Even in more placid recent times, the Ryder Cup has always been the fiercest culture war in all sport. America versus Europe. The individuals versus the team. Lone wolves versus the pack. Unabombers versus cells. Sex addiction versus sex. It is quite remarkable, in an event where the sport itself is frequently so electrifying, that it should rarely attain much more than the level of a plot device in the wider story.
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