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Old 04-13-2007, 01:54 AM
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Re: If you're not an American......

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Originally Posted by Mizunoman
We pretty much expect the British Amatuer Champ to be ignored by the US media since they see it as a minor competition anyway, but this guy is US Amateur champ, and the USGA is always banging on about the top Pro comp being the US Open and the top amateur comp being the US Amateur. When an american wins the US Amateur he's instantly hailed as the top amateur on earth and feted far and wide on the US circuit, but if Johnny foreigner wins it, its swept under the carpet (Molinari didnt really get a lot of attention either)
Had this been included in your original post (to make it clearer), I would have agreed wholeheartedly with you. In fact, I completely agree with the quoted material.

I thought you were simply stating that US tv should put more coverage on international players - specifically Mr. Ramsay.

And IIRC, Molinari got roughly the same coverage as Ramsay, but Ricky Barnes got twice as much as either of them.
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