European Ryder Cup team captain Mark James, right, jokingly holds the trophy away from U.S. captain Ben Crenshaw during a news conference at Logan Airport in Boston Monday Sept. 20, 1999.

LONDON -- Europeans faced up to losing the Ryder Cup on Monday by decrying the behavior ... on the green while Jose Maria Olazabal waits to putt. British newspapers were divided as to whether ...

But money is the last thing on their minds standing over a 6-foot putt to square the match in the Ryder Cup. This was always about economics. It surfaced in 1999 going into matches at The Country ...