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Three cheers for Boo

Alex Trickett | 23:57 UK time, Friday, 19 September 2008

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An unlikely thing happened at on Friday at .

The Ryder Cup, one of the ultimate team events, was taken over by an individual, and he wasn't called Padraig, Sergio or Phil.

He was a chap called , better known as Boo.

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An audience with The Greatest

Alex Trickett | 18:05 UK time, Thursday, 18 September 2008

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I'll be honest, my greatest sporting dream came true in Louisville last night and it had little to do with golf.

I shook hands with and I haven't stopped smiling since.

For a brief second, I had in my hand, the right that dropped and and he had in his, the palm that conceded a penalty in an 8-2 defeat for 4th XI in Cardiff.

It wasn't a fair trade, but the occasion was not about what the champ could take from us. It was a surprisingly humble and informal welcome from Louisville's "Greatest" to all visitors.

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Welcome to Louisville - KFC and bourbon

Alex Trickett | 14:37 UK time, Wednesday, 17 September 2008

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"Why can't they all get to know each other? I will give £5 to each of the winning players, and give a party afterwards, with champagne and chicken sandwiches."

Thus spoke whilst watching an unofficial international match between the Americans and British at Wentworth in 1926. And a year later, .

With words like those, it was pretty much destiny that the Ryder Cup would one day find its way to .

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