Rory McIlroy Randomly Daggers U.S. Ryder Cup Team With Funny (And Painfully Accurate) Jab
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2019-10-24
By CHRISTOPHER POWERS, Golf Digest
Following the American Ryder Cup team's impressive victory in 2016 at Hazeltine, the feeling was that the U.S. was set to dominate the biennial competition for years to come. After 20 years of European domination, finally the American side was prepared to exact a decade's worth of revenge. Then, the 2018 Ryder Cup happened.
Europe's beatdown of the U.S. in Paris, their ninth victory in the last 12 Ryder Cups, immediately flipped the narrative back to "the U.S. can't beat Europe," "Europe has better team chemistry," "where's the pod system when you need it," etc., etc. In reality, it's not all that complicated. You can question the captain's picks, the pairings, the points system and whatever else all you want, but the fact is for a few days every two years, Europe outplays the U.S. Pretty simple.
Leave it to Rory McIlroy to echo this sentiment ahead of the ZOZO Championship in Japan. Two days removed from an appearance in "The Challenge: Japan Skins," the Northern Irishman met with the media at Accordia Golf Narashino CC, and he was asked why he thinks the U.S. team's Presidents Cup dominance doesn't translate to the Ryder Cup. His short answer was both funny and painfully for the U.S., accurate.
"They're not playing Europe in the Presidents Cup?" said McIlroy.
Ouch.
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