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Without great soldiers, we can receive such instruction, for instance, from Justin Leonard, whose sixty-foot putt on the seventeenth hole after two-and-a-half days of poor play sealed the American victory. We can look also to his 11 teammates and their captain Ben Crenshaw, who with Leonard staged the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history. They could have lost their will and surrendered, but instead they persevered to vindicate the honor of America. They may not be great soldiers, but they are great Americans who provided great examples of virtue for their countrymen. And for that...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Editorial Notebook: All Glory to the Golfers | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Following a team meeting called to discuss the compensation issue, Woods did his Cheshire bit and said, "We had a lovely time," but the well-respected Crenshaw, known as Gentle Ben, was visibly upset and expressed disgust with "a couple of people." Love chipped in, "If five guys say they're not going to play, great, because there's five more guys that are going to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sergio's First Stand | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...phenomenon worldwide. "I just want to play golf and enjoy myself," he says. "I know if I play well, I'll have enough money, so I don't really care about that." He prefers to be known, soccer-like, by one name, Sergio. "I love this kid," says Ben Crenshaw, U.S. Ryder Cup team captain. "He's unbelievable. Electrifying. Captivating." And on the other team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sergio's First Stand | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...made this the hardest America's Team to like this side of the old Dallas Cowboys with their griping that they didn't even get out of bed for $5,000, so why should they play golf for the U.S. for that paltry stipend? Team captain Ben Crenshaw was very publicly not amused, and the whole controversy threatened to wreck a team so clearly superior to its European opponents that member Payne Stewert told Golf Digest "On paper, they shouldn't (even) be caddying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Wanted to be Paid to Have This Much Fun? | 9/26/1999 | See Source »

...Sunday all the fighting was forgotten. Here was Duval pumping his fists and playing to the crowd as he dominated his European opponent. There was Woods spraying champagne with Leonard on the 18th green. And there was Crenshaw failing to hold back the tears after the victory. "I never stopped believing," he said, and neither did his players, for whom Samuel Ryder's 17-inch gold trophy, at least on this Sunday afternoon, was priceless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Wanted to be Paid to Have This Much Fun? | 9/26/1999 | See Source »

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