Geoff Ogilvy has ended Tiger Woods' winning streak

DORAL, Fla. (March 24) - Geoff Ogilvy has ended Tiger Woods' winning streak. And Ogilvy did it on a course where Woods has looked unstoppable in recent years. Ogilvy won the CA Championship on Monday, saving a round that seemed in peril with a chip-in for par at the 13th hole and going on to claim his second victory in a World Golf Championship event.

by Naturegal
Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 02:46:44 PM PDT

Think Progress has provided a link to an article titled Playing the Patriot Game from the Scottish Herald which describes how the Professional Golf Association Tour is dominated by right-wing, George-Bush-loving Republicans who support the Iraq occupation.

In the Herald article, Selcraig talks about the recent Ryder Cup, which pits European pros against American pros:

But there is still one significant cultural divide that is so sensitive an issue that most players simply avoid addressing it when they are on the others' turf.

Simply put, many Europeans and other international players are put off by the overwhelming number of American PGA Tour players who identify themselves as George Bush-loving Republicans who support the US occupation of Iraq.

Geoff Ogilvy, the affable and well-read Australian who won the US Open and has lived in Arizona with his Texan wife for four years, says: "A lot of their conservative views are way off the map . . . I think George Bush is a bit dangerous. I think the world is scared while he's in office, there's less tolerance of diversity over here people have more blind faith in their government."

Selcraig says that European golfers have indicated that they feel like they'll be crucified in locker rooms if they speak out against Bush or the Iraq occupation.

And apparently it isn't just an unnatural love for Bush politics that drives them - these American golfers are also predominately Christian fundamentalists who hate Democrats..