After an eighth Ryder Cup loss in 10 meetings, the American media were divided over what was behind their latest defeat and split over whether Phil Mickelson was right to publicly question the leadership of captain Tom Watson.

If you believe the cavemen who scream “Mashed potatoes’, “Get in the hole’, “You the man” or “Baba Boey’ are headed for extinction under a new draconian security policy by golf’s tours, think again.

American milk cartons often feature pleas for information about tragic cases of child abduction — mysterious tales of disappearances that would soften even the hardest of hearts.

A golf writer for the New York Times said she wouldn’t want to cover the Masters again until Augusta National invites a woman to be a member.