@leifshair@PhilMickelson Go check the rules bud. Same rule applies for Team USA and was used by them in prior years. Team USA lost it in the pairs stages, but total respect for the individuals. That’s what we all want to see. Sometimes the rules go in your favour, sometimes they don’t.
@jwalker888@tommysnips@PhilMickelson No professional sportsperson wants to miss out. It was a shame for Hojgaard and English, and I’m sure Rasmus would have given just about anything to compete. It’s not a rule that’s applied often, but it’s the agreed solution.
@jwalker888@tommysnips@PhilMickelson The whole team shouldn’t suffer for one injury though. I’d be saying the same if it were a Team USA player too, as happened in 1991.
@golfgirlrobin@Penlav2@wckiwi@JoelMBeall It’s a “spirit of the game” rule that should remain. Hoping it doesn’t detract from what was an incredible battle between the greatest golfers on the planet.
@vince_burgh@9P0undHammered@Daniel_Rapaport Good call to have substitutes. All seems very bitter from the USA side at the minute. Seems to be a desire to overturn defeats by means of admin rather than on the field of play more often than not these days globally too. Pity. What a spectacle too.
@yesderry@9P0undHammered@Daniel_Rapaport It’s not a bad rule. I wouldn’t want to win it by being handed an unearned point. It’s the fairest way possible. That or just remove the point completely because the match didn’t take place.
@nhlhardo@Golf_Simon@GolfweekNichols The point being there wasn’t much commotion made then because it’s within the rules and the spirit of the game. Some people simply do not understand “the spirit of the game”. By the way, congratulations to both sides and to Team USA for making it the spectacle it was.
@jwalker888@tommysnips@PhilMickelson Not necessarily. Generally there’s a substitute and they play, but as already said it’s a tried and tested format. Possibly take 2 reserve players?