Offaly ‘grinder’ Shane Lowry not caught up in Chambers Bay whining

Whether it did appear as if players were putting on greens of broccoli (as Henrik Stenson suggested), or cauliflower (as Rory McIlroy amended), it shouldn’t have been lost on the gathered media that it was two Europeans with the quickest and driest wit regarding the unfortunate playing conditions at Chambers Bay in the 115th US Open.

It probably was, however, because the American media hasn’t ever fully appreciated this flavourful slice of the PGA Tour — that there are so many fine players who uproot themselves, leave their homeland for long stretches of time, pursue their golf dream in another country, and do so with good humour.

Study, for instance, how rarely American golfers chase golf opportunities in Europe or Asia — heck, many don’t travel to the west coast of their own country — to appreciate those who carry their foreign flags onto the PGA Tour stage.