Who’s Here Trumps Who’s Not
JOHN HOPKINS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | No
matter how hard you try, it is difficult not
to talk about European golf at the mo-
ment. Europe holds the Ryder Cup. Win-
ners of the past four major championships
were born in or bred on the Tour on that
continent (and two were born and bred)
and the first three and, in all, six of the top
10 in the world rankings come from that
continent.
“not liking the golf course.”
“It is not a great excuse,” Justin Rose,
30, the American-based Englishman, said
springing to McIlroy’s defence. “But he
needs to be given the benefit of the doubt.
He is a great kid. He means no harm. It
is really tough to be critical of a guy who
carries himself really well at such a young
age.”
That may be so but it is to be hoped
that McIlroy will realise the error of his
ways. He may be forgiven once but he may
not be so lucky the next time. l
