Told ya....

 Wellllllllll.... whatdya know? Zach Johnson and Team US are getting their asses handed to them in Rome. As of this writing, Europe is up 9.5 to 2.5. This after Europe dismantled the US pairings on Friday morning, starting out 4-0. Now although it has been well documented that the US squad hasn't won on European soil in a Ryder Cup in 30 years, I would be willing to lay this result (to be determined) at the feet of Zach Johnson. 

                                                       How many layers are you guessing?


Why is this guy even the captain!?

I believe this occurrence is part of the hangover of Tiger-Mania in the early to mid-2000s. After 2011, there was a battle of uninspiring golfers, and amongst those... Zach Johnson. While we can attribute greatness to Tiger, we can also attribute the subsequent blah golf that followed his decades of domination. 

This Ryder Cup has not gotten me as fired up as historically as I have been for the Ryder Cup previously. Nothing is wilder than watching the pairing of Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark... barf. The one take away so far for golf fans has to be the European Fleetwood Mac pairing.

Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy were part of the Friday morning dominance of team Europe. Simply for pop culture and getting people into golf,  I hope this pairing happens again. Rory McIlroy in general has been quite amazing so far, regardless of who he is paired with. 

The Ryder Cup is set up so that Sunday is relevant, and surely this Ryder Cup will be no different. We all want this to be competitive and come down to the final day, but how are we to believe that US is going to win? 30 years of history is stacked against them... Team Europe is better... they have Zach Johnson as their captain... I see this as pre-determined... Europe (and just as uninspiring captain Luke Donald) will win the 2023 Ryder Cup.

If they don't win, you bet your Uggs this post is coming down.

Swing Easy


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