All the media, analysts, commentators, golfers and Monty's leadership team had made considerable mention of how they 'knew' the US would come out and front-load. Monty could have thrown all his big-guns out first in the hopes of taking it to the US and winning the necessary points early on. He didn't. Even though a lot of the media has been really arrogant, most of the Euro players thought that this would be close, ergo it made sense to put a steady hand - and a major winner - out there in the final pairing.
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