by Ivory Rubin
Tim McDonald states that, "Tiger Woods may not care about the Ryder Cup, but the media certainly does."
I have followed this young man's (Tiger) progress since he was presented to us as a young prodigy on the various television shows. During his amateur and professional careers, he has only demontrated a strong focus on winning every time he tees it up. So, that statement is not only an error and unfair, it is absolutely a bunch of crap.

by Ivory Rubin
I may be in the minority (but, being an African-American male and a golfer, it is not unfamiliar territory), but I am growing very weary of the continous negative commentary that is direced at OUR team, as well as individual team members, by the "media".
These guys who bang out words on a com-puter seem to be afflicted with the usual American proble-solving approach: Identify the problem; determine what individual or group should harbor the blame; and, never let them forget or get past it. Geez people, enhance your lives!!
Maybe, all of those "pundits" should determine whom among them truly possesses the necessary expertise to identify the systemic changes that are needed and can evaluate the effectiveness of those findings. Then, present their ideas (plan) to representatives of both the PGA of America and PGA Tour players. That becomes a strong mixture of meta-cognition and proven physical skills which may result in a game plan that is unbeatable.
I think my suggestion beats this on-going finger pointing and second guessing.

by Bob Henderson
I think that it is going miles too far to suggest that "we should admit that the Europeans are better". I'm a Scot, living in Europe. I'm pleased, of course, that Europe won. But we've lost often enough in the past.
There are many great American players, what is missing is an American team! This is not an insult, just a comment. The whole of American society is geared towards the individual, too much in my opinion. So when it comes to taking on Europe, team spirit is lacking in some players, not all though!
Equally, at age 63, I remember team matches that I participated in were "foresomes morning, singles afternoon". To say that US players are not used to four-ball play is rubbish- the US essentially created four-ball golf.
A problem for US golf in terms of the Ryder Cup is that every week, their players play 72 holes individual medal. Match Play hardly exists anymore thanks (or no thanks) to TV and sponsers. It's getting just as bad in Europe.
Let's have some imagination guys. Match play is exciting, isn't it! Are there no sponsers with the guts to promote match play tournaments (I know there is one in the World Cup or whatever it is called and that's great).
So Tiger or Phil or Vijay don't make the final every week! So what! They are great players and, generally speaking, they will usually be there at the end.
Maybe I should withdraw this advice so you get stuffed next time!
Love America! Love your golf (favourite course - Forest Lakes outside Orlando, affordable golf with lovely people!

by Rick Hand
Everyday I pick up my local newspaper and read articles written by supposedly educated & professional sports columnists, and yet it amazes me on how many spelling and gramatical errors I discover.Just read what you quoted Hank Gola of the New York Daily News wrote, "Guys like David Love III". It seems to me that with all of there experience and knowledge and talent, and the ability to rewrite there articles, that they could at least get a players name correct before the article goes to print, but of course they're only minor errors and why should I fret over them. Let's see , a professional golfer with all of his experience and talent, lines up a 10 foot putt. You would think that he should make it, even with half the golfing world watching over his shoulder, and yet it bears just a little to the right of the cup. Lose of hole, lose of match! What a choker! What kind of a team player is he? Let his captain and his country down! It's too bad he doesn't have the ability to redue his mistake, like a sportswriter does! Golf is still a game and if the winner was always predetermined, why have the match. Just like golf ,sportswriters are just entertainment that add to my life, but not to be taken too seriously!

by Mel Robinson
You can actually sum up the American Ryder Cup Team in one word “CHOKE”...

by Jack
Its happened before and will no doubt happen again. In this country fame and fortune seems to breed mediocrity as demonstrated by the USA Olympic Basketball Team. Maybe Captain Sutton should have noticed that but no one seemed to. The Ryder Cup Team just didn't have the energy (desire?) to compete for the same reason. The media, well, maybe it could be more helpful.