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Old 08-13-2014, 10:17 PM
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I don't mind this it's not like he does the team any favors when he is in anyway
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Old 08-15-2014, 10:35 AM
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I have 20-25 friends and family members that want me to run something for the Ryder Cup. Any ideas on how I could set something up? Anybody currently involved in a pool type thing for the Cup?
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Old 08-15-2014, 11:01 AM
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I have 20-25 friends and family members that want me to run something for the Ryder Cup. Any ideas on how I could set something up? Anybody currently involved in a pool type thing for the Cup?
make reservations and go on vacation, thus avoiding all that?

no, seriously...i guess you could do something similar to football pools, instead of quarter scores, half, final scores, etc you'd insert golf related stuff?
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Old 08-15-2014, 12:29 PM
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I have 20-25 friends and family members that want me to run something for the Ryder Cup. Any ideas on how I could set something up? Anybody currently involved in a pool type thing for the Cup?
If you get 24 "entries" in your pool you could determine an entry fee per person, then do a random draw where each person gets a Golfer....random whether Euro or USA. They have that golfer all three days. You need to add up the total number of matches that will be played and divide into your total pool. Then each match played is worth that to the winning golfer. Draws split. Fourball counts as two matches.

...or something like that!
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Old 08-25-2014, 03:50 AM
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It's meaningless who's on the team. Europe is better and they win regardless of who is picked. That's just the way it is. It's actually fun to watch an American team regularly lose something like this event. Europeans actually want to win this more and actually have better players now too to the point where it's expected that they win.
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It's meaningless who's on the team. Europe is better and they win regardless of who is picked. That's just the way it is. It's actually fun to watch an American team regularly lose something like this event. Europeans actually want to win this more and actually have better players now too to the point where it's expected that they win.
Agreed on all points except for the fun part watching them lose. Nothing fun, imo, in watching the Euros celebrate that weekend! Esp two yrs ago when Americans blew the lead.
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Old 08-26-2014, 03:35 PM
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Agreed on all points except for the fun part watching them lose. Nothing fun, imo, in watching the Euros celebrate that weekend! Esp two yrs ago when Americans blew the lead.
In the end, this country is still the best in golf.....they had to include every single European country to make the event competitive. I've also never liked that every single player doesn't play every single match. Just have 6 foursome and fourball matches the first two days. Shouldn't depth be part of it also?? Sorry, I just get a kick out of the Euros winning for some reason....don't know why. For some reason it seems guys like Poulter and Garcia get more up for this than majors.
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Old 08-27-2014, 01:31 PM
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In the end, this country is still the best in golf.....they had to include every single European country to make the event competitive. I've also never liked that every single player doesn't play every single match. Just have 6 foursome and fourball matches the first two days. Shouldn't depth be part of it also?? Sorry, I just get a kick out of the Euros winning for some reason....don't know why. For some reason it seems guys like Poulter and Garcia get more up for this than majors.
I've been battling a guy over a certain player that he says has been choking, and won't give knowledge to how well the actual winners have been playing.

Well anyways, I mentioned how said player went 5-0 in 2011 President's Cup, where all players get to play every match, he says President's Cup is not as pressure packed as the Ryder Cup. Really?!

Anyways the point was to mention that the President's Cup they allow all members to play in all matches (repetitive I know).
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Old 08-25-2014, 10:32 AM
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If you get 24 "entries" in your pool you could determine an entry fee per person, then do a random draw where each person gets a Golfer....random whether Euro or USA. They have that golfer all three days. You need to add up the total number of matches that will be played and divide into your total pool. Then each match played is worth that to the winning golfer. Draws split. Fourball counts as two matches.

...or something like that!


Thanks brother!
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