This week Justin Thomas joined the No Laying Up podcast and shed some light on the behind-the-scenes friction between the US team and the grounds crew that helped to derail the squad’s Ryder Cup bid. Watch it and weep.
Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley and R&A chief executive Mark Darbon have echoed Rory McIlroy’s sentiments from the recent controversial Ryder Cup at Bethpage that golf should be held to a higher standard of fan behaviour than other sports.
Participating in a media event for the Travelers Championship on Monday, Bradley spoke for the first time since Europe closed out its 15-13 victory over the US, and he was depressingly honest about how he has felt in the three weeks afterwards.
Europe would have triumphed at Bethpage with or without “the envelope rule”, having won by a score of 15-13. But that doesn’t make Hovland feel any less bad about the ordeal.
By now, golf fans are well aware of the verbal abuse showered on Rory McIlroy during the Ryder Cup. And even some beer that got showered near the five-time major champ and his wife. Disgusting stuff.
If you’re berating Rory McIlroy loudly enough to require a squadron of state troopers, something is missing. Either you don’t know the game, or you don’t really care. When it comes to golf, you’re clueless.
With the US team charging and the crowd raging, Lowry stood over a six-footer for a birdie to halve the match and give Europe the crucial half-point they needed to retain the Ryder Cup. With the weight of a continent on his shoulders, he buried it.
Here’s a simple idea to help the Americans win the Ryder Cup that requires no task force. We need to play foursomes. All of us. It’s a cultural change that must take root at every course, public and private, in our golfing nation. Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses of 25-handicap weekend Read more…