As Good As It Gets in the Game of Golf. . . And Sport in General
The Herald › September 30, 2010
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The Ryder Cup is rated the third biggest sporting spectacle after the Olympic Games and football's World Cup, and, in common with the lower key Solheim Cup for women, I can't think of any other sporting occasion in which Europeans unite under the one cause.
For non-golf fans more used to the idea of rooting, for example, for Scotland, the notion of supporting Europe might be a difficult one to grasp, but it has been that way now for just over three decades in this absorbing form of head-to-head golf. For those from this side of the Atlantic who have been there and tasted the atmosphere, it is difficult to remain neutral when hearing stars and stripes-emblazoned supporters chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A."See the full content of this document
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As Good As It Gets in the Game of Golf. . . And Sport in General
The match is here, and so: "Ole, ole, ole, ole . . . come on Europe".
To help things along, at the request of Colin Montgomerie, Europe's Ryder Cup captain, individual national anthems have been dropped for the opening ceremony at the event which is being held in W...See the full content of this document
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