It came to mind that this comparison is not really fair... one man has been winning an awful lot of these championships (maybe someone will give us a percentage). If you ignore him, the euro performance wont look as bad.
It came to mind that this comparison is not really fair... one man has been winning an awful lot of these championships (maybe someone will give us a percentage). If you ignore him, the euro performance wont look as bad.
In post #4 of this thread, emc asserted that Mr. Woods had won 20 of the 60 titles in question. So let's forget those. That leaves 40 other titles. Euros have still only won 4. So, does winning only 10% of the matches look a lot better than winning only 6.7% to our Euro friends? I hope that takes the sting out of being unable to produce individual achievement!
That is exactly why Ryder Cup success has no bearing on a player's World Ranking and the World Rankings have no bearing on the strength, or weakness, of a Ryder Cup team. Some of our Euro friends are of the belief that Ryder Cup success proves European players are even better than the World Golf Rankings indicate.
It has always been my contention that "team golf" is a completely different game than tournament golf and even moreso than major championship golf. The European contingent has proven that Ryder Cup success is no guarantee of major championship success. Now if we could only learn their secret to success in winning Ryder Cups!
I have argued this too... but have been met with stiff opposition when I suggest that the US 'team' should act more that way (such as playing in the championship at the K-club earlier this summer).
I realise the counter arguements, but the point was that a much larger proportion of the Euro team would have done it had the roles been reversed... it is that team ethic that explains why Europe has been able to do well against the odds.
August 18th, 2006, 04:54 PM
I just have a feeling though, that we will never hear the end of it if your team wins.
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