Top American Golfers: Who Makes the Team for the Ryder Cup?

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00:00So Smiley, let's give, let's start with the Americans are our four locks.

00:06Like who are, who are the guys that we just cannot afford?

00:09We've noted, I mean, Scott, we don't even need to say Scotty Schepler's name.

00:12I think it's fair coming out the conversation we just had about course fit.

00:15Bryson's in that group too for you.

00:17Yeah.

00:18Yeah.

00:19It's, it's, it's Scotty Bryson Xander.

00:23I know Xander hasn't had the year that he's been looking for, but his length is such a

00:27dang asset at this place.

00:29And of course he's a two time major champion last year.

00:32So Scotty Bryson and Xander and then Colin Morikawa would be the, the, the fourth guy.

00:38I know we just talked about it for 20 minutes about how we're looking for continuity from

00:43the guy, but this is the, I mean, he's, he's your ace in the hole when it comes to just precise

00:47iron game.

00:48So would, would you put, would you put just given and Colin's been great in team competitions,

00:53you know, where they won, but like if it's between Colin and JT over like who's going in

00:59the higher tier, who's going to lower tier, you, you still like calling in that top tier

01:02with Scotty Xander and Bryson and JT in that second tier.

01:07Yeah.

01:07Just because of JT's major record.

01:09Yeah.

01:10Yeah.

01:11I think that's a huge knock against his profile.

01:14You know, he's played really, really well over the last couple of years, but the majors

01:18has been a big time bugaboo, which is the most comparable type of pressure that you can

01:23compare it to.

01:23So if we have, again, Scotty, Bryson, Xander, Colin, and our absolute locks, they will be

01:31on the team.

01:31No doubt about it.

01:32Then does JT head that second tier for you, that guys that should comfortably make it.

01:37He is currently six on that qualification list.

01:40Yeah.

01:40You know, but just one step down from the lock, the lock group.

01:43I have can't lay in JT just kind of in that same spot right there.

01:48And I think, uh, I would put Russell Henley probably in that same deal to, um, can't lay

01:54JT Russell Henley.

01:55Is it fair to also say, given what you just said about course fit to Ben Griffin falls

01:59in that group or see more of a bubble group?

02:01No, I, I would put a, just, if we're going to continue to tear, I would say that I would

02:07say that those seven guys, I feel most comfortable about, uh, being on the team.

02:12And then actually I would, I think I would have to put JJ spawn.

02:18Right here with Henley, just because he's going to make the team, uh, make one of the

02:22soap and he's going to make it on points.

02:24He's, he's gone from bubble, not on the bubble to on the team.

02:28So he's, he has to be in that category too.

02:30So that's, that's eight right there.

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