tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post115913426808166819..comments2008-04-10T08:05:31.486-07:00Golf Grouch[email protected]Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1159784273093709072006-10-02T03:17:00.000-07:002006-10-02T03:17:00.000-07:00Just seeing great athletes perform? What makes an athlete or in this case a team great is their performance, ie. winning. If you are just going to perform and not win, why bother? This ain't a movie.<BR/><BR/>Maybe thats part of the problem we have. They have no incentive to win. Most of these guys are millionaires many times over. Did they all get that way by winning on the PGA tour? Not all of 'em. They got they way by finishing in the top 10 and through endorsments. If you are making a mint losing, who cares about winning? Representing your country, winning for it and all of that patriotic stuff? Absolutely not! Just pay me for making the cut.<BR/><BR/>Take the top 5 off of the PGA Tour and the top 5 from the Nationwide Tour. At least that way you'll have winners and guys with a little fire that still have something to prove.<BR/><BR/>Love the picture of Smiley. I'm gonna steal it and use it for my avatar at golfdiscussions.comSBR67[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1159315793824217522006-09-26T17:09:00.000-07:002006-09-26T17:09:00.000-07:00Even against a Great Britain team, the US team would have lost.<BR/><BR/>As for where are the young US men? They learn quickly that it's no use trying to win anything because Tiger wins everything. You think I'm kidding? Tiger doesn't play the European Tour and look how many younguns there are on that team.<BR/><BR/>And with the shoddy way Lehman 'played' (or more aptly not played) the four rookies, opting to play his stars most of the time, you're not going to see any younger players wanting to make the Ryder Cup team. Again, no room for them when the stars are there too.<BR/><BR/>I tried to stay away from criticizing the captains before the Ryder Cup because I would have had no idea about what would be the right things to do anyway. But, three things ticked me off about Lehman: 1 - he told Verplank he would play both matches on Saturday and then went back on the promise; 2 - He whined for two days that his players weren't making putts and he had the PGA tour's 6th ranked putter (Vaughn Taylor) benched for most of the time; 3 - Mickelson and Dimarco's pairing sucked this time, but Lehman chose to bench DiMarco who was playing better than Mickelson and left Mickelson out there - just because he's the number 2 player in the world. Not fair to DiMarco.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829383131025126729[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1159156610348270322006-09-24T20:56:00.000-07:002006-09-24T20:56:00.000-07:00I can't wait for the comments on this Grouchy topic. I'm interested in hearing why golfer/athletes feel that it's so important that we always have to win things like the Ryder Cup and the Olympics. Can't we just enjoy seeing great athletes perform? If Tiger played out of Viet Nam, wouldn't we still enjoy and marvel at his skill?Anonymous[email protected]