The holders can boast seven major winners in their side but it’s been 30 years since they won a contest on European soil
mericans call them road games. The label might as well be pain games. Three decades have elapsed since a United States team
. Paul Azinger, Fred Couples, Tom Kite, Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin, Payne Stewart, John Cook, Davis Love, Chip Beck, Jim Gallagher, Raymond Floyd, Lanny Wadkins; a decent enough collective but unlikely history makers.that giddy onlookers pointed towards a decade of dominance. Since Europe retained the trophy at The Belfry in 1989, the US have only actually prevailed half a dozen times.
But why such troubles outside the US? The answer has to be multi-faceted. The Tiger Woods factor over umpteen stagings of the Ryder Cup played a part. It is amusing to see Woods as a go-to guy for American captains now, given he was the conundrum none of them could work out for years on end. European captains have a tendency to insist on slow-ish greens and thick rough; both are uncommon on the PGA Tour. Nonetheless, all but two of this European team ply their trade in that American domain.
fans can be irritating but they are generally a placid lot. Players should hardly be reduced to quivering wrecks.
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