Europeans badly need a stroke of genius

THERE is no end to the number of shock winners golf is producing these days, but none of them hail from our side of the globe.

Unheard of Americans are popping up all over the place but, other than Thomas Bjorn at the Open, there hasn't been a peep out of the Europeans. Even Bjorn blew it when he led by three with four to play at Royal St Georges, in stark contrast to both winner Shaun Micheel and runner-up Chad Campbell at Oak Hill over the weekend and Ben Curtis at the Open.

Taking this into consideration, what chance would you give Europe against the US in the Ryder Cup if the match was being played next month instead of September 2004? The honest answer has to be very little.