Official 2025 Professional Golf thread - Scottie does it again...now its RYDER TIME (2 Viewers)

[Zeppelin]

It's over.

 

[TLEF316]

Yeah, not much reason to watch now. Dude is just too good

 

[Zeppelin]

Even when Scheffler makes a bad shot, he just drops in 15 and 20 foot par putts.

 

[Capella]

If you had Scottie’s 4 stroke lead with 2 holes to play on this course, with the crowd still there, could you win?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

4th major, he has won 14 of the last 38 tournaments he has entered,for a .368 batting average vs some fairly huge fields.

 

[Zeppelin]

If you had Scottie’s 4 stroke lead with 2 holes to play on this course, with the crowd still there, could you win?

No and I'd only need one hole to blow the lead.

 

[Instinctive]

If you had Scottie’s 4 stroke lead with 2 holes to play on this course, with the crowd still there, could you win?

No and I'd only need one hole to blow the lead.

I mean...are we playing a course appropriate to my skill level? Totally. But if I bogey both holes from the tips as they are for the Open it would be me playing really well, so I'd basically expect to at least go to a playoff if not outright lose.

And the crowd has nothing to do with it lol

 

[Brunell4MVP]

So who is on the ryder cup ...

Locks ...
1 Scottie Scheffler
2 Bryson DeChambeau (confirmed by Keegan)
3 Xander Schauffele
4 Justin Thomas
5. JJ Spaun
6. Russell Henley
7. Harris English

Likely:
8. Collin Morikawa
9. Patrick Cantlay
10. Ben Griffin

In this mix for the last two spots...

Maverick McNealy
Daniel Berger
Keegan Bradley
Brian Harman ... distance and iron height is a big deal at Bethpage IMO, and he doesn't have it
Sam Burns (not my favorite but he's 11th in the rankings)
Jordan Spieth (I don't think so. His ball striking isn't good the last 2 years)
Chris Gotterup (probably not, but recency bias is important if you want someone playing good that kills the ball)
Akshay Bhatia (probably not, but could be a future cornerstone)
Denny McCarthy (probably not, would need a win and to be hot the entire Fed Ex)

Right now I'd go with Keegan, and have him stay captain, but only play afternoon matches and go out early in singles. The 12th is a tougher choice.

 

[TLEF316]

IMO, Burns is gonna make it. He's #1 on tour in strokes-gained putting by a pretty wide margin. If he plays well in the next month I think he's a pretty good bet.

Harman isn't built for Bethpage at all and is a no-brainer cut, IMO. Gotterup obviously had a great 2 weeks but the Black is no links course.

I know Spieth has generally played pretty well in the cup (and his strokes gained stats are actually better than I thought) but I dont think they bring him. I know there will be pressure from within the team to take him, but he just hasn't been quite good enough.

If those first 10 are indeed in (and I think they probably are)I think its Keegan and Burns. I'm still holding out irrational hope that Tiger is gonna come in last minute and take over as captain. I know its not gonna happen, but it would be so damn epic.

As usual, its gonna come down to strategy and making putts. The back half of the Euro team is better than it has been, so we can't F around and give up points with bad pairings.

 

[Truebluey]

Your Top 7 for us is darn good, but after that it gets shaky.

Personally I'd take Gotterup, he's been solid all year and played well at both Opens - and Bethpage is an Open course. It's a course whete length helps and he's LONG. Plus he showed he has a wonderful imagination when needing up and downs. There's a reason he's Top 10 on Tour in bogey avoidance.

 

[gump]

IMO, Burns is gonna make it. He's #1 on tour in strokes-gained putting by a pretty wide margin. If he plays well in the next month I think he's a pretty good bet.

Harman isn't built for Bethpage at all and is a no-brainer cut, IMO. Gotterup obviously had a great 2 weeks but the Black is no links course.

I know Spieth has generally played pretty well in the cup (and his strokes gained stats are actually better than I thought) but I dont think they bring him. I know there will be pressure from within the team to take him, but he just hasn't been quite good enough.

If those first 10 are indeed in (and I think they probably are)I think its Keegan and Burns. I'm still holding out irrational hope that Tiger is gonna come in last minute and take over as captain. I know its not gonna happen, but it would be so damn epic.

As usual, its gonna come down to strategy and making putts. The back half of the Euro team is better than it has been, so we can't F around and give up points with bad pairings.

I’d like to see Burns also. He’s got Ryder experience and has won the biggest match play event…and his putter is elite. Being tight with Scottie can’t hurt.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

One item of note is I left off Wyndham Clark intentionally. Not a fan. He seems to be a downer and somewhat of a loner. Everything is so negative, and I mean beyond what happened at Oakmont. His attitude sucks and I don't think Keegan wants that on the team. But his British performance probably opened up the door again for him.

 

[Instinctive]

One item of note is I left off Wyndham Clark intentionally. Not a fan. He seems to be a downer and somewhat of a loner. Everything is so negative, and I mean beyond what happened at Oakmont. His attitude sucks and I don't think Keegan wants that on the team. But his British performance probably opened up the door again for him.

Is it possible he can get in top 6? I really hope not. Also don't think he's a good person to have on a team.

 

[belljr]

As much as I would love Keegan to play, he's stated he will only player coach if he top 6 qualifies

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