The Ryder Cup starts up tomorrow at Valhalla Country Club in Kentucky and the Europeans are the overwhelming favorites. No one is giving the Americans even the slightest chance to win. The Americans don't have the best player in the world, Tiger Woods, six of the Americans have never participated in the Ryder Cup, and this is considered the weakest American team ever put together. Despite all those reasons, I wouldn't write them off so quickly. Yes, the Europeans have tons and tons of experience, feature Padraig Harrington who just happens to have won the last two majors, and just feature a bunch of golfers that excel at this format. But the beauty of not having experience for the Americans, is that most of the golfers picked by U.S. captain Paul Azinger weren't part of the last three losing teams and thus are naive to the whole losing theme that seems to have followed the last few American teams. Second, this years Ryder Cup is on American soil, at a course designed for long drives and short wedge shots which is exactly what these Americans excel at. Will they miss Tiger, despite his less than stellar Ryder Cup record? Absolutely. It is crazy to say the Americans are better off without him. But with some up and coming stars like Anthony Kim, some savy veterans like Lefty, home course advantage, and an us-against-the world attitude, I believe that come Sunday, people will be surprised at the outcome.