Americans should embrace team golf
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It was never intended to be. Oh, no, not in its purest form. Check the Rules of Golf. Reading the Constitution probably is easier, but somewhere in the Rules of Golf, you can find just about anything you want.
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Stripped to its core, the game of golf remains an individual quest, not as much for perfection as for satisfaction. To that degree, golf is always a work in progress -- for grizzled veterans who embrace a child's passion to play, just as it is for young men who have attained historic achievements.
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Ask the question a dozen times and you&#39;ll get a dozen answers. Or a dozen shrugs, because nobody really knows. Every two years at the Ryder Cup, the Americans send out a team that looks, on paper, unbeatable.
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Tom Lehman wants Americans who are winning on his Ryder Cup team, even if that means him. Lehman was introduced Wednesday as the US captain for the 2006 matches in Ireland, charged with ending European dominance
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STRAFFAN, Ireland -- Jose Maria Olazabal made the long birdie putt. His partner, Sergio Garcia, walked to the hole and plucked the ball out. Yep, those guys take that "team" thing pretty seriously. On Saturday at the Ryder Cup, the team game paid off again for the Europeans _ and turned Tiger Woods...
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1. Hal Sutton didn&#39;t lose the Ryder Cup for the US Those who blame him for the whopping loss -- and that includes some nationally known columnists -- either don&#39;t understand golf or match play, aren&#39;t current with today&#39;s players on both tours or are
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There are people who put their lives on the line every day they go to work. Phil Mickelson apparently places golfers in that category -- at least when it comes to the US Open.
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For all the talk of bonding through bus trips and ping-pong, and for all the efforts to make sure the chaps are attired with the same colored socks, shirts, and sweater vests, golf remains the ultimate individual game that revolves around distinct personalities.
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Beware - Vicious Dog. US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton would do well to pin up such a sign in the American team room.
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For great athletes like Roger Federer and Tiger Woods, there is a fellowship at the top.
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Along the way, each man has had to assess his lot in the world of golf. One had to examine his nerves, the other his spirit.
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Tom Watson, who captained the   Americans to victory in the 1993 Ryder Cup in England, believes   the U.S. points system should be revised to assemble a better   team to compete against Europe in the next edition.
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OAKMONT, Pa. -- It's as much a part of the US Open as high rough, fast greens, blue blazers, and short tempers.
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Hal Sutton has added spice to the 35th Ryder Cup by daring to be different. The leadership style of Sutton, the American captain, has been a focal point
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It is a team game, this Ryder Cup stuff that will commence Friday at Oakland Hills Country Club. So what are the teams? For the Americans, captain Hal Sutton isn&#39;t saying.
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Something strange is happening in US men&#39;s team sports in the international arena. We saw it with the men&#39;s basketball team at the Olympic Games, and we witnessed it again last weekend at the Ryder Cup.
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The Rest of the World team took a 3Â½-2Â½ lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the UBS Cup. The Americans have never lost this Ryder Cup-style match play tournament featuring players aged 40-and-over.