Has Bubba lost the plot??

http://faultymirth54.tumblr.com/post/7224540992/chubby-chandler-gives-bubba-watson-the-business

I was going to post about a similar subject at the weekend, after seeing Bubba whining about not liking France and generally acting like a spoilt brat.   Can't disagree about anything in the article at all.

However, I think that it actually goes a lot deeper than that, I'd even go as far as to say that US golf is reaching a crisis point - even though I don't think they even realise it.  Only 6 out of the last 18 majors have been won by US players, and two of those were Woods and one by Mickleson.  Now I wouldn't be stupid enough to write Mickleson off for the Open, but given the courses that US players play on on a regular basis can anyone actually say that there is one player that is capable of taming Sandwich, let alone being in contention?  It's no more than an alien environment to all but the older, more seasoned pros - most of which are well the wrong side of 40 now.

Compare that to the recent US open where the top half of the leader board was stacked with 'International' players (and interestingly some fairly poor performances from US based Europeans), and where the US amateur champion was actually in contention for a while, and that someone who is generally regarded as a European journeyman pro, Robert Rock, turned up and played, sight unseen and managed 23rd place.

So can anyone see who will take up the mantle for the US, or will they just retreat into their shells and ignore the rest of the world?

cannot argue the facts speak for thenmselves, i reside in florida for a fair chunk of year and general feeling around championsgate were coincidentally leadbetter basis himself and the majority of asian ladies live.... is that its too easy to make a real comfortable lifestyle by being average and not particulary succesful.... aiming to make cuts has been the aim rather than winning.... the FED EX race has only fermented that desire because of the rewards available from what is really an end of season play off.  Having said that i thinkMatt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson are close to a major break thru.... after that   the cupboard is pretty bare.

ian

I think he would have lost a lot of fans - Brendan Steele on the other hand will I'm sure be invited to play in many more events after not only playing well and finishing 7th, but also giving a very good interview with Sky Sports.

Hes a Disgrace as far as I'm concerned, i mean who dose he think he is, he is just an average golfer at best with no class who cant handle playing a difficult European course, hope he wont be playing in the 2018 Ryder cup, couldn't handle anymore of his crying...       

Some of the comments on your link Richard are jaw droppingly stupid, but I suppose it's par for the course for a lot of Shermans.  The problem is that they believe the world revolves around them and have no idea where Europe is, let alone France (please note that I don't mean this as an insult to the many US friends I have, they would be the first to admit they are embarrased by these Rednecks).  They can't see the inexorable rise of the European players, let alone the tide of Asians that will be hitting them soon - just look at the womens game.  Wouldn't surprise me if they started on US citizen only tours soon.

It's their loss, not ours.

You may be getting a little carried away here Tim. Bubba is only one guy and doesn't speak for all of America - did you see the complete contrast of Brendan Steele? Bubba has clear and open emotional problems - he used to be like this with the US press all the time.....you often hear how the commentators on CBS/NBC etc avoided him due to his "volatile" nature. It's taken him 10 years to get settled on the US circuit, so it was a bit of a culture shock to him. Although I think he did come across as a bit of an idiot - he is but one guy (and clearly a troubled one at that). The americans clearly do see the rise of the rest of the world as a golfing force and they are freuently discussing the collegiate systems and what they need to do to change it.

I thought Mark Roe's comments were spot on. They were watching the interview live & when it finished Mark said "the words Fruit & Bat" come to mind. Quality

Heard you the first time Floody.

Chris, my remarks were slightly tongue in cheek, I know Blubba is not representative of US golf at the moment - personally I think he represents everything that is wrong with their system at the moment, an 'ugly' golfers because he can hit it long and wide but get away with it, no subtlety.

I do hope that the USPGA sort themselves out soon, both in the way they bring on new talent and the way they lay their courses out.  At the moment the courses appear to be set up for monster sub-par scores rather than a true test of golf and if they actually make them harder, rather than just increase them in length they may begin to get some where, because at the moment if the Ryder Cup was this I could see Europe being almost capable of fielding a senior and a junior team, but I'd struggle to get a fully fit compliment of US players.

John

12 posts of the same thing, a bit OTT but I will not delete 11 of them because the last time I did it you had a go at me saying you meant to multi post?

TheLyth

David,

My work computer has a mind of it's own! I wish I had the ability the delete multiple posts at the same time (cough cough Darren!)

I don't recall having a go at you regarding multi post (was in tongue in cheek?)