U.S. Hands Over Ryder Cup To Euorpe

The Ryder Cup 2012 (Photo credit: proforged)

Sad that the U.S team got rolled by the European team at the Ryder Cup. You need to give credit to the European team. They came to play and the U.S. team choked.

Europe stuns U.S. with wild comeback in Ryder Cup
Kaymer seals it for team inspired by late Ballesteros

By Jeff Shain, Tribune Newspapers
10:56 p.m. CDT, September 30, 2012

Luke Donald put the hammer down on Bubba Watson. Rory McIlroy rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and stifled Keegan Bradley. Paul Lawrie — 13 years after his only other Ryder Cup appearance — took down the FedEx Cup champion.

In time, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose ripped points from U.S. hands. The European train was gathering steam.

And the Americans didn’t have enough to stop the momentum.

It ended with Martin Kaymer jumping into the arms of his teammates, the singsong “Ole, ole, ole, ole” echoing across Medinah Country Club, and the Ryder Cup headed back across the Atlantic.

Read more at the Chicago Tribune.

It’s time to drop the old has been golfers that was a part of the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Tiger will never be the way he was. Stricker is from Wisconsin but loves the Chicago Bears, it’s time he joins the senior tour. It was a big mistake to think Stricker and Woods would of pulled it out at the end. They should of started first and not last in the Sunday pairings or next time, let them watch the Ryder Cup at home. . Time to move on with younger, better golfers at the Ryder Cup.