Summary
BACK in the mists of time when Britain and Irish golf was European golf and the Ryder Cup seemed about as competitive as Muhammad Ali toying with Richard Dunn, there was a famous story about US captain Ben Hogan introducing his 1967 team at the eve-of- competition dinner in Houston.
After British captain Dai Rees had given a longwinded appraisal of his players, Hogan responded by simply naming his team one by one before the booming conclusion: "Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Ryder Cup team - the finest golfers in the world."See the full content of this document
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The United States of Underachievers
Nothing set the tone for a time-honoured superiority complex better than this.
Even when a European team came into being and started winning, this was the way it was always painted. That is, we had the team spirit but they had the go...See the full content of this document
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