So the Ryder Cup

[Don Carlos]

Kicks off in the wonderful city of Newport on Friday...should be quite the event.

http://www.rydercup.com/2010/

Will anyone here be following it at all? I am off up to a Practice round on Tuesday to have a look around; I think it will be interesting and I will be sure to take a few snaps for you guys to see

I'd imagine TNF will be all over this?

[seremtan]

what do you find so exciting about golf? (serious question)

[Don Carlos]

To be honest, I have only just start playing but I enjoy the skill that it requires to play.

To hit a ball 200 yards with what is essentially a stick with a noble on the end and get it within 6 foot of a 4.25" hole consistantly is amazing, and very difficult.

If I play a sport then I can then appreciate people who are world class at that sport.

[fKd]

fully, but all top level sport is amazing by those standards.... right?

but i found out the same thing when i tried to play tennis, how those top level ppl play like that ill never know. humans sure do crazy things to pass the time

[shadd_]

Awesome for you.

I'll be watching on the TV.

Definitely take lots of picks.

Avid golfer btw.

[tnf]

I'll be watching it.

[Don Carlos]

I have just come back from the first day of practice; pics to follow

[Don Carlos]

So the pics...not amazing or anything but they are what I took with a standard lense with me 350d.

This is all my shit; pass, pack & program.


This was the car park where we were to be whisked up to the Celtic Manor; you are not allowed to drive to the event. Its all done on buses. Lucky for me this is about 20 meters from my house so no driving needed


Scoreboard showing where the players currently are; updated in real time etc so you could wander to see the players you wanted to see


Miguel Angel Jimenez & Martin Kaymer on the green at the 16th


Tiger Woods about to smash one out on the par 3 7th hole. Woods landed about 4ft from the hole with his shot.


One of the American team (Hunter Mahan I think...) getting out of a bunker


Johnson & Woods in a spot of pitching practice


And again...


Just caught Woods snatcing this one about 60 yards out from the pin. Ended up about 6" away from the hole!


Woods stolling by signing stuff for the crowds.


Team USA hit over the water and getting some chipping practice in.


Stopped off at a random bar for a cheeky pint


Back of the 17th Green


Trying to work out where this dude was from...


Club House & the 18th fairway


1st tee from the peak of the 18th


PGA & Internation Pavillion as well as the stage for the opening sing song with Shirely


Jim Furyk...crazy crazy swing on that dude...


Corey Pavin having a drive around


Rickie Fowler; The next big thing (?)


Phil Mickelson - quite red due to carying his massive wallet around with him


Dustin Johnson - Looked solid throughout practice

[losCHUNK]

you get a 1 day pass or for the week ?, i hate golf but gunna try and ninja in on saturday with a few cans, see what its about

and they fucked up Newport doing this so you bitches best be appreciative !

[Dukester]

Cool pics!

[Don Carlos]

1 day pass, the Saturday tickets are going for £150 at the moment so thats a no go for me.

Good luck in your ninja quest; I shit you not when I tell you security is tighter than an Airport there. Scanners, ticket checks, ID checks to varify your ticket and thats before you have gotten on the bus!

Bus pick up points are Llanwern, Tredegar Park & Monmouth

[losCHUNK]

should be alright getting in, staying in could be troublesome :/

for those of you visiting, Spoons have just started offering this on tap n all

[shadd_]

Nice pics DC you lucky dog.

[Don Carlos]

Love that Chunk

[tnf]

Damn - you lucky bastard. Nice shots.

[Don Carlos]

I think the USA got a "warm" Welsh weather welcome today....

[seremtan]

it's been slashing it down all over the UK today

[Don Carlos]

Interesting day today with the USA smashing some good points at the start of the day but us Euro's came back well

[Don Carlos]

So the Euro's have won the first 2 games of today after a very late start due to some typical Welsh weather...

Westwood and Donald smashed Tiger & Stricker by some margin and Rory & GMc have beaten Johnson & Mahan

Singles tomorrow then so a drawn out affair for this year Ryder Cup...luckily i predicted some poor weather so booked tomorrow off some time ago so I can catch all the action

[Don Carlos]

Fuuuuu---

This is going down to the last singles match...!!!! Awesome stuff...

[Don Carlos]

Come on GMac

[Don Carlos]

There we go...tense and awesome. Well played USA. Well played Europe. Well played Newport!

[Dr_Watson]

“Hunter Mahan put himself in that position today, Cink added. “He was a man on our team, to put himself in that position, all right? It's a selfish spot in the game of golf, and Hunter Mahan performed like a champ out there today. And I think it's awesome. Not many players would want to do that.”

hmm... except for the whole "winning" part of being a champ. GJ with the yankee-doodle-foot-in-the-mouth there buddy.

[tnf]

Well the singles went a lot better for us than I thought. Hunter Mahan in the last match? Although I see the strategy of getting the big guns out there early.

[SoM]

golf = boring