Underdog USA leads in the Ryder Cup

Today was the kickoff of the Ryder Cup between the USA and Europe. USA comes in somewhat inexperienced except for a few players and they are missing Tiger Woods. Missing Tiger woods? Can they actually win without Tiger Woods? And to add more to that, they come in as underdogs, on our own turf!

Despite all of those factors leaning against the USA, the fans were cheering and screaming "USA!" "USA!", which is a first time in quite awhile that a Ryder Cup has been so electric. A lot of the fan excitement had to do because of Boo Weekley. Every time Boo would step up to tee off, he would only here boos screaming from the crowd. But these were not your normal boo's as you would yell towards an opposing team, these were boo's that not only energized Boo Weekley, but he also encouraged by lifting up his arms to let the crowd know to cheer even more. This also energized the entire American team. He even seemed to charge up Phil Mickelson which all of us have been wondering, where has this been during the PGA?

Also the europeans did not take well to Boo encouraging the crowd to cheer, as they claim that it disrupted the flow of the game. Well, it is a big rival sporting event and not to mention it is here in America. Seriously, come on boys, why would we not want to cheer for the home team? Because you guys do not like it and it disrupts the flow of the game? Man up, you are supossed to be professionals. The best in the world. Deal with it. I am so impressed with Boo Weekely. This guy is not afraid to show emotion and actually get the crowd involved. The only other golfer I have really seen this in would be Tiger Woods. And with him missing, this is absoltuly wonderful to see Boo doing this.

Apparently it is good to be the underdog in this event. USA has been the favorite over the years and have lost. Now they come in as the underdog and lead 5½-2½ after the first day. It was also a pretty historical day. First time the U.S. has led any Ryder Cup at any time, since 1999. First time the U.S. has led after the opening day since 1995. First time since 2002 that Lee Westwood didn't win a Ryder match. First time Sergio Garcia didn't win in foursomes.

It looks good for the USA, even with Weekley and JB Holmes losing on the 18th to let half a point slip away. As long as Boo can keep the team and crowd fired up, I think the USA's chances are looking pretty good.