Mark Myers

I'm pleased to see Poulter playing so well, if only to silence some of
the Faldo critics. Nah, I'm pleased for Poulter too.

Not a bad Saturday, after Friday's capitulation. It always comes down to
the Sunday singles. Go Europe.

Dave Cornwell

"Mark Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm pleased to see Poulter playing so well, if only to silence some of
> the Faldo critics. Nah, I'm pleased for Poulter too.
>
> Not a bad Saturday, after Friday's capitulation. It always comes down to
> the Sunday singles. Go Europe.
>
> --
> Mark Myers
> usenet at mcm2007 dot plus dot com

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Did anyone else notice how Mickelson's wayward drive(one of) over the
spectators in to the depth of the trees managed to mysteriously find a way
back down to a playable position for Kim. The God of fair golf was watching
though and Kim then hit his shot over a stream which rebounded off a
marshall in to the water. Justice!
Dave

Ian

"Dave Cornwell" <> wrote in message
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>
> ------------------
> Did anyone else notice how Mickelson's wayward drive(one of) over the
> spectators in to the depth of the trees managed to mysteriously find a way
> back down to a playable position for Kim. The God of fair golf was
> watching though and Kim then hit his shot over a stream which rebounded
> off a marshall in to the water. Justice!
> Dave
>

Pls define 'playable'

He had no shot to the green, tried the impossible and payed the penalty.
And, IMO, the severe slope of the bank at that point made the ball follow
gravity?!

How is that mysterious? I read from your post you think the spectators were
involved?

Overall, I think the spectators have been very fair and well behaved. The
moronic USA chant (were they extras in 'The Mummy', or some other zombie
film with chanting?) is annoying, but they have been pretty fair in cheering
good play from both sides, as far as I can tell in the coverage I've seen

Looking forward to todays singles. I think the following results will come
in

1703 Anthony Kim v Sergio Garcia - Garcia 2&1

1714 Hunter Mahan v Paul Casey - Casey 1 up

1725 Justin Leonard v Robert Karlsson - A/S

1736 Phil Mickelson v Justin Rose - Rose 4&3

1747 Kenny Perry v Henrik Stenson - Perry 2&1

1758 Boo Weekley v Oliver Wilson - Wilson 2up

1809 JB Holmes v Soren Hansen - Holmes 4&3

1820 Jim Furyk v Miguel Angel Jimenez - Furyk 3&2

1831 Stewart Cink v Graeme McDowell - McDowell 1 up

1842 Steve Stricker v Ian Poulter - Poults 10&8(lol)

1853 Ben Curtis v Lee Westwood - Weestwood 2&1

1904 Chad Campbell v Padraig Harrington - Campbell 1up (or A/S)



)

Ian

Baldy Man

>
>Overall, I think the spectators have been very fair and well behaved. The
>moronic USA chant (were they extras in 'The Mummy', or some other zombie
>film with chanting?) is annoying, but they have been pretty fair in cheering
>good play from both sides, as far as I can tell in the coverage I've seen

Well behaved!!! I have seen better behaviour in a remedial infants
school. Those morons who believe that screeching 'Get in the Hole' and
Boo every time Mr weekly hits a ball should be ejected from the
course. It has led to some unpleasant comments from the crowd which
Lee westwood has picked up on. If the USA can't win gracefully then
Lord help the good game of golf. I thought it was the last bastion of
sportsmanship and good manners.... Maybe it is going the same way as
soccer...

Sean

In article <>,
says...
> Well behaved!!! I have seen better behaviour in a remedial infants
> school. Those morons who believe that screeching 'Get in the Hole' and
> Boo every time Mr weekly hits a ball should be ejected from the
> course. It has led to some unpleasant comments from the crowd which
> Lee westwood has picked up on. If the USA can't win gracefully then
> Lord help the good game of golf. I thought it was the last bastion of
> sportsmanship and good manners.... Maybe it is going the same way as
> soccer...
>
>
Football...

Dave Cornwell

"Ian" <> wrote in message
news:rJrBk.11824$2...
>
> "Dave Cornwell" <> wrote in
> message news:SdoBk.51737$2...
>>
>> ------------------
>> Did anyone else notice how Mickelson's wayward drive(one of) over the
>> spectators in to the depth of the trees managed to mysteriously find a
>> way back down to a playable position for Kim. The God of fair golf was
>> watching though and Kim then hit his shot over a stream which rebounded
>> off a marshall in to the water. Justice!
>> Dave
>>
>
> Pls define 'playable'
>
> He had no shot to the green, tried the impossible and payed the penalty.
> And, IMO, the severe slope of the bank at that point made the ball follow
> gravity?!
>
> How is that mysterious? I read from your post you think the spectators
> were involved?
>
> Overall, I think the spectators have been very fair and well behaved. The
> moronic USA chant (were they extras in 'The Mummy', or some other zombie
> film with chanting?) is annoying, but they have been pretty fair in
> cheering good play from both sides, as far as I can tell in the coverage
> I've seen
>
> Looking forward to todays singles. I think the following results will come
> in
>
> 1703 Anthony Kim v Sergio Garcia - Garcia 2&1
>
> 1714 Hunter Mahan v Paul Casey - Casey 1 up
>
> 1725 Justin Leonard v Robert Karlsson - A/S
>
> 1736 Phil Mickelson v Justin Rose - Rose 4&3
>
> 1747 Kenny Perry v Henrik Stenson - Perry 2&1
>
> 1758 Boo Weekley v Oliver Wilson - Wilson 2up
>
> 1809 JB Holmes v Soren Hansen - Holmes 4&3
>
> 1820 Jim Furyk v Miguel Angel Jimenez - Furyk 3&2
>
> 1831 Stewart Cink v Graeme McDowell - McDowell 1 up
>
> 1842 Steve Stricker v Ian Poulter - Poults 10&8(lol)
>
> 1853 Ben Curtis v Lee Westwood - Weestwood 2&1
>
> 1904 Chad Campbell v Padraig Harrington - Campbell 1up (or A/S)
>
>
>
> )
>
> Ian
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Yes - I was implying that the spectators helped it back ;-) And - yes - they
were a pretty good bunch, generally. And - six out of twelve correct
result, more or less, is pretty good too.

Dave
>

Baldy Man

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:10:13 +0100, Sean <>
wrote:

>In article <>,
> says...
>> Well behaved!!! I have seen better behaviour in a remedial infants
>> school. Those morons who believe that screeching 'Get in the Hole' and
>> Boo every time Mr weekly hits a ball should be ejected from the
>> course. It has led to some unpleasant comments from the crowd which
>> Lee westwood has picked up on. If the USA can't win gracefully then
>> Lord help the good game of golf. I thought it was the last bastion of
>> sportsmanship and good manners.... Maybe it is going the same way as
>> soccer...
>>
>>
>Football...

I was trying to make the rednecks understand... They think football is
that poofs rugby game they seem to enjoy. <G>

Ron Todd

On 21 Sep, 01:40, Mark Myers <spamb...@see.sig> wrote:
> I'm pleased to see Poulter playing so well, if only to silence some of
> the Faldo critics.

My criticism of Faldo has always been that, from his words and
actions, he is unable to see the importance of the team aspect; it
hasn't been that one of his picks couldn't build a good individual
record.

It was obvious that Poulter's standard of golf was good enough to
merit inclusion; it was far from obvious (to me) that he wouldn't have
a Faldo-like attitude to his own success versus the team's success.

It was always likely that Poulter would do well but the team would do
badly; much less chance of the latter (IMHO) with Clarke in the team.
That pre-match impression was cemented when the team struggled on day
1, yet in interviews Poulter was delighted with how he'd played. I
can't imagine that from Clarke, Seve, Monty, or other such team
stalwarts.

Wdyw

The reason we lost the Ryder Cup is simple - USA played better! Can't
beleive the press are complaining today about the order of the
singles. We won 2.5 out of the top 4 points! Harrington is like
Mickelson when it comes to the RC, a very average record and I for one
would have had more faith in monty winning a singles match than
relying on Harrington. On the plus point Sergio wasn't beaten as
heavily as he was in the singles at the K club! A banker?????? I can't
think of a worse putter on tour as Sergio (though casey ran him pretty
close!), he really needs to get it sorted.

As for the crowd ... obviously "boisterous" and i did hear a very loud
"Limey B'tard" aimed at Oliver Wilson as he walked off the third green
yesterday. Loved the chant by the Euro crowd "We play FOOTball with
our feet"

Marush

Ron Todd wrote:
> On 21 Sep, 01:40, Mark Myers <spamb...@see.sig> wrote:
>> I'm pleased to see Poulter playing so well, if only to silence some
>> of the Faldo critics.
>
> My criticism of Faldo has always been that, from his words and
> actions, he is unable to see the importance of the team aspect; it
> hasn't been that one of his picks couldn't build a good individual
> record.
>
> It was obvious that Poulter's standard of golf was good enough to
> merit inclusion; it was far from obvious (to me) that he wouldn't have
> a Faldo-like attitude to his own success versus the team's success.
>
> It was always likely that Poulter would do well but the team would do
> badly; much less chance of the latter (IMHO) with Clarke in the team.
> That pre-match impression was cemented when the team struggled on day
> 1, yet in interviews Poulter was delighted with how he'd played. I
> can't imagine that from Clarke, Seve, Monty, or other such team
> stalwarts.

I think given the criticism he received before he had even hit a ball
Poulter was perfectly entitled to talk about his play.
As for the other 'stars', without Darren, Olazabal and Monty they had
nowhere to hide.