Rookies ready to step into Ryder Cup pressure cooker
will be at a distinct disadvantage when play canada goose begins on Friday, sending out four rookies to face a European lineup that will include just one first timer. Ryder Cup team members (front, L R) Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, captain Davis Love III, Tiger Woods, Keegan Bradley and related website (back, L R) Zach Johnson, Webb Simpson, Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker and Jason Dufner pose for a team photo during the 39th Ryder Cup golf matches at the Medinah Country Canada Goose Jackets Club in Medinah, Illinois, September 25, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes
It could be considered wildly misleading to classify Brandt Snedeker, who on Sunday stared down golf best to pocket a $10 million bonus as FedExCup champion, and major winners Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley as rookies.
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All 12 members of each side at Medinah Country Club have won tournaments around the world but nothing compares to the sheer thrill and heartbreak of the Ryder Cup.
Self employed contractors, the Ryder Cup team concept is a foreign one to golfers, who Canada Goose Outlet suddenly find themselves saddled with the weighty expectations that come with playing for team mates and country.
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the first hour, when you put your suit on, you get into the Canada Goose Online plane, you realize how big of a deal it is, said Colsaerts.
have a lot of very experienced players in the team, so when you get to hear discussions between Sergio (Garcia), Luke (Donald), (Lee) Westwood, (Ian) Poulter, (Jose Maria) Olazabal, it certainly discussions that you don really get a chance to be involved in as a regular human being.
that way, I feel the intensity building up very quickly. You realize how much it really means to those guys and how much they are very hungry after it. You know you playing for the flag and you know you playing for the team. locker room. captain has pounded into his players the need to have fun and so table tennis has become a favorite way to relieve tension this week.
But mostly Love will be counting on canada goose uk outlet Ryder Cup canada goose uk shop veterans like Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk to steer the newcomers in the right direction and keep them from being crushed under the immense expectations.
guys bring a lot to the team room, said Snedeker. guys lead in two completely different ways. has got a quiet confidence about himself and will give you tidbits here and there.
is more of a cheerleader, pumping you up kind of guy, and Steve (Stricker) and Jim have been great, too.
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Mickelson, who has more Ryder Cup experience than Canada Goose sale any other member buy canada goose jacket cheap of the canada goose black friday sale American squad playing in his ninth event, sees a huge upside to adding some new blood to the mix.
need that excitement, that energy that the rookies provide as much as they need a little bit of guidance as to what to expect for all of us to play our best golf, said Mickelson.
