Following on his earlier comments about the abysmal American Ryder Cup team’s performance noted here, Golf Digest and Golf World European correspondent John Huggan is continuing to have a lot of fun at the expense of the American squad members. Among Huggan’s ten ways to give the American squad a chance in the next Ryder Cup matches are the following:
5) COMPULSORY YEAR ON THE EUROPEAN TOUR
The sea of sameness that is the PGA Tour is producing – apart from Tiger and maybe Furyk – wave after wave of players who are basically indistinguishable. Yes, they can all hit good shots. But those shots are the same good shots, time after tedious time.
And why is this? Week after week, the courses in the US are presented in the same unimaginative way, making a wide range of shot-making unnecessary and, increasingly, obsolete. A year spent experiencing a wider variety of conditions, food and travel would do the likes of Zach Johnson the world of good and, by extension, help out the Ryder Cup. He might even learn some good jokes.
Then there is the amount of money involved in the PGA Tour. The American side arrived at the K Club having picked up close to $38m among them this year. Mostly for finishing tied for seventh. No wonder they, Woods apart, can’t handle it when they are suddenly asked to beat someone. That’s a foreign concept or, in this case, a concept embraced only by foreigners.
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