It's not too often that you'll find me spending much time talking golf in this section, but after the impressive display the Americans put on in Kentucky this past weekend, I'm making an exception.

For those who don't know, fueled by an energetic, focused and entertaining new-look squad, the U.S. team rolled over a heavily favored European squad to claim the 37th Ryder Cup at Valhalla. While many claim the Ryder Cup is nothing more than a made-for-TV, ratings-driven, over-hyped waste of time, those same people obviously didn't get a chance to watch a single moment of event because if they did, they'd likely be busy raising the new American flag they just picked up right about now.

Sure, the US vs. Europe format has been continually tweaked in an attempt to draw more interest from mainstream Americans and ad revenue and TV ratings will likely determine the event's future. But because of the patriotism factor and the pride these guys take in playing for their country, the Ryder Cup is much more than your standard nap-inducing golf tournament. It's "us" against the world at it's best and when we finally took down the mighty Euros Sunday – without the best player in the world pitching in a single swing mind you – few who witnessed the event were able to keep from muttering "USA, USA" with the thousands in the gallery as the team put the final touches on the win. 

"This is a week I'll never forget," said Kenny Perry, at 48 the oldest member of the team. "It's the greatest experience of my life. ... I said this was going to define my career. You know what? This made my career."

Those quotes are coming from a guy who has won a dozen PGA events and has earned more than $26 million in career earnings on tour. When you consider that, you get a better understanding of the magnitude of the event and the great pride these guys take in playing for good ole US of A.

Now if we could just get those same guys to ditch their vanilla personalities and show a similar passion week in and week out on the PGA Tour, golf might really take off.