To follow the singles match between Patrick Cantlay and Justin Rose around the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club on Sunday afternoon was to witness a man being pilloried and mocked over the idea that golfers should be paid to play in one of the most assiduously and relentlessly corporate events in the whole of sport. Let us leave aside for a moment the small matter of the fact that Cantlay, one of the USA’s best players in their defeat by Europe, described as ‘outright lies’ a broadcaster’s report that he as a protest against the fact that players play for free in the competition. That denial did not hold any sway with the tens of thousands of supporters who by waving their caps in the air as he walked down the fairways, brandishing bank notes at him and singing the lyrics to ’s Price Tag as he walked past on his way to a 2&1 win over the Englishman.
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