Golf Update: Ryder Cup 2010- Who will win at Celtic Manor
Clocks are ticking towards Friday, but who will win is the basic question. Here are few reasons which the bettors think will lead to the European success.
A goliath as a player, Colin Montgomerie can embellish his Ryder Cup prodigy by guiding his continent to victory at Celtic Manor this week.
Monty has a glorious history of never tasting defeat in eight singles matches against the United States and his presence was badly missed, when Nick Faldo's team were defeated in Valhalla in 2008. However, with the Scot returning in the role of captain
and surrounding himself by devotees of past Ryder Cup victories, such as Darren Clarke, Sergio Garcia and Paul McGinley, the Europeans portray themselves as an unstoppable team.
Marking the two sides man to man can be a hectic pastime but there is simply no doubt that, as a team, the Europeans outmatch their US competitors in terms of both current and course form.
The list of winners on the European Tour over the last four months is cluttered with members of Monty's team, a race initiated by Graeme McDowell here at Celtic Manor in early June. Moreover, while the decision to discard Paul Casey, a superb Ryder cup
player, was a big astound but at least it underlined the strength in depth of European golf, that Monty snubbed him in preference of a three-time major winner, Padraig Harrington.
Casey's omission was a sign of making the team larger than life. Despite Casey’s excellent form in the game, there was a lesson learned by the striker from past Ryder Cups that team spirit plays a huge part in the competition. Thereby, leaving a good player
out and taking an average player became part of the agenda.
Second edge pursued by the Europeans is the advantage of home ground. The Americans are visiting Celtic Manor for the very first time, whereas most of the Europeans have a good familiarity with the course, while many have even conquered it. As a token for
knowledge, the Twenty Ten course has been a host to three Celtic Manor Wales Opens in the past. To European advantage, ten players of the European team have played there with plenty of success. For starters, McDowell, he too was a part of Wales Open in this
season; Donald finished third, while both the Molinari brothers shared the top fourth spot. Jimenez and Fisher both finished in the top 10 while Kaymer was 12th in this year's event.
However, this is not it. Jimenez won on the same course in 2005,when it use to be the Roman Road course and two years earlier, Ian Poulter posted a victory at Wentworth Hills, whose layout consisted of nine holes which now are a part of the Twenty Ten.
This signifies that European team’s return to the Celtic Manor Resort will bring back memories and motivation for the coming weekend.
Owing it the past results of the last six Ryder Cups, five were won by the home team so history is certainly against the US anyway .But if the example of The Belfry is taken, then chances are that the US flies away with a victory. Dating back to 1993, the
European team had an edge of home ground moreover; five of their players already had couple of events marked on the same course, despite of their lost.
At the same time, when the American record is picked, we see when they play on a course with few players having relevance with the venue, the probability of the defeat increases. For instance, Valderrama in 1997, The Belfry in 2002 and the K Club 2006
give the evidence of the same inclination. As for now, the same scenario is in place at Celtic Manor, which means all signs point to Europe taking the Ryder Cup trophy.
This is it for our assumptions, as the results can be opposite as well and if they are, then good luck America.
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