2018 Ryder Cup

abff · 15-10-2016 8:50am #1

Now that the 2016 thread has been closed, time to start thinking about Paris. Does anyone know when they are going to announce who will captain the teams?

kiers47 · 15-10-2016 10:28am

Jim Furyk and Thomas Bjorn! Maybe Thomas Levet as it's in France but most likely Bjorn.

Mantis Toboggan · 15-10-2016 10:32am

Big question is will Beef make the team?

LuckyGent88 · 15-10-2016 1:09pm

European team
Rory
Rose
Stenson
Sergio
Pieters
Willet
Gmac
Noren
RCB
Jon Rahm
Lowry
Romain langasque

U.S. Team
Rickie
Dustin
Reed
Speith
Koepka
Walker
Justin Thomas
Kuchar
Bubba
Snedeker
Mickelson
Finau

Dirty Dingus McGee · 15-10-2016 1:22pm

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Big question is will Beef make the team?

I really hope not.I don't think I can listen to any more sh1te about him.

It seems everything he says and does is absolutely hilarious despite him not being entertaining at all.

Mantis Toboggan · 15-10-2016 1:36pm

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I really hope not.I don't think I can listen to any more sh1te about him.

It seems everything he says and does is absolutely hilarious despite him not being entertaining at all.

In fairness though that's not his fault

Surely Tyler Hatton will be a shoe in for the next team

neckedit · 15-10-2016 3:59pm

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I really hope not.I don't think I can listen to any more sh1te about him.

It seems everything he says and does is absolutely hilarious despite him not being entertaining at all.

Really?..... a guy who shows a bit of love for what he does?? I don't think anyone said he's hilarious..... he is what golf needs more of..... I.e. personality.....
And he can play a bit.

slave1 · 15-10-2016 5:10pm

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

European team
Rory
Rose
Stenson
Sergio
Pieters
Willet
Gmac
Noren
RCB
Jon Rahm
Lowry
Romain langasque

You're missing Westy

ozymandias10 · 19-10-2016 1:45pm

slave1 wrote: »

You're missing Westy

that's because he didn't list the vice captains

Rikand · 19-10-2016 7:21pm

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

European team
Rory, Rose, Stenson, Sergio, Pieters, Willett, Gmac, Noren, RCB, Jon Rahm, Lowry, Romain langasque

Some good ones in there. Dont think Langasque will be the French man. I actually I think there will be 2 frenchmen. Alexander Levy and Victor Dubuisson. I think Chris Wood will get back there again, he looks really good and I would expect Kaymer to make it on merit

Rory, Rose, Stenson, Sergio, Pieters, Kaymer, Dubuisson, Noren, RCB, Rahm, Wood, Levy

AnneFrank · 20-10-2016 8:35am

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I really hope not.I don't think I can listen to any more sh1te about him.

It seems everything he says and does is absolutely hilarious despite him not being entertaining at all.

but he's fat, has a funny beard and weird teeth ?
I totally agree with you by the way, and i think there will come a time when he realises he should let his golf do the talking, great to have a character but he tries, way, way, way too hard

plumber77 · 20-10-2016 8:46am

AnneFrank wrote: »

but he's fat, has a funny beard and weird teeth ?
I totally agree with you by the way, and i think there will come a time when he realises he should let his golf do the talking, great to have a character but he tries, way, way, way too hard

Agree as well. Seems a nice guy and all that but I don't get the star attraction. We will all have to go veggie and forget about The Beef.

mike12 · 20-10-2016 9:57am

Will rahm ever join the European tour or has he. Have a feeling all he wants is the pga tour.

LuckyGent88 · 20-10-2016 10:03am

ozymandias10 wrote: »

that's because he didn't list the vice captains

Yep, bang on

RoadRunner · 20-10-2016 3:00pm

AnneFrank wrote: »

he tries, way, way, way too hard

Seemed (to me) to be the yank fans that have warmed to him. He himself doesn't shout "beef" after he hit shots. He's not instigating attention his way. He's interviewed, gives his opinions & responds friendly to fans and that's it. Commentators make him out to be some cRaZy guy. But he appears to me to be focussed on his game, just with a different accent and build to most of the other guys.

AnneFrank · 20-10-2016 5:44pm

RoadRunner wrote: »

Seemed (to me) to be the yank fans that have warmed to him. He himself doesn't shout "beef" after he hit shots. He's not instigating attention his way. He's interviewed, gives his opinions & responds friendly to fans and that's it. Commentators make him out to be some cRaZy guy. But he appears to me to be focussed on his game, just with a different accent and build to most of the other guys.

don't get me wrong he's seems decent, even funny, but all the running around high fiving the crowds going from tee to green, doing way more interviews talking about being himself and other nonsense that has nothing to do with his game. I think he's been made a mug of personally by the media, but i'm sure he's raking it in through endorsements.
At what price though, selling your soul is never good. I'd say concentrate on your game and sign autographs and be nice when the round is done

HighLine · 05-12-2016 9:16pm

Thomas Bjorn to be named European captain for 2018 Ryder Cup

Rikand · 05-12-2016 9:30pm

No surprise there

rooney30 · 06-12-2016 12:04am

Rikand wrote: »

No surprise there

It's no surprise but it's a fairly uninspiring choice . Will be good for a few boozy nights out with Darren and co

Armchair Andy · 06-12-2016 12:06am

rooney30 wrote:

It's no surprise but it's a fairly uninspiring choice . Will be good for a few boozy nights out with Darren and co

Who should've got it?

Seve OB · 06-12-2016 12:53pm

rooney30 wrote: »

It's no surprise but it's a fairly uninspiring choice . Will be good for a few boozy nights out with Darren and co

what a stupid comment
do you really think all these guys are interested in is a piss up?

AnneFrank · 06-12-2016 12:59pm

i think it was the obvious choice myself with the mans experience, both playing and on the tour committee,
Seems like a chap all the players would get on with too, unlike Clarke

Dbu · 06-12-2016 5:08pm

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Who should've got it?

Thought the might have Jean van deVelde involved.

Seve OB · 06-12-2016 5:28pm

Dbu wrote: »

Thought the might have Jean van deVelde involved.

played once, 17 years ago, right after his open meltdown
wasn't picked to play at all, Friday or Saturday
lost his singles, actually he didn't just loose, he was walloped

has he ever featured as a vice captain? or done any sort of captaining at all?

why on earth would anyone think he should be captain?

slave1 · 06-12-2016 7:46pm

Think he meant "involved", not captain, a vice captain would be a good move, help with local logistics/profiling the event in France where I assume he is well known/language barrier etc

Armchair Andy · 06-12-2016 7:51pm

rooney30 wrote:

Nick Faldo, like Bertie Ahern he deserves a second chance Ã°Å¸Ëœâ‚¬

Sir Nicks boots are too big for France.

Dbu · 07-12-2016 11:53am

Seve OB wrote: »

played once, 17 years ago, right after his open meltdown
wasn't picked to play at all, Friday or Saturday
lost his singles, actually he didn't just loose, he was walloped

has he ever featured as a vice captain? or done any sort of captaining at all?

why on earth would anyone think he should be captain?

Captained the European team in 2011 Seve trophy. Paul McGinley captained GB&I

Seve OB · 07-12-2016 12:07pm

slave1 wrote: »

Think he meant "involved", not captain, a vice captain would be a good move, help with local logistics/profiling the event in France where I assume he is well known/language barrier etc

yea, well captain chooses the vice captains so considering he was only appointed yesterday there is plenty of time for him to choose vice captains down the road

could be a good choice for vice alright. he can teach the team how to choke and then they can do the opposite

sky88 · 07-12-2016 6:09pm

not sure on thomas being a good choice seems quite moody which could effect decsion making during the match. I think this was always on the cards though.

Rikand · 11-12-2016 7:48pm

sky88 wrote: »

seems quite moody .

He's perfect for the french so

LuckyGent88 · 11-01-2017 8:35pm

Jim furyk confirmed as the American Ryder cup captain for 2018.

Love will be a vice captain.

Thought it was going to be Stricker as he is captaining the presidents cup team this year.

dball · 18-01-2017 10:02am

http://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/38660767

paulos53 · 18-01-2017 10:27am

That would have seen Matthew Fitzpatrick missing out last year.

They have also decided to give a 50% weighting bonus to the events played in the last 3 months of qualifying. That makes the Masters much less important than the other 3 majors and more or less puts it on parity with the European PGA Championship

Also tournaments outside of Europe won't count in weeks when a Rolex series is on. Good news for the Irish Open if it remains in the series in 2018. Plus it will qualify for the 50% bonus points if it retains its new July date next year

Seve OB · 18-01-2017 10:57am

I'm not so sure the extra wildcard can be that good or even important. especially with all the other changes which look very good

Quintis · 18-01-2017 11:38am

Seve OB wrote: »

I'm not so sure the extra wildcard can be that good or even important. especially with all the other changes which look very good

I agree, I think the additional weighting for tournaments closer to the Ryder Cup will have a much greater impact, you want the guys with form playing over the guy who won two tournaments 12 months previously but is now off the boil for example

OffalyMedic · 04-10-2017 11:36am

Tickets go on sale today at 2pm for those who registered interest with code emailed to access tickets.

Prices as follows. (A-adult, C-child)
Tuesday 45A, 10c
Wednesday 45A, 10C
Thursday 80A, 10C
Friday 150A+C
Saturday 160A+C
Sunday 175A+C
Week 655A, 515C

MisterAnarchy · 04-10-2017 1:25pm

OffalyMedic wrote: »

Tickets go on sale today at 2pm for those who registered interest with code emailed to access tickets.

Prices as follows. (A-adult, C-child)
Tuesday 45A, 10c
Wednesday 45A, 10C
Thursday 80A, 10C
Friday 150A+C
Saturday 160A+C
Sunday 175A+C
Week 655A, 515C

I registered and got a code but don't think I will buy any tickets after mulling it over ,they are very expensive.

It's first come first served this year unlike others which were a lottery so demand is obviously lower.

OffalyMedic · 04-10-2017 1:29pm

MisterAnarchy wrote:

It's first come first served this year unlike others which were a lottery so demand is obviously lower.

MisterAnarchy wrote:

I registered and got a code but don't think I will buy any tickets after mulling it over ,they are very expensive.

Same here...still trying to decide what I'm going to do. might just get Thur tickets?? In queue at present just in case I do decide to purchase but yes they are very expensive tickets

fred funk }{ · 04-10-2017 2:50pm

Accomodation is really pricy lads.

MisterAnarchy · 04-10-2017 2:56pm

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Accomodation is really pricy lads.

Yeah and its a year away so this ID thing on tickets put me off .

I got through in the queue but didn't buy the tickets ,I got timed out when trying to fill in all the bloody details for each person,ridiculous .
Myself and the wife cant commit to definitely going ,and I dont think you can give the tickets to someone else due to ID restrictions ,especially with the terrorism alert in France so it might be for the best.

abff · 04-10-2017 5:16pm

Those prices are pretty hefty! I can't remember how much I paid for tickets for Valhalla in 2008, but I'm sure it was less than half that amount.

The price shown for the week is the total of the 6 daily prices. Is there no discount for buying a season ticket?

MisterAnarchy · 04-10-2017 5:29pm

abff wrote: »

Those prices are pretty hefty! I can't remember how much I paid for tickets for Valhalla in 2008, but I'm sure it was less than half that amount.

The price shown for the week is the total of the 6 daily prices. Is there no discount for buying a season ticket?

No reduction for a weekly ticket ,I think you actually get 6 daily tickets,which is ridiculous.

Tickets for the last Ryder cup in the US were $130 per day ,less than 100 euro at the time and there was a reduction for a weekly ticket.
They are 150 -175 euro per day for Paris ,similar to Gleneagles in 2014.
Its a corporate affair now .

Running Balance · 04-10-2017 6:21pm

How much were they for the K club out of interest - was there on Thursday as someone gave me their weekly pass

Rum Ham! · 04-10-2017 6:55pm

I ended up not buying tickets because my friend who was joining me wasn't fully committed and I didn't fancy being left stuck. I was going to get a couple of Thursday tickets but ended up not bothering either. Factoring in everything I felt it was going to get pretty expensive.

MisterAnarchy · 04-10-2017 9:08pm

Running Balance wrote: »

How much were they for the K club out of interest - was there on Thursday as someone gave me their weekly pass

They were alot cheaper

http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news05/ryder4.html

Four Day Series Ticket
(Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) -- 345 Euros

Two Day Series Ticket
(Thursday and Friday) -- 140 Euros

Two Day Series Ticket
(Saturday and Sunday) -- 220 Euros

Day Tickets:
Tuesday Practice Day Ticket -- 35 Euros

Wednesday Practice Day Ticket -- 35 Euros

Thursday Practice Day Ticket -- 45 Euros

Friday Ticket -- Day One of Competition -- 100 Euros

Saturday Ticket -- Day Two of Competition -- 100 Euros

Sunday Ticket -- Day Three of Competition -- 130 Euros

Running Balance · 04-10-2017 9:33pm

MisterAnarchy wrote:

They were alot cheaper

Who thought ireland could be reasonable

Rikand · 04-10-2017 10:58pm

Those are definitely Paris prices

MisterAnarchy · 04-10-2017 11:06pm

Rikand wrote: »

Those are definitely Paris prices

The prices in Europe are always higher than the US.
The US picks established famous courses whereas the European tour basically picks whoever will give them the most money .Its all about trying to make as much moola as possible .

aka accounts 2010 · 05-10-2017 1:33pm

Picked up 3 Saturday and 3 Sunday tickets yesterday. Total including shipping was €1,015 so €338 per person.

We also went to Gleneagles in 2014 on the Saturday and Sunday and it cost £268.50 each.

LuckyGent88 · 30-10-2017 4:17pm

Paul Casey confirms he will rejoin European tour for 2018. Will be a big boost to European team. Let's just hope he doesn't bottle it like he does in strokeplay.

Ronney · 29-01-2018 10:56am

Bit early to be starting this thread but sure why not.

I am booking a little golf holiday to coincide with the Ryder cup. Last time the Cup was held in Europe the tee times were as follows for the Fri/Sat

1st group 7.30 am morning and 13.15 afternoon. Given France is an hour ahead of GMT would I be right to assume aprox 6.30 and 12.30?

Planning my rounds to maximize viewing time

2018 Ryder Cup

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