00:00Europe is 18, 20, and 11 in the four ball, and they're 11, 15, and 6 in the singles.
00:12Now, they have a very positive record in foursomes.
00:15This is the one that just blows you away.
00:17They're 30, 15, and 2 in foursomes, Europe is.
00:21That's staggering.
00:22Since 1995.
00:23That is staggering.
00:25Crazy.
00:25I mean, it's one of those things where, you know, and there's a lot of talk about why that is, and is it a camaraderie thing?
00:32Is it, you know, people talk about, is it because they play for the love of the game, the Americans want to get paid, et cetera, et cetera.
00:38And you can probably chalk it up to a lot of intangible factors.
00:41But, I mean, that is, that's what I'm curious to see.
00:43Like, we're getting started with foursomes, so Bethpage can be in a hole early if you're an American.
00:46I know.
00:47How about this?
00:47Rose and Rory are 14, 7, and 2 combined in foursomes.
00:51You don't think of Rory as much of a player that would be overly successful in the foursomes.
00:57Obviously, he's really good at golf, so it shouldn't matter.
01:00But I found that very interesting because his record in that format is better than his four ball, which you would think would honestly four ball.
01:10The amount of birdies that he would make in his distance, you would assume that that would be his better of the two.
01:14That is one that you almost, you got to think into it a little bit, but not too much.
01:20Because I think a lot of it is when they, when the Europeans lose, like at Whistling Straits, you know, they're losing by large margins in those other formats.
01:29And when they win, you know, it's trying to kind of chalk up how big were the wins and how bad were the losses.
01:35But that's pretty wild to think that, and then, and that span of time, they're the ones that have won the away Ryder Cup.
01:42So really, the formula's working for the Europeans.
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