Bethpage Black a Blueprint of America Today
The 2025 Ryder Cup played at Bethpage Black in New York turned out to be a stark and rather depressing reflection of US society. It’s as if the PGA of America held up a mirror to American society as it stands today. The American captain, no doubt influenced by Donald Trump himself, to put the presidents fluffer in chief, the biggest clown in the game front and centre. Enter stage left, Bryson DeChambeau. Just as Trump drums up the support and following of a substantial group of delusional, lunatic, MAGA conspiracy theorists, so does DeChambeau rally a similar crowd of uneducated, low class filth, howling vitriolic abuse at their opponents. Bryson epitomises the narcissistic, conceited image of his orange commander in chief, with his ridiculous posturing and self important chest beating. What happened at Bethpage Black in this year's Ryder Cup has nothing to do with sport and should never happen again. Just as Donald Trumps alternative reality, bluster and continuous outrageous beh...