Ryder Cup has no future if it allows yobs to get away with abusing players and their familiesGetting in the gates at Bethpage wasn't cheap. (Image: Photo by Scott Taetsch/PGA of America via Getty Images)Golf is a sport with a great welcome for itself. We were given proof of that in the days following Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland in a World Cup play-off 16 years ago. The 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline was seen as the nadir for bad behaviour, with both the American players and fans disgracing themselves. Only the Lions tours in the world of sport wraps itself in more mythology than the Ryder Cup.