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December 03, 2004
Are you qualified?: The US have changed the criteria for qualifying for their Ryder Cup team. "The new system rewards the game's hottest players," explained PGA of America president Roger Warren. I wonder who they'll get to decide who's hot and who's not...
Isn't that how they picked the US Men's Olympic basketball team?
posted by jasonspaceman at 09:47 AM on December 03, 2004
No - that was with pins on pieces of paper, wasn't it?
posted by JJ at 10:14 AM on December 03, 2004
The US has a basketball team??? Could've fooled me! Looks like a bunch of millionaires who shoot 30% from the field and 60% from the charity stripe. Shoot that at any playground and the all girl's middle-school team will OWN you.
posted by face73 at 11:02 AM on December 03, 2004
I like Europe's process: Europe changed its selection process two years ago, taking the five top players from world ranking points, five from the European Order of Merit and two wildcards.
posted by usfbull at 11:23 AM on December 03, 2004
Also hard to see Jimenez (face like a bag of spanners), Westwood (face like a robber's dog) or Clarke (face like a cartoonist's suicide note) getting picked. I absolutely love JJ's writing......
posted by smithers at 02:21 PM on December 03, 2004
Lucky for Monty that being "hot" isn't a requirement for a spot on the European team - having, as he does, "a face like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle." Also hard to see Jimenez (face like a bag of spanners), Westwood (face like a robber's dog) or Clarke (face like a cartoonist's suicide note) getting picked.