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Steve_ Shaffer

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Re:Do the American Players secretly not want to play in both Ryder Cup and Presi
« Reply #25 on: September 26, 2006, 11:10:47 AM »
I think that deep down inside the Euros would rather win the Ryder Cup than win a major. For the USA guys, it's vice versa.
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George Pazin

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Re:Do the American Players secretly not want to play in both Ryder Cup and Presi
« Reply #26 on: September 26, 2006, 11:26:08 AM »
I think this supposed secret desire is so secret that it is in fact non-existent.

The reason the US guys don't seem to want to play is because they get ripped in the press after any loss. The press can't accept the fact that the European team is very good and deserved to win. If there hadn't been The Incident at Brookline, I imagine the European press would have laid into their boys following that collapse as well, but fortunately for them, they had a rallying point instead.

Look at the difference between the US squad after the Presidents Cup down under (98, I think) and the US squad last year. After the former, people were wondering if the Presidents Cup would survive. No one after the last 2 seemed to think that.

And, I'm sorry, but taking a week every year to go play in an exhibition like the Ryder Cup or the Presidents Cup just isn't even remotely taxing for anyone. Any excuse of being tired or whatever is just that, an excuse. If we were winning, things would look a lot different.
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Mark Pearce

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Re:Do the American Players secretly not want to play in both Ryder Cup and Presi
« Reply #27 on: September 26, 2006, 11:38:30 AM »
Quote from: George Pazin on September 26, 2006, 11:26:08 AM

And, I'm sorry, but taking a week every year to go play in an exhibition like the Ryder Cup or the Presidents Cup just isn't even remotely taxing for anyone. Any excuse of being tired or whatever is just that, an excuse. If we were winning, things would look a lot different.
You really don't want to believe the evidence, do you.  Nearly every player that has played Ryder Cup in the past twenty years has said at some time that the most pressure they have EVER experienced has been on the first tee in that event.  Pressure makes the event taxing.  That pressure is the same for both sides (maybe it should be greater for the Europeans) so it's not an excuse for the US performance.
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George Pazin

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Re:Do the American Players secretly not want to play in both Ryder Cup and Presi
« Reply #28 on: September 26, 2006, 11:47:59 AM »
And how often do you see the players say they are too many majors, Mark?

We all face pressures in our every day life. Good Lord, there are doctors that face life and death decisions every day. It's golf. One of the reasons the European team seems to succeed is that they welcome the Ryder Cup pressure, not deflect it.
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