I think youve solved it!

Anyone near Charlotte NC? I'm always looking for more people to play with.

Ryder Cup coverage not on a regular TV channel in the US?

It's going to be on USA in an hour.

Don't think I'll catch any of the first matches but excited for four-ball! I think we finally win across the pond this year

I scrolled the guide and didn't see it and I googled it and it didn't mention USA all I saw was Sky Network. Buggers me! Thanks!

Four ball is basically one guy's nut sack versus another correct? :hmmm:

I know 8 ball in pool requires 4 guys.

I'll catch the afternoon round. I need my sleep at this stage of life.

US down 4, going to lose at least another 1

Got damn these guys need to get their act together. Although I can't imagine the Jet lag and time zone effect the US players are dealing with. When I played a big tournament on Hilton Head some years ago the one hour time difference was hard for me. Getting up at what amounted to 5:00 am every morning to tee off at what amounted to 7:00 am for me was brutal. Granted I'm not young and was having trouble sleeping anyway. I can't imagine a six hour plus time difference. It's a huge advantage for the smarmy Euros. We don't need excuses though we need wins.

These guys have been over there for awhile. It's not a time change thing. It's a "we always piss down our leg in Europe" thing. Although if we can take 3 of these 4 matches this afternoon it would be a monumental win. Need Koepka and Scotty to bring their match home.

Just cannot get into Ryder Cup. Honestly if it was mens and womens together it would be more interesting

Spieth shouldn’t play again until Sunday…Thomas is basically playing 2v1…

Spieth is lining up to the right on every drive and he quacked two in a row and then hit one right where he was lined up into the water:thumb:

JT had to keep it inside the hole there and he did not.

Rahm playing out of his mind right now.

Fat ass Spaniard.

Spieth can **** off….

Hovland is the best player in the world at this moment.

How the **** did that putt from Rahm go in….

woof

That’s that….thing is over, no way the U.S. has enough clutch in them to come back…

Zach Johnson gave a hilarious interview after….babbling about class and character and how he was proud. What a goof…

What an absolute beatdown.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Things are getting CHIPPY at the Ryder Cup.<br><br>BROOKS KOEPKA: &quot;I mean, I want to hit a board and pout just like Jon Rahm did. But, you know, it is what it is. Act like a child. But we&#39;re adults. We move on.&quot;</p>&mdash; James Colgan (@jamescolgan26) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamescolgan26/status/1707795086329762285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LMAO

What a choke job.

Speith routinely goes thru phases where he hits the ball like a +2.

Saturday off to a horrible start. Missing fairways, missing greens, missing short putts. Europe picking up where they left off.

Europe absolutely dominating

Koepka and Scheffler with maybe the worst match you'll ever see a team play in the Ryder Cup. Pretty hard to believe. Both completely butchered that round in every way.

This one is over, unless by miracle they can come back and win both of the last two matches.

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This was over yesterday when the Euros came back in the last 2 Fourball matches and get halves….it snatched what little heart we had.

Homa the only one worth a shit so far. He's been straight heat today.

Morikawa is playing great, too.

I don't disagree. But to have any realistic shot they have to get 3.5 this afternoon.

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Glad they finally closed it out, really like that pairing.

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Spieth and Thomas speedrunning who can choke harder….*sigh*

Spieth, just go home man.

He can just stay in Italy….

Zack Johnson should go with him, what the hell is he doing. Terrible.

Are your Ryder Cup team the Broncos in disguise? We are giving you a right bumming.

Cantlay showed up at least. Clutch shot after clutch shot coming in. Beats Rory and Fitz to get the US to only down 5, which isn't bad considering how badly they've played.

I don't care for the guy but damn he was clutch. Ice.

Sheffler probably a bad team golfer. He doesn't care when he ****s up. He has absolutely no fire whatsoever. One of the most boring human beings on earth.

The cap waving smarmy Euro crowd, what a bunch little nasty pricks! Rory is one of the few of the Euros I like but after the way the crowd had behaved Rory should have let the dust settle before he started working on his putt. And you have to know that the caddy who is a seasoned pro in his own right wouldn't have behaved the way he did if the crowd hadn't crossed the line all day. Those are the fans that would riot at a soccer game.

Rory fighting caddies in the parking lot. Hope the USA pulls an early comeback tomorrow to make this interesting and makes this a Ryder Cup to remember, whether they win or (ultimately probably) lose.

Hard to root for a team with Koepka on it

There's a(small) path for the US. Scheffler has to hold on at 18 though.

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Well, forget that.

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What LaCava did was stupid and petulant….he knows better, had nothing to do with the crowd.

US still has a shot, but everything has to fall perfectly. JT missing that putt on 17 could end up being huge. Shame we shat down our leg day 1.

Also, Homa is the man.

I may be the only one in the world but I think it would be cool to have "teams" on the PGA Tour in SOME events and treat it just like high school or College golf. This would be in addition to stroke play individual. Your team is 5 or 6 guys and you take the top 4 counting scores. The pluses...lots of people out there who played competitive golf would know the scoring system and you could make the teams either regions or group of colleges. Midwest vs Texas. Florida vs Arizona. California vs East Coast etc. Liv was onto something they just didnt do the team format right

US shit the bed

Fowler concedes a 2.5 footer to give away the cup? WTF?

Encapsulates the entire attitude of this team…

Dude wipes his drive into the water and he acts like he couldn’t care less and then concedes the putt that you 100% make Fleetwood putt….

It’s pathetic.

Fleetwood is a pretty big choker, he could have missed a 2 foot 8 incher for sure LMAO

So, who's the US captain in '25? I love ZJ, but from his captains picks through today, seems like he wasn't the guy for the job.

Tiger. Need a captain that’s a little bit of an asshole and hates to lose. The US players looked like they didn’t give a shit the entire week.

A pitiful performance.

Yeah, the only logical choice really. I’m sure the guys on the team like Zack. But maybe someone who garners more respect is more ideal. Plus his players would more than likely take on Tiger’s attitude.

Leaving Cam Young, Glover, and Bradley off this team in lieu of Fowler, Spieth, and Thomas was criminal….

Too many captains want the “tried and true” instead of building a team that can actually win…

Fowler was playing pretty well this year. I totally get that pick. Thomas was the obvious head-scratcher. He and Spieth played in three matches together and mustered a half point.

Glad ZJ got to take everyone on a nice little guys trip where they played a little golf in their down time. If you don't really care if you win/lose or how you play, at least let the guys that want to play in it be part of the team going forward.

Yeah the fact that Thomas is on the team is laughable. He will be really good again someday but hes been awful for a while now.

DJ and Reed are far better players/competitors than any of those three (Young, Bradley, Glover) and have tremendous records in these competitions. Pretending that they ceased being among the top golfers in the world because they joined LIV was silly.

That was mostly Spieth's fault from the golf that I saw on Friday/Saturday. He was absolutely awful.

Reed is a cheating bitch. I'd rather they lose that exhibition every time than play that shitbird.

There's no question about that, but he lives for this shit. They miss him.

Could’ve added them too….the guys I mention were actually playing in the lead up and all in form, gotta get out of this mindset of going for guys based off their name and constructing a team that’s hungry and wanting to go out there and compete.

Justin Thomas has been a dog and Spieth not far behind.

Zach assembled a shitty team.

They got what they deserved.

Dustin Johnson would have been a better pick than Thomas or Spieth.

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For those that speak English:

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/1...ne-rome-italy/

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https://www.golfdigest.com/story/usg...-december-2023

The
USGA and R&A are expected to announce early next week that they will be changing the rules to roll back distance in golf—and not just for elite players. The expected decision likely would make nearly every popular golf ball played both professionally and recreationally non-conforming. The news comes from multiple industry sources with direct knowledge of the plans of golf’s governing bodies, speaking on background.

The change involves a revision to the way golf balls are tested to see if they conform to the rules. Specifically, it is expected to be announced that the test for the Overall Distance Standard would increase the swing speed at which golf balls are tested from the current standard of 120 mph to 125 mph. While increasing the swing speed, the test would not change the distance limit of 317 yards.

In simple terms, if a golf ball is currently close to the Overall Distance Standard, as a high majority of golf balls used in elite competition (and popular in the marketplace) are, then raising the speed by 5 mph would make them fly 15 yards farther, or well past the current distance limit. Balls would then have to be made to stay within that 317-yard standard.

The decision by golf’s ruling bodies comes after nearly three years of “Notice and Comment” with equipment manufacturers and other industry stakeholders over several proposals involving clubs, balls and a distance rollback. While the USGA and R&A had originally proposed the change to 125 mph in the spring of 2022 in announcing some preliminary “areas of interest,” they revised that speed upward to 127 mph in an announcement in March. At that time, however, the proposal was to only change the rules for elite professional golfers, instituting what is known as a Model Local Rule.

“The USGA and the R&A were not considering changes that would result in substantial reductions in hitting distances at all levels of the game,” read a statement from the ruling bodies at the time. It was echoed by USGA CEO Mike Whan, who said the then-proposed MLR that would not apply to all golfers. “We don’t see recreational golf obsoleting golf courses any time soon," he said.

Clearly, the idea of a permanent but separate set of rules for elite golfers didn’t resonate with the industry, as not only manufacturers but the PGA Tour and PGA of America voiced their opposition to the proposed change. The message was clear, R&A CEO Martin Slumbers explained last week to Golf Digest.

“It was a very strong pushback against that,” Slumbers said. “… And our job is to listen. But our responsibility is to the long-term future of the game. …We’re responsible for our period of time, something that has gone on for hundreds of years and will go on for hundreds more. So, we are listening. And we have made a decision about what we are going to do.”

That decision apparently will mean a period of bifurcated rules starting in 2028, when the elite professionals use a shorter golf ball than recreational players. But starting two years later, all balls that conform to the Rules of Golf will apparently be 15 or more yards shorter at the elite level. The effect on distance for recreational players will likely be less, but could be proportional. So that if a tour player loses five percent (or 15 yards on a 300-yard drive), then a recreational player might lose that same five percent on a 225-yard drive (or roughly 11 yards). And the same golfer likely would lose a similar percentage on his or her approach shots.

In a Golf Digest internet survey this week that was open to all golfers, with more than 600 people responding, a significant majority (64.6 percent) said they would not abide by rules that reduce ball distance. They felt nearly the same about distance limitations at the elite level, with 60.4 percent not wanting to see pros and top amateurs have their length pushed back.

Officials from both the USGA and the R&A declined to comment.

Scheffler just doesn't give up leads. Impressive round.

Best golfer in the game today. Probably will dominate golf for a few years. Seems like hes putting better and better.

Watching a rainy Waste Management open while at work today.

Just started pouring here on the last hour.

Tons of people out there standing in the rain.