For this former Major winner, Mike Weir made a fatal mistake

Rich Beem, winner of the PGA Championship in 2002, thinks fielding the same teams in both Saturday sessions was a bad idea.

In a column published on Sky Sports, Rich Beem was not kind to Mike Weir. According to the 54-year-old American, the strong man of the international team made a bad strategic choice on Saturday by lining up the same four pairs during the morning 4-Balls and the afternoon foursomes. The Canadian in fact left four players on the bench for a whole day and forced the others to play 36 holes.

« I think Mike Weir lost the plot on Saturday by not mixing up some of his pairs before the afternoon foursomesexpressed the one who also has two victories on the PGA Tour. I think this was a mistake. Putting Adam Scott on the field for the fourth straight game Saturday afternoon, at the age of 44, was not the right decision. He was gutted, he even said so himself. »

This is where the Internationals needed it

For its eleventh participation in the event, Adam Scott lost three of his five matches, including the last single against Collin Morikawa 2&1. Pour Rich treesa rested Scott could have made the difference.

« Then you look at where Weir put him in the singles, he was in the later games. I think a fresh Adam Scott without having played one of the Saturday matches (he lost in the morning and won in the afternoon), could have been in the first three matches and that’s where the Internationals needed it. »

Too big a difference

Once again, the United States won the competition with a significant score: 18.5-12.5. It must be said that Jim Furyk had fielded an ultra-competitive team with players only ranked in the top 30 in the world. “ The international team has a lot of quality, but when you have as much depth as the USA team, the difference is hugeconfirms Rich Beem. Anyone can beat anyone on a given day, but doing it over four days is another matter. »

Waiting for, Mike Weir said after the match that the Internationals are not far from turning things around and ending a drought that has dragged on since 1998. ” I remember a lot of things from this match, declared the Canadian. We are close. Many matches were very close. We had our team together to win, and when you don’t win, it’s disappointing, but there are a lot of good things to take away. » Come to Medinah in 2026 to perhaps see a miracle again.

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