RYDER CUP HOPES AND STATISTICS !!!

Passions are rising both sides of the Atlantic !!!  Who is going to win, who will condemn either side to a fatal loss in one foul hit in the 2012 Ryder Cup in Chicago ?

Without wanting to judge or condemn any participant I invite readers to decide for themselves how they are prepared to bet on the result of the current Ryder Cup !!!

I have analysed the presentation of the two Ryder Cup teams in the British Press.  

1) Average age of competitors:
                                                  EUROPE: 32.7 Years
                                                  U S            34.4

2)Number of Ryder Cup Appearances of members of this year's team:
                                                  EUROPE:  26  
                                                  U S             28

3) Total Number of individual WINS - LOSSES of all the members of the 2012 teams in previous Ryder Cups;

                                                  EUROPE:  60 - 32
                                                  U S             40 - 59    

4) There is also another surprising statistic.  8 players of  the EU team have won more games than they have lost.  2 players have lost more than they have won.

In the U S team no player has won more games than he has lost, but 6 players have lost more games than they have won in the Ryder Cup.

On the whole statistics count for nothing on the day of a game.  In the past the EU team has been better in the Singles, whereas the US has been superior in the Pairs.

In the end every golfer, even hackers, knows full well that you've got to keep your nerve when the heat is on !!!

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