What next for Americas star-mangled banner?
Sandy Lyles tongue happened to be nowhere near his cheek when he suggested yesterday that Europe should be handicapped in future Ryder Cups and that maybe America could be allowed to pick Canadians as well to ensure the matches are more even. Ian Woosnams assistant captain was deadly serious. And that just about sums it all up.
Even the ridiculous suddenly sounds feasible in this most surreal of aftermaths. When a solid man of such unwavering conviction as Tom Lehman starts querying everything around him, you know that Americas fabled faith in their own superiority is being stretched to breaking point. They are scarred after being striped and that starry banner is more mangled than spangled. A third Ryder Cup humbling in succession has seen to it.
Is there something they can do better to avoid another drubbing in Kentucky in two years time? That is the central question in an inquest overloaded with them. Here we attempt to answer the most impertinent.
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