The picks are almost in for the American squad. Shout out to our newest poster, Buck, for his contribution.
Golf Chanel has a special called the Famous Five. Great Britain and Ireland last won the cup in 1957. In 1957 and 58 the following golfers were born in Europe
Seve Ballesteros
Nick Faldo
Sandy Lyle
Bernhard Langer
Ian Woosnam
All would be major champions and would form the guts of the squad that saved the cup and turned the tide against America
Jack lobbied for the inclusion of Europe for the 1979 Cup which is when these guys were making their mark as young guns. Seve was first to break through winning the Open and Masters. He was the heart and soul of Europe
US won in 79 and then in 81 Seve was beefing with the Euro Tour for paying Americans to show up but not him. He was the Euro tour. So he sat out and the US won by 10
In 83 Tony Jacklin was named Captain and Seve was back and it took Lanny Wadkins birdieing the 18th at PGA National for a one point victory. That was the last great US team. Nicklaus, Watson, Miller, Floyd. Larry Nelson. Tough guys.
From that day forward the US has always been overvalued and the Euros undervalued.
They won at Belfry in 85 then shocked Jack at Muirfield Village and it was on. This is why 1991 was so huge.
Since then the US is always favored and the Euros win 81% of the time.. World rankings are meaningless. And even more so now with LIV guys not ranked anymore.
Morikowa and Cantwin aren't getting it done. Book it
