, but I don't have a good feeling about this group. There will be several difficult decisions for Bradley to make.

I watch more golf than the average person, but 3 or 4 of our top 12 players could walk past me today and I wouldn't recognize them. Doesn't mean they can't play, but losing guys like Koepka, DJ, Speith, Reed etc is tough.

Nah, the U.S. will have this in the bag. It most likely goes like this...

U.S.
Scheffler
Spaun
Schauffele
Henley
Bryson
English
Morikawa
Cantlay
Thomas
Cam Young
Ben Griffin
Keegan (he ends up picking himself)

I'll put that lineup up against these guys
Rory
Fleetwood
Rose
Hatton
Rahm
Lowry
MacIntyre
Hojgaard
Straka
Hovland
Aberg
Fitzpatrick

[Thin Red Swine]

Now on to the Ryder Cup. Normally a home Ryder Cup is almost a guarantee, but I don't have a good feeling about this group. There will be several difficult decisions for Bradley to make.

I watch more golf than the average person, but 3 or 4 of our top 12 players could walk past me today and I wouldn't recognize them. Doesn't mean they can't play, but losing guys like Koepka, DJ, Speith, Reed etc is tough.

At least 3 of those 4 are past their prime.

I like the new crop. Both teams will be relatively young again, thanks to LIV suctioning off the old dead weight for both sides.

I think it's setting up to be pretty epic.

Keegan will probably pick himself but hopefully we can overcome it. 

[Hizog]

I don't mean to suggest that any of those 4 should be on this team. Just that for several cycles those were solid players/leaders for the US. Seeing the names Speith,Reed,DJ,Koepka replaced with names like Griffin, McNealy, Harman, Novak doesn't inspire a ton of confidence.

[rzrbkfan69]

Keegan did not select himself. Probably for the best. Captain's picks were Thomas, Morikawa, Griffin, Cantlay, Young, and Burns to go with the qualifiers of Scheffler, Spaun, Schauffele, Dechambeau, Henley, and English.

[Thin Red Swine]

I don't mean to suggest that any of those 4 should be on this team. Just that for several cycles those were solid players/leaders for the US. Seeing the names Speith,Reed,DJ,Koepka replaced with names like Griffin, McNealy, Harman, Novak doesn't inspire a ton of confidence.

Only one of those is on the team.

Griffin has played extremely well this year, with 10 Top 10 finishes (second to only Scheffler), including at two majors. He has also won twice, which is also second most.

JJ Spaun (US Open Champion) is tough as nails and can putt the lights out. The same is true of Russell Henley. Cam Young has the course record at Bethpage Black.

It will by no means be easy because many of the Euros are also in top form. But I'm confident.

I'm glad to be wrong about Bradley picking himself and that gives me more confidence.

[Hizog]

Only one of those is on the team.

Griffin has played extremely well this year, with 10 Top 10 finishes (second to only Scheffler), including at two majors. He has also won twice, which is also second most.

JJ Spaun (US Open Champion) is tough as nails and can putt the lights out. The same is true of Russell Henley. Cam Young has the course record at Bethpage Black.

It will by no means be easy because many of the Euros are also in top form. But I'm confident.

I'm glad to be wrong about Bradley picking himself and that gives me more confidence.

The final team selected looks more promising. When I mentioned those four guys, they were all in the Top 12 of the standings. I think Keagan did a good job selecting the team. I still think this is a less talented team than our last two home Ryder Cup teams ('16 & '21), but Keagan selected the best 12 available.

[Vito Porkleone]

This cup will be super tight, and I think it's a toss up on paper.  The Bethpage crowd could likely be the difference.  The Euros that are hot right now are all RC vets.  Our hot guys for the most part have never played for a cup - big concern.

[Usafhawg]

Ryder Cup is starting today. I love this. I can't imagine playing in front of crowds like this. Hopefully we can keep the home streak going.

[Thin Red Swine]

Dream start for the US side off the jump but now Uncle Mo is taking a nap.

I just hope this will finally be another close one. Way too many blowouts lately.