We appreciate him in UK...
Ok ..so some of his interviews can be a bit moaning... but if you ask anybody how their day was after a less than mediocre day at work ...you are going to get a few moans!
Unbeaten in Ryder cup singles.... went for several years hitting his irons ridiculously close to the pins ( that has to be a sign of quality striking)...although interestingly he never got on well with Hogan Apex blades...apparently... i seem to remember him having a very short lived Hogan contract few years back....
What irritated me was the stick he had to take when he played in the US.... he might have a Mrs. Doubtfire appearance, carrying a few pounds around his nipples etc.... but in the "land of the free "( to "go Large" and "supersize me")...well... pot...kettle...black etc!!
Trouble is ...if golf is a game of misses.... nad pro golf is a game of missed tournaments... he will be in the stats books as a "misser" but in the hearts as a really, really, reaallly GOOD player.
But in ranking the product... above Doug Sanders.... above Paul Lawrie ( and Paul was a lot better then many gave him credit for!!) above Bill Rogers.... but below alot of greats...