What next for US Ryder Cup flops?
STRAFFAN, Ireland (AFP) — The latest US humbling at the Ryder Cup has players and officials alike dumbfounded over what they must do to right the balance which has decisively swung in Europe’s favour in the last decade. Sunday’s second straight 18.5-9.5 trouncing at the hands of Ian Woosnam’s dashing dozen means that the Europeans have won five out of the last six showdowns. Worse still for the Americans is that what used to be knife-edged affairs are now turning into one-sided routs and they are on the receiving end. Asked whether the Ryder Cup risked being devalued by the lack of competitiveness shown by the Americans as used to be the case the other way around before Britain and Ireland gave way to Europe, US captain Tom Lehman bristled. “I guess my first response is that…
