I figured we were getting close enough to beating the pants off the Euros that we could start the official thread.
Assuming Furyk goes with the Pod System and that the Tuesday practice rounds were any indication of the pods, you have some interesting potential pairings.
Pod A: Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau
Pod B: Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson
Pod C: Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau
I'm surprised we are splitting up Spieth/Reed. I am scared about a Woods/Mickelson pairing. Looking at those pods I would put the partners as follows:
Reed/Mickelson; Woods/DeChambeau
Spieth/Thomas; Fowler/DJ
Watson/Simpson; Koepka/Finau
I really like pairing Koepka/Finau together and would be curious about the Spieth/Thomas duo. Mickelson/Reed and Watson/Simpson look weak.
The Euro Pods could shake out like this:
Pod A: Sergio Garcia, Alex Noren, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose
Pod B: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Thorbjorn Olesen, Paul Casey
Pod C: Tommy Fleetwood, Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter, Tyrell Hatton
I think a Poulter/Hatton pairing would be fun. They are both so amped up there could be some fireworks. Especially if you paired them with Reed.
Stenson/Rose could be a solid pairing.
I'm not sure how you would pair Pod B, but other than a Rory/Rahm pairing nothing in there overly concerns me. Of course that is probably the kiss of death and Olesen will go 5-0 this week.
What are your thoughts?
Assuming Furyk goes with the Pod System and that the Tuesday practice rounds were any indication of the pods, you have some interesting potential pairings.
Pod A: Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau
Pod B: Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson
Pod C: Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau
I'm surprised we are splitting up Spieth/Reed. I am scared about a Woods/Mickelson pairing. Looking at those pods I would put the partners as follows:
Reed/Mickelson; Woods/DeChambeau
Spieth/Thomas; Fowler/DJ
Watson/Simpson; Koepka/Finau
I really like pairing Koepka/Finau together and would be curious about the Spieth/Thomas duo. Mickelson/Reed and Watson/Simpson look weak.
The Euro Pods could shake out like this:
Pod A: Sergio Garcia, Alex Noren, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose
Pod B: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Thorbjorn Olesen, Paul Casey
Pod C: Tommy Fleetwood, Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter, Tyrell Hatton
I think a Poulter/Hatton pairing would be fun. They are both so amped up there could be some fireworks. Especially if you paired them with Reed.
Stenson/Rose could be a solid pairing.
I'm not sure how you would pair Pod B, but other than a Rory/Rahm pairing nothing in there overly concerns me. Of course that is probably the kiss of death and Olesen will go 5-0 this week.
What are your thoughts?