[ad_1]
Golf rankings are impossible. Let's start there There is so little difference in the top 10, 15 or 20 golfers in the world that it's almost impossible to separate them based on anything other than "that's what I feel at a given moment about this player ". Golfers move up and down the official world ranking with fluidity based on past performance and current form, and it becomes difficult to correctly determine a golfer's quality in a given week.
With this warning of the size of Dustin Johnson, I will rank the 24 golfers participating in the Ryder Cup this week. I rank them according to a variety of inputs, including (but not limited to) the current form, past performances in major events, past performances in the Ryder Cup and my perception of their desire to perform on the biggest stage of golf. Let's jump right away
1. Brooks Koepka – USA (Ryder Cup record: 3-1-0): How does this contrarian taste? It's delicious, is not it? Listen, I know that Koepka has just finished four times in the Tour Championship, but all the evidence we have on him indicates (a) that he's awesome in the biggest tournaments and (b) he's a golfer of 39; elite. He has also won as many major tournaments this season as the other 23 players gathered at this event.
2. Patrick Reed – USA (6-1-2): I can not stress how absurd it is for his Ryder Cup record to be 6-1-2. It is impossible! The defending Masters champion is essentially the American Ian Poulter (younger version) … but better.
3. Justin Rose – Europe (11-6-2): He finished three times in the top five on the PGA Tour and had 5.5 points in the last two Ryder Cup games. As long as the pins are not in the middle of the greens, it will be a force.
4. Rory McIlroy – Europe (9-6-4): His series of not losing a singles match at the Ryder Cup ended in 2016 when Reed got rid of him late, but he comes to Paris knowing that he has to repeat his performance Hazeltine and have finished in the last seven of his last six games. events.
5. Justin Thomas – USA (0-0-0): Our first recruit. Thomas went 3-1-1 to the Presidents Cup last year and he needs the brightest spotlights. I am delighted to see what he reserves for the right people in France. I have the feeling that they will find it unpleasant.
6. Dustin Johnson – USA (6-5-0): He has tinkered more than Padraig Harrington in recent weeks, but D.J. was clearly the best golfer on the PGA Tour all season and finished in the top three five times (!) In his last 10 events.
7. Tiger Woods – USA (13-17-3): His Ryder Cup record stinks, but his 2018 is impossible to ignore. I'm glad to see him join Reed or Thomas or Bryson DeChambeau … or Phil Mickelson on a team he does not feel he has to cross the finish line.
8. Bryson DeChambeau – United States (0-0-0): Yes, I will go there. How do you say "the dogleg is an acute angle" in French?
9. Tommy Fleetwood – Europe (0-0-0): I think he's going to be a crusher of souls on the course where he won the France Open in 2017. The Thomas Pieters of this year's Ryder Cup.
10. Jon Rahm – Europe (0-0-0): His form was not ideal (a top 10 since May), but I could have been convinced before the month of May that he was going to go 6-0-0.
11. Webb Simpson – USA (2-3-1): I'm in. I think his perception of reality could be the hardest of all the competition. He was struck off as a responsibility for the United States when the reality is that his Ryder Cup record was average (not great), and he had one of the best seasons of the competition. Bring me your pitchforks and torches, and I'll ride with Simpson taking at least two points in Paris.
12. Rickie Fowler – USA (2-4-5): The record is not great, but it was really good for stretching at the BMW championship and the championship. It looks like he'll be playing either with D.J., J.T. or Jordan Spieth (who obviously helps!).
13. Jordan Spieth – USA (4-3-2): I do not know what to do with Spieth. It is genius in terms of generation, which means that it can probably switch the switch to any event. Yet this year has been ugly by its standards. I think getting into the team room with a handful of the best players in the sport watching him say, "You're the guy" will be good for his psyche.
14. Henrik Stenson – Europe (7-7-2): No top 10 since the US Open, and he fights injuries throughout the season. I respect the story, however, that's why I have it so well.
15. Francesco Molinari – Europe (0-3-2): I respect this Claret Jug. Less his story at this event. He had an epic season, but the Ryder Cup is such a button that I'm not sure it matters.
16. Paul Casey – Europe (3-2-4): No top 10 on the PGA Tour since June. Many golfers in this tournament started the year on fire and died late. Casey is one of them.
17. Ian Poulter – Europe (12-4-2): He made a silly prover career like me, but I think the dirty little secret of this European team is that Poulter is not what he once was. A top 10 since April, and he went 0-1-2 to Gleneagles, including a split point with Simpson.
18. Tony Finau – USA (0-0-0): You could legitimately claim that he is the hottest golfer on the planet, even though he did not win. Seven top 15 in his last 10 events, and I think he's thirsty for the ball (which counts). Among his last 28 rounds on the PGA Tour, 22 (!) Took place in the 60's.
19. Phil Mickelson – United States (18-20-7): I realize that the performance of the Tour Championship was putrid, but two of his last four events were the top 20, and he will not be asked to do too much in Paris.
20. Sergio Garcia – Europe (19-11-7): Even if I type this, I regret to have it here. He is obviously one of the best to have ever participated in this event, and I think it can be revived. It's hard to overestimate its shape, though. I had the same number of top 20 as on the PGA Tour starting in April.
21. Tyrrell Hatton – Europe (0-0-0): I do not know how it will happen. Everything is at stake. It could be Rafa Cabrera Bello. It might be Andy Sullivan. He could miss his first tee shot. He could win the Ryder Cup. I believe all that.
22. Alex Noren – Europe (0-0-0): It gets a bit silly when you get to that point on the list. I rank the world No. 18 at the 22nd rank of this Ryder Cup.
23. Thorbjorn Olesen – Europe (0-0-0): It seems like he can go back to Rory for the first few days, but 6,500 spectators at the first start are not the easiest way to navigate your first Ryder Cup.
24. Bubba Watson – USA (3-8-0): Shallow (a top 10 since June), a bad record of the Ryder Cup (3-8-0) and frustrations on the road (a point scored in two Ryder Cup outside the United States) s' add to Watson who finishes last of this list.
[ad_2]
Source link
