HAVEN, Wis. — I must admit: As GOLF.com’s resident European (and therefore resident European Ryder Cup fan), it feels like Americans are being a little pessimistic about their chances.
The U.S. team has won two of the last three Ryder Cups contested in the United States (and the one they didn’t win required a historic comeback from the European team), and then this statistic popped up on Golf Channel immediately following after Friday pairings were announced: Since 2008, the U.S. is an astonishing 17-7 in the opening Ryder Cup session. That’s European-level dominance!
Of course, the United States only prevailed in two of those six scenarios. The issue historically has been the U.S. team’s struggling with the foursomes format, but there’s even a golden lining to that news: The last time the Ryder Cup kicked off with foursomes, the U.S. swept the session and won the Ryder Cup.
Good news for Americans? We’ll find out.
