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Why the U.S. keeps losing Ryder Cups

By Jackie Burke Jr. with Guy Yocom
Golf Digest

Friday, September 15, 2006

Editor's note: In April, Golf Digest brought you an excerpt from Jackie Burke's no-nonsense book, "It's Only a Game: Words of Wisdom from a Lifetime in Golf." Burke -- a winner of The Masters and the PGA Championship, a co-founder of Champions Golf Club, and a two-time U.S. Ryder Cup captain -- was an assistant to Hal Sutton two years ago at Oakland Hills. In this excerpt, Burke offers a typically blunt assessment of the event and the players. I've heard every reason the American team took its ...

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