Conference 7.286::golf

    
    Great victory - I'm looking forward to watching the whole thing recorded
    on video next week. I wonder how Jack Nicklaus feels, being the
    first team captain to lose on home ground...
                                              
    -- Mr Litby
    
    

    Definite congrats to the European Team... I watched the final matches
    yesterday and the Americans made quite a charge to make the final
    very respectable after being quite far behind.  It was my first
    chance to see the European players and I was quite impressed with
    them.  Much was made by the American golf press that the "BIG GUNS"
    from Europe (Ballesteros, Langer, Lyle, Faldo etc..) have not won
    on the tour here but I believe that a few (including that irish
    fellow whose name escapes me) could win here.  Being an American
    I am of course dissapointed and feel badly for Jack losing in his
    first effort as captain.  As a last comment (not sour grapes) I
    don't believe America put its best foot forward team wise.
    
    We'll get ya next time.
    
    
                                     Larry
    

    
    As an American I have to say congrats to the Europeans also. I didn't
    think they would be able to pull it off on such an American course
    as the beautiful Muirfield Village. I thought the Europeans might
    have trouble on that type of course, being so different than links
    type golf that seems to be predominant in Europe.
    
    The last note mentioned that the 'Big Guns' from europe haven't
    won here? Ballesteros won the Masters twice, Langer won it once,
    didn't Lyle win the World Series of Golf 2 years ago?
    
    -Joe

    re .3  The big guns referred to the fact that none have won this
    year.
    
    
                           Larry

    re .4
    
    Sandy Lyle won the TPC this year.
    
    In addition, Ken Brown won the Southern Open.
    
    Both are PGA tour events.

    REPLY
     Dan Pohl ? Eamon Darcy ? Who are those guys? Truthfully, I like
    the courses better in Scotland?Ireland, but they only expanded the
    format to include Europe because otherwise Gbritain/Scotland/Ireland
    would never win. If that didn't work, they'd have included S. Africa
    and Australia. Don't get me Wrong, Congrats to the "bad guys", they
    played better and deservred to win, but when Samuel Ryder donated
    the cup, he didn't set it up this way. As Evel Knievel said " You
    can't say you're gonna jump the Grand Canyon and jump some other
    canyon".
    
    --Jack.
    

	You Americans are always so humble...  :-)
						
	-- Mr Litby

    I seem to have trod upon "Mr"s" toes after reading 154.7. My intention
    in 154.6 was to congratulate the Europeans for their Ryder cup victory,
    but to point out as well that what we saw at Muirfield wasn't the
    real Ryder cup. I'd like to see Ballesteros, Langer and Woosnam
    on our tour, because they're great players, but only if they can
    abide by the appearance requirements etc. set down by the PGA.
     There still is no single International tour as strong as the U.s.
    tour - fact, not arrogance, and I believe that although the current
    top level talent pool for G/britain & Europe has been better for
    the last several years, most of them (and "regular players" as well)
    don't play over here because no one can pay them appearance money
    and other perks. Here you have to ante up and tee it up, and if
    you can't cut it, you're down the road.
     Just for the record, I've played "both" Muirfields, and the one
    in Scotland is a hell of a lot better than the one in Ohio (at least
    based on my impressions this summer), and neither is as good as
    Royal County Down.
    
    Dissentingly,
    
    Jack Varley 
    

	Oops, didn't you see the   :-) ? I was only kidding.

	-- Mr Litby