Ryder Cup 2012: Golfers That Need to Step Up Their Game

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Published: September 29, 2012

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The Ryder Cup is one of the biggest stages in golf, filled with pressure, intensity and high demand to perform.

While we all expected the veterans to be the ones to bring their A-game, it was the rookies who simply stepped it up. Four of the five rookies on the U.S. team provided the adequate help to propel them to a 5-3 advantage on opening day.

The Europeans—without the amazing effort by Nicholas Colsaerts, could have been shut out. Colsaerts made an incredible eight birdies on day one, and topped it off with an eagle as well.

One could say this list could be entirely comprised of the European team, but that'd be silly, especially with the news of the rapidly under-performing Tiger Woods being benched today for the first time in his career.

So who exactly is on the list of players in need of an improvement on day two?

Let's examine:

 

Phil Mickelson

Before I get bashed for this one and people say, "But Phil and Keegan Bradley won two matches on opening day!"

Well, that's partially correct.

Keegan won it for them. He is now 2-0-0 in his Ryder Cup career.

Lefty? After nine years at the Ryder Cup (a new American record), he has still yet to win two matches on day one. Also, his two wins on Friday matched his entire win total over the past two Ryder Cups.

Bradley had the crowd involved throughout the day with his focus, drive, fist-pumping tendencies and his affinity for man-hugging Mickelson. Lefty took the back burner.

As the pair looked as though they were losing steam around the eighth, the dynamic duo came back plodding along.

Phil's biggest moment of the day came when he slammed the ball two feet short of the cup on the par-3, 17th. It solidified the end of the match, but didn't solidify his place as superstar on his own team. That designation went to Bradley, as he became a star whe...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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