Opinion
Humble winners are even more laudable than gracious losers
Golf's Ryder Cup reveals some important life lessons about the drive to secure victory at all costs
03 October 2021 - 00:00
The Ryder Cup is nothing if not a spectacle. Every two years (pandemics aside) the Americans gather their 12 best golfers to declare golf war on Europe's best, in an arena where noise and bragging and bolshie and bad dress sense have become the order of the day...
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