Yes, it is nonetheless 18 months away and we are nonetheless speaking about it..
You probable heard the modern-day controversy concerning the Ryder Cup -- this is, the truth that the 2015 Fall Series occasions don't rely towards the factors totals on the Ryder Cup Qualifying List. Since I do not without a doubt have a dog in this combat, I notion I'd examine some of the things that have not been stated...
Or at the least I haven't heard them.
Tim Finchem is now on file, saying that he "whiffed" by not insisting on the Fall Series contributing factors. Phil Mickelson is also on file for announcing that this become approximately getting the best crew, not stroking the sponsors' egos. (I'm ignoring all the different stuff Phil stated, as it was irrelevant to the Ryder Cup trouble.)
So who's proper?
Ironically, I locate myself agreeing with John Feinstein, who told GC that he thought points had been a useless problem besides. Here's my take on the device:
First, I do not think Finchem "whiffed," he is just working on a exceptional timeline than the Task Force did. The system is (for now) installation so that factors are presented by year, no longer season. In 2015 the points are simplest provided on the big occasions like majors and WGCs, while each event in 2016 gets factors. This offers factors typically during an eight-month duration, meaning the most up to date players will get factors.
If you want to get the hottest gamers, eight months may also nonetheless be too long; 6 months might be higher, 3 months even extra so. However, you'll want a higher system than factors to split the satisfactory gamers over such a short span. Feinstein suggested 12 captain's choices, and that would probably be the simplest way to get it performed... However nobody's going to move for that. There would be too many accusations of favoritism.
Bear in mind that only 8 players will automatically qualify. Essentially the 8 players who top out on the points list will likely be the players who would have made the team anyway, whether by points or by captain's choice. The remaining 4 choices will literally be the hottest players, who probably wouldn't have enough points even over a 2-year period. That's a full third of the team. I suspect the Captain will look at play during 2015, particularly the Fall Series, to help him determine which of the hot players might be more likely to stay hot because of more consistent play over time. It's just that such early play won't skew the points away from the hottest players at Ryder Cup time.
Of course, the PGA has stated that this is simply the gadget in order to be used for the 2016 Ryder Cup, and that it is going to be analyzed after the occasion to see how effective it become. Then the machine may be tweaked if necessary, which feels like a levelheaded approach to developing a machine from scratch.
In different words, that is a non-difficulty. All it's going to do is provide ammunition for individuals who say the Task Force turned into an emotional reaction to but every other US loss. This could get old actual short...
But don't worry. We'll have a brand new difficulty to debate next week. After all, there may be nonetheless 18 months to fill before there may be any real records to investigate... Or even if no one else has whatever to mention, I'm positive that Phil will give us something new very quickly. ;-)
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