Ryder Cup

These teams look even to me on a European course set up with tight fairways.
The American players had solid years and are favored in France by about 2 to 1. 

The promising part for the USA is the youngsters.

• Reed, Koepka, and DJ are stout 
• Bryson maybe a superstar, but we haven't seen him interact with many people.
• Thomas has a  3-1-1 record in Presidents Cup and is best player in world in last year. 
• Phil has played better recently but usually splits matches
• Woods has always been a poor teammate
•  Bubba and Fowler have never found the secret.   
• Reed led the team in 2016 followed by Phil, Jordan and Brooks.  

Players with Ryder Cup Record.

1. Dustin Johnson 6-5
2. Justin Thomas     Rookie. No words needed. 
3. Brooks Koepka  3-1
4. Patrick Reed  6-1-2
5. Jordan Spieth 4-3-2 
6. Rickey Fowler 2-4-5
7. Bubba Watson 3-8-0
8. Webb Simpson  2-3-1 
9. Bryson DeChambeau  Rookie, maybe he will be able to handle the new Tiger personality. 
10. Phil Mickelson   18-20-7 
11. Tiger Woods      13-17-3
12. Open. (Tony Finau is favorite but don't they need a accurate driver and putter like Kisner. )

• Europe is loaded at the top.
• Rory, Rose,Rahm, will be hard to beat in any format.
• Poulter and Garcia never lose, even when they have bad years.
• Fleetwood - I think Fleetwood has become special
• Hatton is so fiery he may explode on the scene. 
• This leaves the unknown with Stenson and Casey who are both world class when right.
• No special feeling from Noren or Olesen. 
• The British Open winner, Molinari,  has never shown anything.

1. Rory McIlroy  9-6-4
2. Francesco Molinari 0-4-2
3. Justin Rose  11-6-2 
4. Tyrrell Hatton  Rookie  Wild Card  26 years old. 2 top 10s in Majors this year. 
5. Tommy Fleetwood  Rookie  Top 20 talent. 27 yrs old and can get hot. 
6. Jon Rahm  Rookie  Top 3 Talent.
7. Alex Noren  Rookie  Was great in 2016 but at 36 no wins in America. Played at OKLA ST
8. Thorbjorn Olesen Rookie - 1 win this year, average control player. 
9. Sergio Garcia    19-11-7
10. Henrik Stenson   8-5-2
11. Ian Poulter         12-4-2
12. Paul Casey         3-2-4

Two terrible Ryder Cup players as captains.
I do not like Bjorn picks leaving off Thomas Pieters. 

He and Rory were basically unbeatable. He only led the 2016 Cup in Points and finished 6th at the PGA. 

The Furyk picks were earned, all of these guys were close.

J