Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Column: A silhouette recalls why Ryder Cup matters (The Associated Press)

European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal poses with the trophy at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) -- Every time a European player reaches for a club during the Ryder Cup, it's almost as if Seve Ballesteros were still looking on. A year after his death, the Spaniard's fist-pumping silhouette is emblazoned front and center on their golf bags, a reminder to a new generation why this event came to matter so much in the first place.




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