The U.S. team has struggled mightily on the golf course against the Europeans in recent years, losing nine of the last 12 Ryder Cups.
And when Phil Mickelson is running off about dominating and hitting bombs, he could be talking about his pingpong game and not his golf.
Still, at every Ryder Cup there’s talk about the U.S. players and their pingpong matches. The team that plays together bonds together, the theory goes, and if there’s anything the Americans are in desperate need of it is some good team bonding. On an analytics-driven team, there are no official stats from the table tennis matches. No devices measuring paddle speed or the smash factor of a paddle meeting ball, either.
Lefty, by all accounts, is a Ryder Cup pingpong Hall of Famer. But the best U.S. player over the years is said to be Matt Kuchar, who didn’t make this year’s team. No need to manufacture team spirit among the Euros. Not when it comes engraved on the invitation to join the team.
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