Golf’s full of pleasant little aphorisms about honesty and hard work that its most ardent supporters trot out like commandments — “You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank,” "Golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears,” et cetera. They’re pithy, catchy little metaphors, perfect for break-room motivational posters and corporate-presentation PowerPoints. And they’re no good whatsoever when someone starts — metaphorically — swinging chairs and turning over tables.
Down the line, we may look back on last week’s Presidents Cup as the year the Internationals started fighting back.