Ryder Cup, Anyone?

Harrington/Monty maintain lead
17/09/2004 - 14:25:37
Taken from BreakingNews.ie
Padraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie are maintaining their lead in the Ryder Cup opener against Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

Montgomerie and Harrington both missed eagle putts on the second to go two up, Woods holing from four feet for birdie to halve the hole.

That was only a temporary reprieve however, Harrington holing from four feet for birdie on the par three third to put the Europeans two ahead.

Darren Clarke and Miguel Angel Jimenez had halved the opening hole in par with Davis Love and Chad Campbell, but Jimenez’s birdie on the second was enough to win the hole with Clarke five feet away for an eagle.

Harrington/ Montgomerie v Woods/Mickelson

Harrington/ Montgomerie 2 up thru 4

Wouldn't have any interest in wathcing it. Will check resulkts on teletext but thats about it...

Might be different if was on terrestial tv...

Media gives it way too much coverage.

Funniest comment i heard was they saying be noisey crowd cos Detroit is a blue collar city. Like there be Motor-City Mechanics attending the Country Club :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by pete

Media gives it way too much coverage.

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It's effectively the World Cup of the sport, why wouldn't the media give it so much coverage?

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Originally Posted by pete

Funniest comment i heard was they saying be noisey crowd cos Detroit is a blue collar city. Like there be Motor-City Mechanics attending the Country Club :rolleyes:

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Your view of the sport is very dated, Pete!
You're applying the old British attitude to America.
Did you not see what happened in Brookline?
Golf is for everyone.

Don't mind watching at all. Yank fans have not reached the beer tents yet. Listen for 'you de man' and 'in the hole' from 500yds. Bud and Miller should kick in soon. Hate that sh**te. :mad:

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Originally Posted by strangeirish

Don't mind watching at all. Yank fans have not reached the beer tents yet. Listen for 'you de man' and 'in the hole' from 500yds. Bud and Miller should kick in soon. Hate that sh**te. :mad:

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i'm watchin it now, there's a lot of hollering and whooping and "YEAH TIGER" every time he hits the fecking thing. if they're like that now imagine sunday. makes me glad that they don't have a feckin hope of winning the thing!

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Originally Posted by Peadar

It's effectively the World Cup of the sport, why wouldn't the media give it so much coverage?

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Except if youre from outside of the USA or Europe which is about 90%? of the worlds population.

Isnt there some sort of international event as well, where countries play each other?

Funny its never made the Olympics :confused:

Hate golf anyway

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Originally Posted by Ruairi

makes me glad that they don't have a feckin hope of winning the thing!

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I hope you're right.
Looking good for us so far.
Live scores here.

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Originally Posted by eoinh

Hate golf anyway

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The game of golf doesn't suffer because hate it.
The only one who could possibly suffer from this negative emotion is you.
Perhaps you should turn off the TV and DVD player and get down to the driving range. You may surprise yourself.
Golf costs me a hell of a lot less each year than football does that's one thing for sure.

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Originally Posted by Peadar

Perhaps you should turn off the TV and DVD player and get down to the driving range. You may surprise yourself.
Golf costs me a hell of a lot less each year than football does that's one thing for sure.

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IMO golf one of those sports a hell of lot better playing than watching cos not a good tv sport.

Hopefully none of those blue-collar types be bring these down to the Country Club.

;)

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Originally Posted by pete

IMO golf one of those sports a hell of lot better playing than watching cos not a good tv sport.

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The more you play it the more you watch it, I think.
It's true for the majority of sports that playing is better than watching.
Except for boxing stuff like that :D

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Originally Posted by pete

IMO golf one of those sports a hell of lot better playing than watching cos not a good tv sport.

Hopefully none of those blue-collar types be bring these down to the Country Club.

;)

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LMAO :D :D :D

It's going to rain insults and catcalls and dumb, redneck American patriotism.

Let's face it, US captain Hal Sutton is J R Ewing without the brains or the ten gallon hat. He's an arrogant, gung-ho Southern boy with a very rich daddy in the oil business.

When his idea of motivating his team is to point to the Stars and Stripes on the back of his jacket, you know this Ryder Cup could end up making the Battle of Brookline look like a picnic.

No wonder the European captain, who is a study in diplomacy and reserve compared to Sutton, says he is preparing his team for the worst.

All the signs are there. Bad signs. Don't rule out some bonehead stunt linking the players to the troops in Iraq. Americans love working themselves and their fans into a frenzy by confusing sport with war. :p

its like not being into athletics but watching the olympics or into cycling and watching the tour.
its simply watching some of the best golfers in the world playing for pride and thier country instead of for wads of dosh.
me, i think its great and am watching it now as i'm typing this :)

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Originally Posted by strangeirish

It's going to rain insults and catcalls and dumb, redneck American patriotism.

Let's face it, US captain Hal Sutton is J R Ewing without the brains or the ten gallon hat. He's an arrogant, gung-ho Southern boy with a very rich daddy in the oil business.

When his idea of motivating his team is to point to the Stars and Stripes on the back of his jacket, you know this Ryder Cup could end up making the Battle of Brookline look like a picnic.

No wonder the European captain, who is a study in diplomacy and reserve compared to Sutton, says he is preparing his team for the worst.

All the signs are there. Bad signs. Don't rule out some bonehead stunt linking the players to the troops in Iraq. Americans love working themselves and their fans into a frenzy by confusing sport with war. :p

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that's remarkably similar to what oliver holt wrote in yesterday's mirror.....

Come on the Europe,kill those cocky sh!thead's. :D

UUUUUUUUUUSA........UUUUUUUUUUUSA.FCUKING ****S :p :rolleyes:

Great shot on Sky's coverage today of Harrington and Monty walking to the first tee and stopping to banter with 2 gobs**tes wearing Dub GAA jerseys and holding the tricolour the wrong way round. :)

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Originally Posted by Ruairi

that's remarkably similar to what oliver holt wrote in yesterday's mirror.....

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Thats where I got it. Thought it was a great article. Should have said I suppose.

COME ON EUROPE!!!

just three more points needed now....


*btw, anyone feel more european cause of the ryder cup???? :D *

Ya nearly there now.Did ye see the fella in the Cork Gaa jersey run over to Harrington after the two irish boys trashed Woods and Love. :D

THE AUL OLE OLE was sung load and proud aswell,I'd say the yanks didn't know what was going on. :D

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Originally Posted by DolansWaistcoat

THE AUL OLE OLE was sung load and proud aswell,I'd say the yanks didn't know what was going on. :D

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Ye, that was class. Yur Man from Sky trying to interview Harrington and McGinley and the Irish lads in the background singing olé, olé. Also heard the Fields of Athenry being blasted out!

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Did ye see the fella in the Cork Gaa jersey run over to Harrington after the two irish boys trashed Woods and Love. :D

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He was looking to get hold of Harrington's cap but Harrington ignored him (as Dubs usually do with Cork h**rs) and gave his cap to what looked like a proper golf fan. :rolleyes:

Typical Dub. :rolleyes: ;)

The irish fans were brilliant throughtout the tournament,you could here them singing all the time. :)

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Originally Posted by davros

I don't like golf...

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You were glued to the box on Saturday night.
Couldn't get a word out of you while the golf was on :D


Brilliant stuff!
Just to show how good this win is, for those of you who may not follow it, every European player put a point on the board for Europe. That's almost unheard of. Everyone did well. Some superb golf and I'm sure the game has some new fans after this weekend. The American fans were very well behaved but their team fell apart. This time 2 years we'll have it at the K Club. Bring it on!

Christ that was brilliant. what a performance. didn't it make you proud to be a european?? :p

although now it's over, we can all go back to hating europe again. the moment of the weekend though was garcia's putt on saturday, when it was way, WAY right of the hole, then it got to the hill, starting arcing towards the hole, then bang. he went wild, threw his putter in the air, and went around high fiving anyone in sight. including his opponent, which was a nice touch. brilliant

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Originally Posted by Ruairi

he went wild, threw his putter in the air, and went around high fiving anyone in sight. including his opponent

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That's what I love about him, he doesn't hide his emotions.
Great to see a player celebrate after making a great putt like that.
He played really well then yesterday to win his singles match.
Another nice touch was the way Clarke and Love III finished their match with the point halved and congratulated each other.

Observation: Sky love, and I mean love Monty. Personally I think hes an arrogant pr1ck, and quite rude and obnoxious into the bargain. So, when they were all going on about Monty getting the point that won the Ryder Cup, I said, "hold on". as I had thought Lee Westwoods victory had guaranteed us the retention of the trophy before Monty played the 18th...I know I'm cynical, but Sky really do p1ss me off at times..Super victory though, what a putt by Harrington on the 18th

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Originally Posted by joeSoap

So, when they were all going on about Monty getting the point that won the Ryder Cup, I said, "hold on". as I had thought Lee Westwoods victory had guaranteed us the retention of the trophy before Monty played the 18th...

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Technically Poulter went 3 Up with 3 to play just before Monty made that putt. That guaranteed us 1/2 a point which effectively won the cup but Monty is a bigger story. Whatever you think of him as a person, and I agree with you by the way, you can't deny he's a master of the sport.

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Originally Posted by Peadar

That's what I love about him, he doesn't hide his emotions.
Great to see a player celebrate after making a great putt like that.
He played really well then yesterday to win his singles match.
Another nice touch was the way Clarke and Love III finished their match with the point halved and congratulated each other.

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yeah, then they sat down togethr to watch the end of it and smoke a cigar.nice.

as regards sky, yeah, they're a bunch of idiots. westwood ensured that europe would retain the trophy, as monty was following him onto the 18th and he was guaranteed at least a half, putting europe onto 14 points, which was good enough to retain the trophy (if both sides finished on 14 points, europe would keep it as holders).

but monty won the hole giving europe at the time a score of 14 and a half, meaning the usa couldn't catch them. so while westwood securedthe trophy, monty won it, if ya follow

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Originally Posted by Peadar

Technically Poulter went 3 Up with 3 to play just before Monty made that putt. That guaranteed us 1/2 a point which effectively won the cup.

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The only problem for Sky was that when Poulter birdied the 15th, they were still live with Monty's game. I don't think it occurred to them that it was won already. Even before Monty had to putt, the Sky commentator was hoping that Toms would sink his putt to allow Monty the glory.

BTW, when the three Irish players were posing with the tricolour did you hear Clarke asking for the 'orange' end, as a result of which the flag was the wrong way round! ;) ;)

What a putt by Garcia. I've never seen anything like that.

As for the Americans, they were doomed from the very start when Woods and Mickelson were paired together. They hate each other and it was downhill from there. No chance that Sutton will be captain again.

Should be fun in two years at the K Club.

Whiney Yanks should take a lesson in humility from Davis Love III. He was the only one who said the Europeans played better versus making sorry ass excuses as to why the Yanks failed. True gentleman that lad.

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Originally Posted by Metrostars

No chance that Sutton will be captain again.

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happy gilmore would have been a better captainthan him. how the hell was he picked in the first place?

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Originally Posted by Ruairi

happy gilmore would have been a better captainthan him. how the hell was he picked in the first place?

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Glad Happy was not the Captain...we would have never won.....with that hockey stick like :D

[QUOTE=Peadar]You were glued to the box on Saturday night.
Couldn't get a word out of you while the golf was on :D
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You should have enjoyed the piece and quiet when you had the chance ;) :D

Didn't see de golf myself but interesting to see yankie captain had no other plan than put player out in singles in world ranking order.

:rolleyes:

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BTW, when the three Irish players were posing with the tricolour did you hear Clarke asking for the 'orange' end, as a result of which the flag was the wrong way round! ;) ;)[/QUOTE]

Fair play to clarke that why the orange was put on the flag in the first place to represent the orange men the white is peace and the green is for the native paddies, clarke also plays with shamrocks on his golf balls.

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Originally Posted by londonred

Fair play to clarke that why the orange was put on the flag in the first place to represent the orange men.

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Yeah, Clarke is from Northern Ireland and never claims any differently.