USA Getting Dominated Means Ryder Cup Is More Irrelevant Than Ever in America

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Published: September 28, 2014

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GLENEAGLES, Scotland — When Andy Roddick, the now-retired tennis star, was asked about his rivalry with Roger Federer, he answered, “That’s not a rivalry. He keeps winning.”

The same could be said for the European team's dominance against the United States in the Ryder Cup. Once it was a rivalry. Now it’s an irrelevancy. At least in the U.S.

Phil Mickelson, a Ryder Cup participant a record 10 times, was highly critical of captain Tom Watson following the event. He thought the American team should go retro to get back in the battle and in the public’s good graces, using the strategy of 2008 captain Paul Azinger, who last guided the U.S. team to victory. 



Azinger, borrowing from the Navy Seals, broke the team down in four-man “pods” so players would eat and play with the same men, developing a special bond. Whether that helps someone make a three-foot putt, as rookie Patrick Reed missed Saturday, is up for debate.

Top play, however, might get the Cup noticed among the sports with which Americans are more familiar.

Over the weekend, college football was rampant—nice comeback, Florida State—the Major League Baseball regular season was closing, the NFL was thundering, high school football was everywhere and the NHL and NBA either had opened training camps or were on the verge of starting.

And yes, for those in the U.S. enthralled with the other kind of football, the Barclays Premier League was very much a presence in America, if on television.

Where does that leave the one-sided biennial series in golf, which Sunday at Gleneagles ended with Europe trashing the United States for the third time in a row and the eighth of the last 10 times, this year by a final score of 16.5 to 11.5?

Way down the list in importance. Virtually nowhere. Almost hidden in a bunker. In Tusc...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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