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Performance, places & modern golf culture

Performance, places & modern golf culture
Three years ago, I rekindled the obsession. I came back to the game and after a couple of rounds, I had a pleasant surprise: I was no worse than I was a decade earlier. A definite result! But then, a more frustrating reality set in. After two and a half years of playing regularly, I was also no better.
Is the European Ryder Cup Team Still European? An Analytical Look at a Looming Identity Crisis.
As the qualification window for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black enters its final stages, a quiet but startling statistic has emerged. Of the top twelve players currently in the running for a spot on Team Europe, only one, Matt Wallace at number eleven, plies his trade exclusively on the DP World Tour.
The other eleven are all full-time members of the PGA Tour.