"Ryder Cup week boys! I wonder what the O/U is on NY fans being ejected from the venue for behavior?" Well, they warmed up yesterday. Gov. Hochul made and appearance and they roundly booed her.
Bethpage would get my vote for the permanent US venue! Imagine the home course advantage we'd have by holding every Ryder Cup on our side of the pond at Bethpage....free beer included
Played Bethpage a number of times (the had 5 courses) but only played the Black once. It was in my 20's and my golf game was pretty bad. We arrived there and the shortest wait on the other 4 courses was about 4 1/2 hrs. (The smart locals get up early sign up go home and go back to bet or have breakfast and come back hours later) Black was only 1 1/2 hrs. so....what the hell! It's a miracle I didn't quit golf that day. What a torture. I see that they still have that warning sign telling golfers it's a difficult course. No s@it!
We have the morning 4 somes pairings. Bryson/JT vs Rahm/Hatton ..on paper edge to USA Scheffler/Henley vs Aberg/Fitzpatrick ....USA Morikawa/English vs Rory/Fleetwood ...Europe Xamder/Cantlay vs MacIntyre/Hovland ...Toss up. We need the Scottie who has won so much the last 2 years, not the one that showed up on Rome 2 years ago.
Interesting, the Golf Channel guys have said the setup has been softened, wider fairways and shorter rough.