Ryder ruined

The Ryder Cup was an embarrassment. Every tee shot was accompanied by background helicopter noise, while the audience – some clearly inebriated – chanted and shouted as putts were ­skilfully sunk. The dignity once associated with this most ­gentlemanly of games has clearly departed in the face of crass commercialisation and the cult of celebrity.

Malcolm Parkin

Gamekeepers Road

Kinnesswood