The all conquering US Ryder Cup team of 2021. The pessimism on European golf forums like this one and @Lockeās was overpowering in the wake of that match.
We felt that a Stephen Kenny style period of managed irrelevance was upon us. The US were dominant, and the European cupboard looked bare. And now here we are.
Where are Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Brooks Cupcake and Jordan Spieth now?
Bryson De Chambeau is now Jamie Bryson De Hambeau.
Collin Morikawa has a great future behind him. As the BMW ad in which he features almost says, quiet failure has never been this loud.
A gang of lads who papered over the cracks in their game to land a few big ones but arenāt generational talents like Rory and Scottie Shefflin. Probably not as natural as a Lowry either. Spieth can hardly swing a club these days.
Jordan Spieth was finished the moment he duffed it in the water twice at the 12th when leading the 2016 US Masters and took a sextuple bogey 9.
He did manage to win the 2017 Open (or so I believe, I didnāt pay any attention to that tournament) in his finished period but other players have managed to win majors while already being finished. David Duval at the 2001 Open for instance.
That is probably the clearest instance of nepotism in elite sport in a long time. The father was jumping around when he came on again as well. Zirkzee isnāt much off the ball but Jesus twas some insult.