Re: Golf thread-Ryder Cup 2010 : Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:50 pm  

My god that was bloody nerve wracking!!!

Re: Golf thread-Ryder Cup 2010 : Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:57 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Good performance from the US to come back like that. Looks like our Sunday performance just shaded it.

Yeah it was Sunday that won it for us, it was the only session we won

Re: Golf thread-Ryder Cup 2010 : Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:31 am  

Mahan must have been drinking Duff Beer

Re: Golf thread : Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:58 pm  

Martin Kaymer wins his 3rd tournament in a row at the Alfred Dunhill Links championship

Best player in the world at the minute IMO closely followed by Lee Westwood

Re: Golf thread : Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:36 am  

LFCRhino wrote:

Martin Kaymer wins his 3rd tournament in a row at the Alfred Dunhill Links championship

Best player in the world at the minute IMO closely followed by Lee Westwood

Kaymer is 4th in the world now.

Re: Golf thread : Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:45 am  

PAUL M wrote:

Kaymer is 4th in the world now.

Good stuff wont be long until he is in his rightful place as #1

Hes definately playing the best golf at the minute, and with Westwood expected to take a long break again with his calf/leg injury Kaymer will overtake Woods/Mickelson before him IMO

Re: Golf thread : Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:42 am  

LFCRhino wrote:

Good stuff wont be long until he is in his rightful place as #1

Hes definately playing the best golf at the minute, and with Westwood expected to take a long break again with his calf/leg injury Kaymer will overtake Woods/Mickelson before him IMO

Is that right?

BBC this morning was saying that if Westwood and Woods take time off until November as planned, Westwood will take over as #1.

I don't think Kaymer is far behind mind you.

Re: Golf thread : Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:52 am  

Not too sure if Im honest because I dont know how that works?!?,You may be right because Kaymer isnt playing until 28th of October but even if Westwood does take it 1st lets face it if Kaymer keeps doing well and possibly even wins another tournament he will overtake them both IMO. I would rather Westwood had it anyway instead of Ze German 1. Woods 8.68 2. Westwood 8.36 3. Mickelson 8.28 4. Kaymer 8.04 5. Stricker 7.58 6. Furyk 7.39 7. Casey 6.18 8. Donald 5.77 9. McIlroy 5.50 10. Els 5.36 EDIT: Just found the story you were talking about http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-1 ... ct-31.html I must admit even after reading that I have no idea how Westwood will overtake Woods if none of them play?

Not too sure if Im honest because I dont know how that works?!?,You may be right because Kaymer isnt playing until 28th of October but even if Westwood does take it 1st lets face it if Kaymer keeps doing well and possibly even wins another tournament he will overtake them both IMO. I would rather Westwood had it anyway instead of Ze German 1. Woods 8.68 2. Westwood 8.36 3. Mickelson 8.28 4. Kaymer 8.04 5. Stricker 7.58 6. Furyk 7.39 7. Casey 6.18 8. Donald 5.77 9. McIlroy 5.50 10. Els 5.36 EDIT: Just found the story you were talking about http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-1 ... ct-31.html I must admit even after reading that I have no idea how Westwood will overtake Woods if none of them play?

Re: Golf thread : Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:12 pm  

LFCRhino wrote:

I must admit even after reading that I have no idea how Westwood will overtake Woods if none of them play?

If it's anything like tennis and snooker, isn't the ranking score calculated based on results over a set period, e.g. the last two years?

Let's say in November 2008 Woods won a massive tournament which gave him a ton of ranking points. Once the second anniversary of that tournament passes, those points drop off his ranking score. Unless he wins an equally big tournament in the meantime, his score will therefore go down.

Let's say Westwood played in the same tournament and missed the cut. He'd lose no ranking points when that tournament falls off his ranking score, and as a result might end up above Woods once Tiger has lost all the points he won in it.

So it's not so much a case of Westwood doing something to overtake Woods, as Woods score falling as a result of not replacing the points he loses.

Re: Golf thread : Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:20 pm  

Is Kaymer not particularly suited to matchplay golf then as he was absolutely woeful last week in his singles match against, arguably, the worst US player of the week??

He is absolutely magnificent in competition play though.

Just a quick aside but does anyone else think that the standard of golf and the standard of the top players is as good, if not better, than at any time in recent years?