A GREATER LOSS..

I had a late night last night watching the enthralling end of the Ryder Cup.   And it`s strange how certain images stick in your mind.   For example, the look of almost incredulity on Lee Westwood`s face when he was asked to hole a two foot putt by an increasingly desperate  Matt Kuchar.    And in contrast, the grace of Tiger Woods `giving` Francesco Molinari`s putt on the last.   Now I know the Ryder Cup had already been retained by Europe at that point but nonetheless it was a touch of class on Woods` part that  Mr. Kuchar would be well advised to remember.

And while the enduring images might be the euphoria of victory coupled with the despair of defeat, it was touching to witness the memory of Seve Ballesteros, so eloquently and properly recalled by his friend and compatriot Jose Maria Olazabal, the European captain.

In yet more contrast, however, and amidst all the sound and fury of the American `gallery,` I wonder how many of them were even vaguely aware that, on this day of all days, America also suffered its 2,000th loss in the killing fields of Afghanistan, which is surely an even greater loss than the failure to regain a golf trophy?