September 24, 200421 yr This from a local guy from my old home town paper - he hits the nail right on the head! ------------------ All that is wrong with American sports in 2004 was on full display last week during the Ryder Cup. While it's only nationalistic to pull for the guys wearing the red, white and blue, something startling happened last weekend in suburban Detroit. The fans, who turned out in record numbers to cheer home the U.S. stars, found themselves driving home singing a myriad of songs made popular by the European fans. It was the Euros, not the Americans, who won over the crowd. While players like Colin Montgomerie and Darren Clarke were shaking hands and signing autographs, our guys were stomping around the grounds like a bunch of spoiled brats. While Euros like Sergio Garcia and Padraig Harrington were hitting great shot after great shot, our guys were firing drives into the water and out of bounds. While Bernhard Langer, the Euro captain, kept talking about how much fun it was to represent Europe in the Ryder Cup, our guys were acting like they couldn't wait to get out of town and play in the next Doville City Open. The question has to be asked after watching the folding tent that was the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, and now watching this nightmare for the PGA. Do our guys have any heart left? Of do all of our professional athletes now play for nothing but the almighty dollar? It used to be American to boo Montgomerie, one of the 12 European players who had never won a major, but looks like a bigger version of Jack Nicklaus every time the Ryder Cup rolls around. Check out Montie's Ryder Cup singles record. Seven matches, zero losses to all of these USA guys with major titles oozing out of their resumes. After watching Montgomerie kick our collective hind ends again in the Ryder Cup, it's tough to call Montie the best golfer on the Tour to have never won a major. It's time, after losing four of the last five Ryder Cups, that our guys put their games where their wallets are and win one for the homeland. How embarrassing. Jim Brunner from the 9-24 CT, Marion, IN
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