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CHASKA, Minn. -- The American Ryder Cup team could use what might be Dustin Johnsons greatest asset in golf.Not his power off the tee.His short memory.Or no memory, Johnson said with a smile.Johnson remarkably managed to shake off one disappointment after another in the majors -- the 82 at Pebble Beach, the bunker blunder at Whistling Straits, the 2-iron out-of-bounds at Royal St. Georges, the three-putt at Chambers Bay -- until he won the U.S. Open this summer at Oakmont.The Americans have accrued little more than scar tissue against Europe. Thats why U.S. captain Davis Love III has preached all week at Hazeltine that this team, which only has two rookies, has never played together. That its time for a new start.No need to bring up that Europe has won six of the last seven times, and eight of the last 10 dating to 1995. No need to stew over the last time the Ryder Cup was held at home and the Americans blew a 10-6 lead on the final day at Medinah, the most crushing loss in two decades filled with defeats.In golf, its one sport -- and maybe being a defensive back in the NFL -- you need to have a short memory, Johnson said Thursday. So we havent talked about Medinah at all. Were looking forward to this week and these matches and this first session we have coming up tomorrow morning. No talk about Medinah.The 41st Ryder Cup gets started Friday with foursomes matches, and the opening game might set the tone: Olympic gold medalist Justin Rose and British Open champion Henrik Stenson against Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed. Neither partnership has lost a Ryder Cup match.They will be followed by: Rory McIlroy and Andy Sullivan against Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler; Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer against PGA champion Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson; and Lee Westwood and Thomas Pieters against Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar.That will be followed by fourballs Friday afternoon.The Americans have not lost the opening session since 2006, when Europe had the better team at home in Ireland and sailed to a nine-point victory. Its sustaining the momentum over three days of nonstop action that has been the problem.Love acknowledged that as much during his radio interview in which he referred to his squad as the best golf team maybe ever assembled. That conversation started over the Americans needing more swagger, and Love conceded that when matches turn in Europes favor, the Americans tend to play not to lose.Even with Europe dominating, the pressure still falls to the Americans.They created a Ryder Cup Task Force to develop a plan geared toward bringing out their best golf. They brought Love back as captain, giving him a chance at redemption from the meltdown at Medinah. They changed the way they built their team, waiting until Sunday to add the fourth and final captains pick in Ryan Moore.Westwood, playing in his 10th straight Ryder Cup for Europe, took that as a compliment.Its very flattering to Team Europe that the USA have put this task force together and are trying to replicate what weve done, he said. It means we are successful and we are doing it right. We take a lot of pride in that. Gives us a lot of confidence and puts added pressure on them. You form a task force and it doesnt go right this week, where do you go from there? Youve done pretty much all you can do.So well see how that goes.Europe counters with six Ryder Cup rookies, one of them already feeling more heat than usual. Masters champion Danny Willett came under scrutiny when his brother wrote a column for a British outlet bashing the American fans. Willett met with Love to explain that was his brothers comments, not any feelings from the European players, and there was concern that the Minnesota fans would let Willett hear about it.The American apology came from Mickelson.Lefty went on Golf Channel early Thursday to say he should never have mentioned that Hal Sutton set up Mickelson for failure in 2004 by not telling him until two days before the matches he would be playing with Tiger Woods.There is rarely a shortage of drama in the Ryder Cup -- and thats before it gets started.Even with six rookies, Europe is strong at the top. Stenson won the British Open with a record score in the majors. Rose has a 9-3-2 record and is unbeaten in last six matches dating to Saturday at Medinah. Kaymer says he is known more for his winning putt at Medinah than his two majors. McIlroy has a bounce in his step after winning the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup on Sunday.A lot of the players on the European side have had multiple experiences of winning Ryder Cups, Westwood said. On the U.S. team, a lot of their players have had multiple experiences of losing Ryder Cups. Winning is a habit. And a lot of the players on the European team ... know what the experience is like and what to do. Cheap NHL Jerseys From China . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. Adidas NHL Jerseys 2020 .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. https://www.nhljerseys2020.com/ . 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Carlos Carvalhals side remained unbeaten in the league in January, winning three and drawing one game and Hooper, who sealed a permanent move to Hillsborough during the transfer window, played a key part.The 28-year-old, who signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the Owls, put in a number of fine performances, scoring five goals on his way to the award for the second tier. Hull Citys Abel Hernandez and Birmingham City midfielder Maikel Kieftenbeld were also on the three-man final shortlist, which was reduced from an initial list including Bobby Zamora (Brighton and Hove Albion), Craig Noone (Cardiff City), Curtis Davies (Hull City), Harry Bunn (Huddersfield Town), Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest), Joey Barton (Burnley), Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town), Michal Zyro (Wolves) and Ross McCormack (Fulham). Highlights of Sheffield Wednesdays 2-0 win over Leeds in the Sky Bet Championship.dddddddddddd Gary Hooper scored both the goals Every month throughout the English football season, fans will have the opportunity to vote on skysports.com for who they think has been the best player in the Barclays Premier League, Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two, after Sky Sports teamed up with the PFA to be the digital platform for the Awards.Before the vote opens each month, an expert panel will produce a shortlist of contenders. Fans will then be able to vote for the player they think deserves the award. Wednesday striker Hooper scored five goals in four Championship games in January The panel includes Sky Sports football pundits Paul Merson, Ian Holloway and Peter Beagrie.That trio will be joined by Mike Riley, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials, and Malcolm Clarke, chairman of the Football Supporters Federation, as well as the winning fan from each month. Get Sky Sports Alerts News, line ups and goal alerts from your football club - direct to your mobile Also See: Meet the Panel Latest PFA Fans PotM News Previous results Live on Sky ' ' '