Ireland and US World Cup attitudes are oceans apart

IRELAND and America have long and deep traditional ties. But you would not have thought so when listening to the different views of their respective teams in the lead-up to the World Cup.

It begins at the 7,134 yard, par 72 Real Club de Golf Seville this morning.

Whereas all of Ireland’s top players desperately wanted to represent their country, the Americans had to go out into the highways and byways to field a side and even tually came up with Scott Verplank and Bob Tway, ranked 22nd and 57th respectively in the world.