"There is always a drop of ennui in the air on the Sunday evening of a big golf tournament. The final putt falls and the circus starts to pack up around you; everyone says goodbye, the theatre of the preceding week now draped in deep, autumnal darkness."
"It was like that in Bethpage as we crushed in around the player interview area, or the 'PIA' as the Ryder Cup media officials were absolutely determined to call it for the week."
A drop of ennui hangs in the air on the Sunday evening of a big golf tournament. The final putt falls, and the circus starts to pack up. Everyone says goodbye as the theatre of the preceding week becomes draped in deep, autumnal darkness. At Bethpage the crowd crushes in around the player interview area. The interview area is referred to as the 'PIA' by Ryder Cup media officials who insist on that name for the week. The scene conveys the residue of spectacle and the ritualized closure following a major sporting event.
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