In the week since the crushing Ryder Cup loss of the American team is for Europe, a number of theories have surfaced in terms of who – or what – is to blame. One recurring theme: The green speeds at Bethpage Black.
In the press conference of the American team on Sunday, the American captain Keegan Bradley admitted that he “made a mistake” with his course resource guidelines-including the storage of T-pieces and the decrease of the famous Gnarly Ruw of Bethpage-Die played unintentionally in the advantage of Europe.
Another problem? “The greens were as soft as I ever saw greens without raining,” said Bradley. “Especially here it can be pretty sturdy and they are never firmly captured. We didn’t want the Greens to be so soft.”
“We had to make more putts,” said Captain’s Pick Justin Thomas, who went 2-2-0. “That is what Keegan needed; he needed us to make more putts.”
While Bradley refused to blame everyone except himself for the issues of the Americans, Vice -Captain Jim Fury said that American players doubt that the Greens were running at the requested speed of 12.5 on the stimper meter.
“We were told that they were 12 and a half on the stimmer,” Furyk said this week at the PGA Tour champions before the Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament. “I think that was the request. We were told that they pronounced that in the morning. Our players did not think that they achieved that one by one. I had no stimpy in my hand to actually confirm it, nor was I allowed to hit a putt like a vice captain. That’s a rule. So I can’t tell you because I couldn’t get put.
“Boys had a hard time getting puts in the hole and it seemed to be a bit glued,” Furyk continued. “I think the request was always there to set up the golf course with less rough, but I also think the Greens would be firmer. I know that we had some rain halfway through the week, but they were really, very soft when we arrived. So that’s probably a bit. It’s not how we looked at the golf course.”
Faster greens should have played the benefit of the American team.
“I think we are historically playing faster greens on the PGA Tour then [the Europeans] Doing [on the DP World Tour]”Said Bradley after Saturday’s four-ball session, who won the Europeans 3-1.” Of course the Greens are clear when we open their British, considerably slower than what we play in an average week. I think that as British open, they are about 10, 10 and a half, maybe 11. For us, if we play faster greens, they generally accelerate the way the week continues [and] The weather is good. That is normally what happens. “
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