Darddog's Attack Plan for the Ryder Cup
I hope you all get as excited for the Ryder Cup as I do. Team and match-play are my favorite types of competitive golf, and the Ryder Cup combines both of them.
If you are unfamiliar with the Ryder Cup format, I would advise starting off with Notorious/STLCards’ article that gives you the basics on what is going to go on this weekend at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, Italy.
I’ve always enjoyed Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup DFS offerings, so I decided I would use slightly the same format for this article that I do for CFB. First I’ll look back at the last two Ryder Cups (2018 and 2021) and see if those give us any kind of data we can use to our advantage for this year’s event.
As always, I’ll give you exactly how I plan on attacking this slate using game theory. I think it’s very important in this format to build lineups based on how you think these matches go and that affects how many rounds golfers play and who they’re paired with.
Let’s dig in.
2018 Ryder Cup (Paris, France)
Europe 17.5 – USA 10.5
It’s funny when you compare the last two Ryder Cups, as they were both beatdowns. The 2018 edition at Le Golf National saw the USA win three of the first four matches and then proceed to get boat-raced by the Europeans.
If you remember that Ryder Cup, the first thing that comes to mind is the “Moliwood” team of Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari. They went 4-0 during the group sessions for Europe, and Molinari finished off Phil Mickelson in singles to complete the elusive 5-0 record.
If you can find the Moliwood pair this week, you will likely be sitting in a great spot come Monday. The problem, of course, is how can you identify who’s going to do that.
A couple of DK notes on the 2018 event
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