Time for booze to be driven out of bounds

FEW WHO have attended American golf tournaments over the past decade or so will be surprised Sunday's final of the Accenture Match Play Championship should have been marred by crowd trouble.

It has happened on a regular basis, never more so than during the 1999 Ryder Cup match at Brookline where European players were heckled and their families verbally abused.

The many Americans disgusted by the misbehaviour by a small but significant number of spectators had no doubt why it was all happening.