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Wake up the echoes

By Bill Fields
Golf World

Friday, September 15, 2006

The enduring image of the 1987 Ryder Cup for most people is one of celebration. The triumphant Europeans, winners on American soil for the first time -- at Muirfield Village GC over a United States team captained by no less than Jack Nicklaus -- kicked up their heels on the 18th green like eager showgirls at a crowded audition. Not only an exclamation point on a decisive victory, the scene was a symbol of an emerging trend: Golf's best players no longer had to grow up on the Pledge of Allegiance ...

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