Unexpected Turn in President’s Cup Golf Competition

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00:00And this really changes when I got up this morning, I started thinking about, all right,

00:07it's five knots and it's gonna be a blowout.

00:09You know, we're going to get all over we're for not playing Tom Kim today, we're going

00:13to get all over.

00:14Charlie, forget it.

00:15Well, I can say anything bad about weird because here comes the international team there.

00:19They are fighting back, you could say.

00:22This is so improbable, Mike, because if you look coming into this competition, if you're

00:26looking at the three different formats that are played, the four ball format, which many

00:32know is just better ball, best ball.

00:33When you play that at home, foursomes format, which is all shot, which is what they're playing

00:37today in singles.

00:39Historically, the internationals actually had a, had a two point edge in the four ball

00:44format that we saw played yesterday.

00:46The U S swept five zero and the foursomes format, the U S had a 37 point edge.

00:52They'd won 89 and a half points to the internationals, 52 and a half lifetime.

00:57And so to see it happen this way, where Mike Weir elects to play the four ball format first,

01:03thinking that's going to lead to an advantage, getting blanked on day one and have the internationals

01:07come out the way they've done in all shot.

01:10And they have a chance to go five on this session.

01:12I mean, I'm looking at Xander shop Lee and Patrick can't lay, who have been one of the

01:15stalwart U S pairings for years are seven down through 11 holes right now.

01:21They're about to shut this thing down.

01:22The 12th hole.

01:23It's crazy.

01:24Finished.

01:25Finished Charlie.

01:26It's over.

01:27That was completely done.

01:28And like you said, that's supposed to be their top thing.

01:31Like that was like a little bit of talk yesterday morning, right?

01:34Oh, why?

01:35Why they break up?

01:36Can't lay in shop.

01:37Like those guys play so well together.

01:38They played pretty good opposite away from each other yesterday.

01:42And then you put them back together for the alternate shot.

01:44I had a feeling though, Charlie, listen internationally, they weren't going to come out and roll over

01:48in this.

01:49Now I didn't think this would be going on.

01:52I thought there was a couple of groups today that could get a few points back for them

01:55with Matsuyama and MB in one of them.

01:57And I thought, you know, finally put in maybe a couple of Canadians together with Corey

02:02Connors and Mac use that might also, especially against what maybe would be perceived as one

02:07of the weaker U S groups, just because of how maximum was played recently.

02:11But I definitely didn't see this.

02:13So this, these odds have changed too, Charlie, I think last night when we left and it was

02:18five, Oh, I saw USA at minus 1800 to win the president's cup.

02:25Basically a done deal live right now, as we speak minus three 20, which is I think Charlie

02:30right about back to where it was pre-tournament.

02:32So we're on here, baby.

02:34We might have ourselves a weekend.

02:36We really might.

02:38And I think it's the thing to me that's interesting about this competition is heading into it.

02:43The storyline was if the internationals don't win this thing or make this competitive, we

02:48have to look at a total format overhaul.

02:50We have to look at, you know, changing, uh, maybe making it a mixed competition.

02:53A lot of people talked about in past years, getting the women involved.

02:57We need to maybe talk about changing the number of matches per session to mirror, like what

03:01the Ryder cup does instead of doing a four day competition with five matches on day one

03:05and two, kind of shrinking it to a three day, um, just a lot of chatter in that sort of

03:10direction.

03:11Then of course you open up with a five zero U S lead and wonder, okay, what like, you

03:17know, coming out of this, we're gonna have to fix this thing.

03:19We can't keep doing it this way.

03:21And I think that psychologically that has to have some sort of impact on both locker

03:26rooms.

03:27Like for the U S it's, you expect to win, you go out, you win in this fashion, the first

03:31session and you're kind of thinking, all right, you know, the Ryder cup is the one we care

03:35about more.

03:36It's the more difficult, the two competitions we can kind of sleepwalk through the rest

03:39of this thing and get it done.

03:40And we're going to be fine.

03:42Now you've got a real competition going.

03:44I mean, I know we saw a little bit of fireworks yesterday between Scotty Sheffler and Tom

03:47Kim, and that was hopefully going to get things going a little bit.

03:50And it didn't happen in that four balls or the four ball session yesterday, but now it's

03:55just pure old competition.

03:56It's like, you don't need me.

03:57That was fireworks because you're getting your butt whooped and you've got to come out

04:00and get this thing right.

04:01Cause it, you know, a loss is going to be tough for them.

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