Opening Ryder Cup pairings Europe

CheltenhamJ

Just a bit of fun - my guess as follows -

Poulter /Westy
Mc Ilroy /gmac
Stenson/kaymer
Rose/ Sergio

whatawaster

I'd guess at:

Foursomes:
McIlroy/Garcia
Stenson/Kaymer
Poulter/Rose
Westwood/Donaldson

Fourballs:
McIlroy/McDowell
Poulter/Rose
Bjorn/Gallacher
Garcia/Dubuisson

I'd have thought that Poulter and Rose are the biggest shoe-ins as a pair. Both have excellent Ryder Cup records, they've gelled well in the past and both are likely to play at least 4/5 of the matches.

Rikand

Wouldnt have Westwood anywhere near the foursomes. Fourball suit him better.

Morning foursomes

Rose/poulter
Garcia/mcilroy
Donaldson/Gallagher
Gmac/someone

Rose poulter great pairing last year, should be totally reignited.

Garcia mcilroy seem to be great friends on tour, would be a formidable pairing

Donaldson Gallagher. Meet seem odd but they've been fantastically consistent all season and when both were in contention for the ryder cup team they seemed to be trying to push each other along.

Gmac someone. Gmac too good not to be in foursomes. Dont know who youd put him with though. Maybe stenson

baboo800

Foursomes
Poulter/Rose
Kaymer/Stenson
Dubuisson/Donaldson
Garcia/mcilroy

Four balls
Dubuisson/McDowell
Stenson/bjorn
Kaymer/Westwood
Garcia/mcilroy

Seve OB

Rors and Garcia will play together, iId bet my house on that one.

then my guess for other first day pairings are as follows, but not sure who will sit out the foresomes, but I do think everyone will play the first day.

Rose & Poulter
Stevie G & G Mac
The Great Dane & Stenson
Westie & JD
Kaymer & Victor

PARlance

stevieob wrote: »

Rors and Garcia will play together, iId bet my house on that one.

then my guess for other first day pairings are as follows, but not sure who will sit out the foresomes, but I do think everyone will play the first day.

Rose & Poulter
Stevie G & G Mac
The Great Dane & Stenson
Westie & JD
Kaymer & Victor

Can see GMac and Victor heading out together.

Rikand

I really think everyone has to play the first day.

Save Westy and Dooby for the fourballs. Maybe Kaymer too.

Anyone who's a little out of form, save for the 4balls as any of those out of form guys can make birdies, as well as bogeys

Seve OB

PARlance wrote: »

Can see GMac and Victor heading out together.

yea I had though of that, and maybe teaming up Stevie G with Westie... though I also think there might be a chance of JD playing with Stevie G


it's anyones guess!!

stooge

I'm not sure I have as much optimism as other when I see Mcilroy and Garcia paired together. Both players tend to let bad shots/bad luck get into their heads. It would be better to have an eternally optimistic person like GMAC paired with either Mcilroy or garcia to be positive if things arent going their way.

Foursomes:
- Rose & Poults ( good combo)
- Mcilroy and Gmac (have played together and can show that off field events have no bearing)
- Kaymer & Bjorn (Steady)
- Garcia & Stenson (Experience and optimism)

Fourballs:
- Mcilroy & Gallagher
- Wetwood & Victor
- Kaymer & Stenson
- Garcia & GMac

M2C FWIW

Seve OB

stooge wrote: »

I'm not sure I have as much optimism as other when I see Mcilroy and Garcia paired together.

start optimising... it's gonna happen

mike12

stooge wrote: »

I'm not sure I have as much optimism as other when I see Mcilroy and Garcia paired together. Both players tend to let bad shots/bad luck get into their heads. It would be better to have an eternally optimistic person like GMAC paired with either Mcilroy or garcia to be positive if things arent going their way.

Foursomes:
- Rose & Poults ( good combo)
- Mcilroy and Gmac (have played together and can show that off field events have no bearing)
- Kaymer & Bjorn (Steady)
- Garcia & Stenson (Experience and optimism)

Fourballs:
- Mcilroy & Gallagher
- Wetwood & Victor
- Kaymer & Stenson
- Garcia & GMac

M2C FWIW

Looks good but Poulter will play all the 4ball and i expect to see him out every session if things are tight.

gorfield

Mcilroy/Gallagher match 1 Friday.

World no1 with hometown boy, will be crucial to get the crowd going early,this is a real possibility as far as ive been told.

Seve OB

gorfield wrote: »

Mcilroy/Gallagher match 1 Friday.

World no1 with hometown boy, will be crucial to get the crowd going early,this is a real possibility as far as ive been told.

Be a great decision.

ionadnapokot

With McGinley picking Westwood, I can only assume he had his mind made up about some of his pairings. i.e. Garcia and Westwood to rekindle their foursomes (3.5 pts from 4 matches) and four-ball (2.5 pts from 4) pairings.
However, I would be surprised if they were paired up again, considering their putting wobbles.
Both Teams to play all their players on day 1.

Friday. Foursomes:

Rose / Poulter v Big Phil / K Bradley
McIlroy / Donaldson v Bubba / Simpson
Garcia / Westwood v Z Johnson / H Mahan
McDowell / Dubuisson v Kuchar / Fowler

Four-ball:
Stenson – Bjorn v Furyk - Reed
McIlroy – Gallacher v Big Phil - Spieth
Kaymer - Rose v Walker - Z Johnson
Garcia – Westwood v Bubba - Simpson

ionadnapokot

gorfield wrote: »

Mcilroy/Gallagher match 1 Friday.

World no1 with hometown boy, will be crucial to get the crowd going early,this is a real possibility as far as ive been told.

Might be a bit much pressure on Gallacher in a foursome. But yea I can definitely see them paired up for the four-ball.

charlieIRL

Can we keep all future Ryder Cup posts here from now on please?