Team U.S.A. should have known it was in trouble in Rome when Luke Donald delivered part of his opening ceremony speech elegantly in Italian.
Walking into the fever pitch of Friday morning at the Ryder Cup and looking for the first victory on European soil in 30 years, captain Johnson chose to leave three men with 10 major championships on his bench.On the other side, Donald did the opposite, choosing to protect rookies and players he deemed vulnerable either by sitting them out Friday morning to avoid the wildness of the first tee chaos, or by pairing them with team leaders.
Donald did sit two major champions on Friday morning, but at least there seemed to be strategy to his decisions. Former U.S. Open champ Matt Fitzpatrick was left on the bench in the morning by captain Donald, who perhaps thought the young Englishman would be a little too anxious to try and wash away the bad taste of going pointless in his Ryder Cup debut two years ago.Article content
Justin Rose also sat out the morning session, but avoiding a 36-hole opening day makes sense for the 43-year-old 2013 U.S. Open winner.While Friday turned into a bit of a garden party for captain Donald, there was a report from Barstool’s Dan Rapaport that captain Johnson twice had to be asked by members of Team Europe to quit standing so close to the tee.
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