Last week, European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald talked of clarity; five days later, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson saw only fuzzy images and distorted shapes.
For Donald, his “clarity” is the byproduct of the DP World Tour’s decision to essentially fine players off the tour and off this year’s Ryder Cup team. The European circuit hasn’t handed down broad suspensions for players who violated its conflicting-event release policies when they joined LIV Golf, but in the wake of a favorable ruling from an arbiter in the United Kingdom, it has doled out heavy fines that make maintaining membership, at the least, difficult to justify.