It is a scene of serious sport cheered by people in ridiculous attire.

Golf’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black this week has drawn American fans dressed as Colonial minutemen and bald eagles, in American flag overalls and cheese-wedge headgear. Their European guests wear gold-starred blue suits in the style of the European Union flag. They accessorize with actual European Union flags, worn as capes in the morning cool at the first tee, draped for sun protection on the back nine.

Everyone wears caps all the time, from fans drinking breakfast beers to the players and caddies walking the fairways. A few are MAGA but more are Ping, Titleist or TaylorMade.

The fans are more boisterous and their fashion more flamboyant than at a typical PGA Tour event.

The players' outfits were conservative. Satu

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