@AndyGlockner I think #2 above is the key. Even in the few actual competitions the US has played in the last 3 years, everybody knew none of them featured our actual WC team.
@RadioFreeTom It apparently never occurs to him that many (most?) of the people on these flights are US citizens who are now going to be massively inconvenienced.
@acaseofthegolf1 Thanks. As usual, much more enlightening than anything we get from the broadcast or the Tour. It's nice of them to keep his FedEx points secret until he actually earns STE just to make it more difficult to follow