Thought it was worth its own thread. If Seve is looking down he'd enjoy that amazing birdie by Poulter and McIlroy at the 13th this afternoon. That was a real Seve birdie. I still think it will go to the wire.
Fantastic day of sport - you can’t get much better Woods missed this afternoon because he was reported to be “stiff” ...I assume he has been mixing with the other player’s wives again. Particular plaudits to Molinari & Noren - they were both excellent today.
Only just realised Fleetwood’s wife is 20 years older than him Not a bad sort, to be fair. He’s 27 , she is 47. @baraettmattesvensson will be busy on Google.
What a turn round in match 1, from Europe being 4 up with 5 to play ...…. to being 1 up with 2 to play
Possibly the best day's sport of the year coming up in the final day's singles. My predictions: McIlroy Vs Thomas..............Europe Casey Vs Koepka.................USA Rose Vs Simpson................Europe Rahm Vs Woods..................USA Fleetwood Vs Finau.............A/S Poulter Vs Johnson..............USA Oleson Vs Spieth.................USA Garcia Vs Fowler..................USA Molinari Vs Mickelson............Europe Hatton Vs Reed.....................USA Stenson Vs Watson..............Europe to get the 14.5 points needed to win Noren Vs Dechambeau........Europe. I'll be visiting friends in Rye who have zero interest in sport today, so may try to avoid hearing the result until the highlights, like the Likely Lads in that episode.
Match-ups and 2018 Ryder Cup record - Match one Kick off 11:05 Rory McIlroy v Justin Thomas McIlroy: Played 4, won 2, lost 2 Thomas: Played 4, won 3, lost 1 Paul Casey v Brooks Koepka Casey: Played 2, won 1, lost 1 Koepka: Played 3, won 1, lost 2 Justin Rose v Webb Simpson Rose: Played 3, won 2, lost 1 Simpson: Played 2, won 1, lost 1 Jon Rahm v Tiger Woods Rahm: Played 2, won 0, lost 2 Woods: Played 3, won 0, lost 3 Tommy Fleetwood v Tony Finau Fleetwood: Played 4, won 4, lost 0 Finau: Played 2, won 1, lost 1 Ian Poulter v Dustin Johnson Poulter: Played 3, won 1, lost 2 Johnson: Played 4, won 1, lost 3 Thorbjorn Olesen v Jordan Spieth Olesen: Played 1, won 0, lost 1 Spieth: Played 4, won 3, lost 1 Sergio Garcia v Rickie Fowler Garcia: Played 3, won 2, lost 1 Fowler: Played 3, won 1, lost 2 Francesco Molinari v Phil Mickelson Molinari: Played 4, won 4, lost 0 Mickelson: Played 1, won 0, lost 1 Tyrrell Hatton v Patrick Reed Hatton: Played 2, won 1, lost 1 Reed: Played 2, won 0, lost 2 Henrik Stenson v Bubba Watson Stenson: Played 2, won 2, lost 0 Watson: Played 2, won 1, lost 1 Alex Noren v Bryson DeChambeau Noren: Played 2, won 1, lost 1 DeChambeau: Played 2, won 0, lost 2
Lost £70 on the tournament. Had a double today on Molinari & Stenson never in doubt but also had it in a treble with the Mexican Sh1t Trousers Rickie Fowler. Pauline Fowler would have played better.
Can't believe I managed to avoid the score until 7:30. There's no more dramatic sporting occasion than this. Fantastic achievement for Molinari. Royston will be particularly pleased that a team with no lefties beat the team with two lefties, and both lefties got thrashed.
