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This won’t be the same as the roars of Augusta National, where sounds transcend dogwoods and azaleas and allow spectators to pick out the exact hole where they crescendoed in the first place. This won’t be the same as the 16th hole at the Waste Management Open, either. That one, says Jim Kopp, a member of the American Marshals superfan group, is a “manufactured party.”
The Ryder Cup has its own identity.
It’s the Marshals — 13 men from Minnesota donning customized red-white-and-blue hockey jerseys and Helga horns — attending their ninth Ryder Cup to give the United States a 13th-man advantage. It’s the bellowing of handcrafted lyrics for chants and songs in “probably the most expensive cheerleading weekend in the year,” said Jeff “JD” Drimel, a Marshals member.
It’s the Guardians of the Cup, traveling from Europe, doing much the same.
