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  • Hats off to new cringe factor record (Or Retread Brit Wit)Actually calls Hal Sutton a Redneck!

    09/18/2004 4:01:23 AM PDT · by Rahmulus · 18 replies · 664+ views
    Telegraph UK ^ | 9/18/2004 | Martin Johnson
    The pressure may have had something to do with it, or there again it might have been that the players were unnerved by the sight of America 's redneck captain Hal Sutton wearing a hat from the Roy Rogers cowboy selection. And had he not been at least partially restrained by protocol, there's not much doubt that Sutton would have sent his players on their way with a cry of "yee haa!" However, the most likely explanation for the 24 handicap start was the result of the players having to sit through a two-hour opening ceremony that, even by American...
  • Hosts know how to pour it on (Pretentious British Barf Alert)

    09/16/2004 8:33:26 PM PDT · by Rahmulus · 4 replies · 267+ views
    UK Telegraph ^ | 9/17/2004 | Martin Johnson
    The Cup has now been out of America's possession for 12 of the last 19 years, and for three of the last four events. The Americans really can't understand it, although there is not much about the Ryder Cup that they do comprehend. The concept of matchplay is so alien here that almost all the newspaper supplements are carrying a "Special spectator guide to following the Ryder Cup". A couple of short extracts should give you the general idea "Matchplay: a game played by holes and not cumulative score." "Winning: a team wins the match when one side is up...