This is as bad as when Michael Schumacher got to design corners at the redesigned Nurburgring to suit himself.
You can't compete on a level playing field, don't cheat.
See, shit like this is why the world hates America.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't read on this before that rant. But, here are a couple tidbits from published sources that might've relieved you of your angst.
"European captain Sam Torrance did last month (Sep 2002, set up the course to favor his team) at The Belfry - narrowing the fairways in the long driving zone, slowing the greens and moving the tee on the short par 4 10th hole to discourage players from trying to drive the green."
"But when they teed it up at The K Club, the U.S. team found that European captain Ian Woosnam had tinkered with the course setup.
The greens were slow, and the fairways looked like bowling lanes in the spots where Woods and the long knockers normally hit their tee shots. The fairways were 8 yards wide on many holes.
'I spent a great deal of time trying to set it up what we felt was best for our team,' Woosnam said."
Do you still consider it cheating when the captain publicly announces in advance the course set-up changes he is making, in accord with what is common in the Ryder cup preparation for both teams?
Do you and/or the world hate all of the countries that the Europeans hail from because the captains of their teams routinely do this same thing?
Drood hates everything. He's the most miserable person on the site. You get used to it.
As far as the moral outrage and the anti-Americanism, that's just knee-jerk stupidity. Read the article, and you'll find it's fairly common practice across the pond, too.
This is all just part of the pre-game fun, as was the whole 'sandwich incident' today.
