Sky’s the limit as European support gives players wings

A US congressman failed in his attempt to ban Irish bookmaker Paddy Power from skywriting over Medinah Country Club.

The Republican Party member Peter Roskam allegedly threatened legal action against the betting company, who wrote a message in the sky reading: “Do it for Seve #GoEurope.”

Other messages reportedly read: “God wants Europe to win” and “Anyone seen Tiger?”

It was part of an initiative to support the European team as they play on American soil by relaying positive messages posted on Twitter.

Roskam reportedly claimed the pilots flying the planes that delivered the ‘sky tweet’ could be arrested should they attempt to take off to write more messages. However, Paddy Power were given the green light to continue their campaign before yesterday’s singles matches.

Paddy Power said: “The congressman seems to be suffering from an incredible sense of humour failure. Maybe he got a knock on the head from one of Tiger’s wayward golf balls yesterday!”

“He tried to throw his way around stopping us writing our punters’ messages in the sky. Thankfully the freedom of speech won out and we were able to relay their thoughts.

“But it was quite serious. The Federal Aviation Authority got involved and they inspected the planes and the pilots and found that all the paperwork was in order.”

“There was nothing they could do to prevent the planes from flying and thankfully they were back in the air supporting Europe yesterday.”

Paddy Power were inundated with 2,000 supportive tweets and the best ones were selected to be etched in the Chicago sky.

Davis Love III reacted jokingly, stating that his team were buoyed by the messages being written.

“Hey, it’s working good for us,” he said. “We keep winning holes. I’m just disappointed that they stopped because if they’d have kept doing it, maybe our roll would have kept on.