'The War on the Shore' In the Shadow of the Gulf War, The Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island, 1991

In the shadow of the Gulf War, two teams of golfers met at Kiawah Island in 1991 for what soon developed into the most explosive and ill-tempered Ryder Cup ever to be held.

In this latest episode of 'The Way We See Sport, The Way We See Life', Nathan and Chris delve into an event which is often considered to be an example of when healthy sporting rivalry crossed the line into disrespectful jingoism. They consider whether the Gulf War was the true cause of the increased levels of animosity between the American and European golfers, and dig into the history of the Ryder Cup in order to question why such tension emerged at this particular point of what had previously been a competition noted for its sportsmanship. 

The Ryder Cup is the most marketable event in golf, so Nathan and Chris seek to ensure that they do justice to the story of the so-called 'War on the Shore'.