[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I hated to see the USA lose again, but I think that The Ryder Cup is the most exciting and best sporting event in the world.

I was at Brookline all three days in 1999 and was about 100 yards from the green when Justin Leonard made that famous putt. The atmosphere was electric.

I've been to a Super Bowl, World Series Games, US Opens, PGA Championships and the final game of a Stanley Cup Championship. None of them come close to this.

I think that it's because it's and entire country versus an entire continent. The fact that no one wins any money also makes it more exciting. Everyone is playing for pride and nothing else. The players have always felt that it's the most important thing that they do as professional golfers.

I think that Captain Watson made a few mistakes, but as badly as they lost, I don't think that they would have won if he had made some different decisions. It might have just been a bit closer.

European golf has developed very quickly over the past twenty five years or so. They have as many or maybe more great players than we do.

The lack of interest this year was due, no doubt to the fact that the networks decided to broadcast the event in real time instead of delaying it. Not many people are going to get up at 2:30 in the morning to watch an event no matter how great it is. By the time we got up and began watching, the results were known. In the past they would broadcast it as a tape delay and you knew not to read any newspapers or listen to the news. In fact, television news broadcasters would tell us if we wanted to watch the program, don't listen to their report. Too bad, but I have no doubt that it will be huge again when it comes to Hazeltine in 2016.