Up until 1979 the USA competed against Great Britain and Ireland in the Ryder Cup. There wasn't much competition, as the USA easily won the cup most years, so Jack Nicklaus led an effort to expand the competition to include all of Europe so that players like Seve Ballesteros could play, which sounded like a good idea at the time, but doesn't look so good today (for the USA). Maybe we need to expand the USA Team now, since the Euros are doing a very good job of kicking our butts these days. We simply have no answer for Rory, Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose or Sergio, who have great attitudes in team competition. Our "stars" simply didn't cut it. For example, Bubba Watson was horrendous. He is so wild off the tee that Captain Watson only played him in the best ball matches (not alternate shot) and his teams were soundly defeated 5&4 and 3&2 on Friday and Saturday. Then in singles he was dismantled by Martin Kaymer 4&2. He was so bad he never even played holes 17 or 18 in the competition! Bubba had better stick to the Masters where there is no rough and his wild 320 yard drives are not penalized. Then to top it off, Phil Michelson insulted Tom Watson at the final press conference by complaining about Watson's tactics. Wow.
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