Dechambeau sees Bryson being a huge dick this morning, immediately tries to one up him on the first hole by being an even bigger asshole. I like a lot of the guys on the US team but those two are just impossible to support.
The funny thing is you named the same guy twice but no one needs clarification on your meaning.
Drunk DJ in the team press conference was great. He needs to get liquored up before every interview from now on.
Man I wish Azinger would go away. Once you realize how self-serving a few of his comments are you realize that essentially ALL of his comments are self-serving. There's always some jaded spin to his hot takes - and he basically says nothing of interest about golf itself. Johnny Miller may have been an ass but at least he could dissect a swing or pick up on little details in the course or a player's mechanics. The pinnacle of Azinger analysis is "Hovland's missed a couple putts left! Look out for him missing this putt left! Ok here it comes oh he drained it I guess he figured out his left miss!"
I liked Stricker as a captain. Sensible groups, good pairings, let 'em play. Pay lip service to all the prep nonsense, take a back seat. Funny to think back to 2018 and see things like Mickelson/Bryson or Tiger/Bryson in Foursomes, or running the same team out for 3 consecutive matches for 2 losses. Just listening to guys like Azinger and Watson buying into how much impact they're supposed to have is pretty pathetic. Also didn't have the problem of worshipping experience and seniority because Strick still plays with these guys on occasion and knows how good the young guys are. Didn't get sucked into drama or stupid decisions. Solid job.
Azinger must have said "most talented US team ever" 100 times over the weekend to make sure that he gets credit for being an amazing captain and winning with less, and Stricker doesnt get much credit for this huge beatdown with such a loaded team. He even wore his old Ryder Cup sweater to remind us. We get it Azinger - wow that pod system was genius!!! That US team was loaded that Azinger had as well and that damn pod system was classic overthinking on the captain's part but luckily we still won. All you got to do is make putts, no matter who is playing and no matter who is paired with whom.
That course is hard to watch as a spectator. I watched multiple people fall today and I think only one of them was due to boozing.
Classic American media starts talking dynasty while Spieth and Berger are still on the course.
Dynasty?!? This is only our 5th win in 30 years, and I don't think we've won a road game since the 1980s. Win a road game before you start talking dynasty. And like the last road game, the next 1 will be on a fairly tight layout. I don't think it's a coincidence that the Euros are choosing tighter venues, and we're picking big venues like Whistling Straits and Bethpage. Though I don't care for the Congressional pick. I'd also like to see it back at Valderrama.