As we’ve learned in the past couple years, there doesn’t appear to be any love lost between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay. Now we know McIlroy doesn’t love Cantlay’s pre-shot routine, either.
This week Justin Thomas joined the No Laying Up podcast and shed some light on the behind-the-scenes friction between the US team and the grounds crew that helped to derail the squad’s Ryder Cup bid. Watch it and weep.
Europe would have triumphed at Bethpage with or without “the envelope rule”, having won by a score of 15-13. But that doesn’t make Hovland feel any less bad about the ordeal.
If you’re berating Rory McIlroy loudly enough to require a squadron of state troopers, something is missing. Either you don’t know the game, or you don’t really care. When it comes to golf, you’re clueless.
With the US team charging and the crowd raging, Lowry stood over a six-footer for a birdie to halve the match and give Europe the crucial half-point they needed to retain the Ryder Cup. With the weight of a continent on his shoulders, he buried it.
The morass of inevitability gave way to a furious surge that ended with the Americans tying the mark for the biggest win in a modern singles session, and nearly resulted in one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.
Keegan Bradley faced plenty of decisions this past week at Bethpage Black, but when it was all said and done, he revealed his biggest regret was actually something done before the event started.
Despite trailing 2 down late to Russell Henley and despite all the momentum on the American side, Shane Lowry dug about as deep as a human could dig to earn a half point in his match, ultimately retaining the Ryder Cup for Europe.
There is a reason Europe held a seven-point lead going into singles, just as there’s a reason that when the captains’ influence waned on Sunday, the tide reversed to such a shocking degree that it almost bailed out Keegan Bradley.
Late attempts to sell tickets on the re-sale market in the face of a European blowout appear to have been snapped up by vocal fans of the visiting side.
Australian Golf Digest
