ST ALBANS, England -- In theory the England team planned to arrive onto the first tee at the European Tour's inaugural and radical GolfSixes to the sound of The Kaiser Chiefs song "I Predict a Riot," a suitably anarchic cry for a tournament designed to break the mold. In practice, royalty rights prevented entrance songs and there was no riot.
Instead, in the very English setting of the Centurion Club in St Albans, there was a very English revolution. We witnessed changeable weather, polite enthusiasm and a lot of good will. There were times, in fact, when it resembled the most English setting of all -- a village or church fair, albeit with a deliberate showbiz, fun time filter.