October 01, 2010

Leakage And Rain Gear

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Look, they should have had Gore-Tex no matter how wretched the company may be. But I got to thinking tonight in watching some of the action again: have you ever seen a rainsuit that had a bunch of stripes, lettering and other stitching? Why of course not because that might compromise the thing.

October 01, 2010

Graeme: “We will save the partying for Sunday or Monday night"

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Nothing like a little bulletin board material...too bad no one will have any time to read it Saturday with a whirlwind of matches. Brian Keough reports:

October 01, 2010

Euros Continue To Tweet; Americans Remain Determined To Follow Captain's Orders

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Brian Viner at Celtic Manor reports on the Europeans killing time tapping away jabs on their phones while Americans, in particular, first day birdie machine Stewart Cink, surely would love to be sharing a few thoughts.

October 01, 2010

Eight Loopers Likely Spending Enjoyable Evening Running Hair Dryers On The Belding Bags

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Or maybe they leave that to the Celtic Manor bagroom boys? Either way...

Rick Reilly noted it and I'm sure we'll hear more about the problems American players and caddies had with the retro Belding tour bags

October 01, 2010

Reason 491 Why Players Hate The Ryder Cup Opening Ceremonies**

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Viral emails like this...anyone know where the photo came from and who took it? I'm sure it was an accident that the focus centered on the players instead of the performer!

October 01, 2010

"Blame it on the FedEx Cup!"

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Bob Harig on the reason we're playing in October in Wales.

October 01, 2010

2008 Faldo Flashback: "See you at Celtic Manor in two years and remember to bring your waterproofs."

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Oh how the archives can be so, so informative. From The Times:

October 01, 2010

Warning: Nauseating Details On WAG Swag

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Stephanie Wei tells us what the wives, girlfriend, future alimony recipients and other assorted life partners are giving each other at the Ryder Cup. I'm sure Elin really misses this.

October 01, 2010

NBC Forced To Show Saturday's Ryder Cup Live

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

So it appears ESPN is televising Saturday morning from 2:30-8 am ET. NBC is coming on live and going from 8 am-6 pm ET, then sticking with its original plan of live Sunday coverage from 4am ET until the conclusion of play.

Meanwhile the New York Times's Richard Sandomir is reporting that Monday play will be carried on USA Network. How retro!

October 01, 2010

Gore-Tex Wants To Let You Know They Aren't Beneath Kicking A Former Partner When It's A Little Down

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Gee, I only thought Jim McLean sent out unprompted "response" press releases.

Congratulations Gore-Tex, you now have people officially feeling sorry for Sun Mountain.

October 01, 2010

Revamped Ryder Cup Schedule Coming; Designed To Finally Justify Each Side Having Four Assistant Captains!

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

As I understand it, six foursomes matches will be in the next session, followed by four fourballs in session three, followed by two foursomes in session four, ended with twelve singles matches. Got that?

October 01, 2010

"What the suspended play really shows is greed."

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Michael Bamberger looks past the wet rainsuits and water-logged golf bags to get at the heart of the real issue here. The European Tour's selling of the Ryder Cup to the highest bidder.

October 01, 2010

PGA Of America Credit Card Spending Limit Tested After 20 Rainsuit Purchase @ $350 Each****

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

Well, let's just hope they used the AmEx Card and earned some Reward points!

October 01, 2010

Ryder Cup In Delay So U.S. Rain Suits Can Be Squeegee'd

October 01, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

So we've hit a delay once it became apparent Steve Stricker could not find a place to get casual water relief. But the real surprise came in the ESPN telecast when Mike Tirico revealed that the U.S. players were not happy with the functional qualities of their rain suits and that each gets FOUR, so they may have dry back-ups in their carts.

September 30, 2010

2010 Ryder Cup Day One Open Thread

September 30, 2010/ Geoff Shackelford

I'm watching live at 11:30 PM Pacific and loving it. Not sure how long I'll last but this is fun! Now I know what it's like to watch a major in Australia. Comment away!