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Ryan Smither

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Turn the volume up for full effect.

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Step aside J.B. Holmes, I found my new favorite player this weekend: Jeff "Boom Baby" Overton.
 
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Yea, definitely lost any respect I had for him after that display. I was embarrassed to be an American while watching it. With this US team, it is very tough to pull for them, they just seem so dysfunctional.
 
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Yea, definitely lost any respect I had for him after that display. I was embarrassed to be an American while watching it. With this US team, it is very tough to pull for them, they just seem so dysfunctional.
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"Embarrassed to be an American" by watching a guy overreact to a holed 9-iron in the Ryder Cup? Talk about an overreaction. ;)
 
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It almost seemed like they overdid it on purpose. Bubba cracked me up when he was joining in.
All of the celebrations make me a little uncomfortable. When a guy pumps his fist when he makes a 4 foot par putt on number 3 it seems a little over the top to me. Save the celebrating for the last green. Every shot you hit is not "clutch" ( did you hear me Johnny Miller) at some point you are just playing golf.
 
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Ryan Smither said:
"Embarrassed to be an American" by watching a guy overreact to a holed 9-iron in the Ryder Cup? Talk about an overreaction. ;)
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Context is everything. If he'd holed that in a match against Ian Poulter, I'd have understood. Against Jimenez and Hanson, I'd say that was a bit OTT.

Having said that, this is why I love the Ryder Cup.

I can't really work up any irrational prejudices in any other medium. I have an unpatriotic disinterest in soccer.

But every 2 years I do like to see a team of fist-bumping, hollerin', high-fiving college boys come up against some old world europeans, quietly reflecting on each well-played stroke with a puff on a fine cigar, a modest acknowledgement of the applause and a couple of hummed phrases of something stirring by Beethoven or Brahms.

I miss Sergio...
 
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Given the host site, I believe the correct analysis was - he went mental.

Bubba and Jeff seem to wound a little tighter than the average tour pro. Probably equal parts adrenaline, anxiousness, and spaz have been pumping through their veins since Monday. The pair seem quite excitable - genuinely so. The artificial brand of celebratory nonsense is what I find over the top. I don't think this qualified.

My guess is, as kids, they did the same thing over the prize in their Lucky Charms.
 
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Hayes9801

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I can't say that I'm embarassed to be an American by Overton's display, and I'm glad he's motivated to win, I just can't imagine Bobby Jones reacting that way.
 
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