Simpson hit the first shot of the contest – a skied fairway wood that barely went 150 yards! He and Watson were soundly beaten 5&4 by their opponents, with Simpson then sat down until the Sunday singles. After being selected for Gleneagles, Simpson and Watson played in the top match on Friday morning’s fourballs against Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson. On the eve of the picks being made, Simpson lobbied his captain for a pick at 4am stating how much he wanted to make the team and right the wrongs from Medinah, citing his strong record alongside Bubba Watson who had qualified. Having finished the points race down in 15th, Simpson was a controversial pick for Tom Watson ahead of Billy Horschel and Chris Kirk who were dominating the FedEx Cup playoffs at that time. Simpson was 1 up on the 8th when he flat out shanked his tee shot at the par 3 hole, and never truly recovered, losing the match by 1 hole to record a 2-2-0 performance for the week that saw the US stunned by a European comeback on Sunday. With the US 10-6 up, Simpson was placed 2nd in singles and faced European talisman Ian Poulter who had performed heroics the night before. They led the US out in both Saturday sessions too: losing in foursomes by 1 hole to Ian Poulter and Justin Rose, but bouncing back with a 5&4 fourballs victory in the afternoon against Rose and Francesco Molinari. Love III rotated his team throughout, so nobody played 5 sessions, meaning Simpson’s pairing sat out the first morning’s foursomes, but they went out in the top fourballs match that afternoon, riding a wave of emotion in beating Paul Lawrie and Peter Hanson 5&4. Having appeared in the previous year’s Presidents Cup and playing to well with Bubba Watson, the pair resumed their partnership in Chicago – and lead the USA out in all sessions as they did in Australia. ![]() Simpson captured the 2012 US Open at Olympic Club to book his ticket for Davis Love IIIs incredibly strong side at Medinah. He’s one of the tours most accurate drivers, and so will surely feature in the more demanding foursomes discipline at Whistling Straits. Seen as an easy-going player, he’s always been partnered in Ryder Cups alongside fellow Christian and PGA Tour bible study group partner Bubba Watson, but would no doubt pair easily with anyone for Steve Stricker. ![]() He’s made 3 Ryder Cup teams, and given interesting accounts of himself in all of them – for differing reasons. He’s an accurate enough driver, but a premier iron and wedge player, and is now a better putter than he ever was using his original belly putter method. He is now comfortably one of the world’s top golfers, and potentially the most devastating in the game from the fairway onwards. ![]() Webb Simpson is a golf re-born after moving to an arm-locked, claw-gripped putting style helped revitalise his game after the banning of anchored putters saw him completely lose form after 2015.
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