Fans’ behaviour has not reached the levels of Brookline in 1999 but some of the worse actions have left a bad taste in the mouth
Finding appropriate context or comparison for the behaviour of spectators at a Ryder Cup is not particularly easy.
Golf has no team equivalent of similar profile. Chanting or cat-calling does not even approach the territory of football matches. If the sense of tribal atmosphere was removed from the galleries completely, the definition of the Ryder Cup would be damaged. What we have witnessed over two fiercely competitive days at Hazeltine has not reflected the routinely nasty scenario of Brookline in 1999.
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