It was only two years ago that Stacy Lewis won the LPGA Tour player of the year and captured the money title. That same year, Lexi Thompson won the Kraft Nabisco at age 19, and Michelle Wie finally broke through with her first major at the U.S. Womens Open at Pinehurst No. 2.This year, only two Americans have won tournaments -- Thompson in Thailand, and Brittany Lang in the U.S. Womens Open. With two tournaments left on the schedule, no Americans will be in the running for the $1 million bonus as part of the Race to the CME Globe.Lang is the only American in the top 10 on the money list, although 65 percent of her earnings ($810,000) came from the Womens Open.The Americans are out-motivated, out-focused and out-driven, and its showing up, said Dottie Pepper, a 17-time winner on the LPGA and now a television analyst. Nobody wants to hear that. But all you have to do is look at the results.What surprises Pepper the most is that the United States won the International Crown this summer, a team event against powerful golfing nations from Asia that are not eligible for the Solheim Cup. England was the only European team in the International Crown.As for the Solheim Cup? The Americans rallied to beat Europe last September.The momentum didnt transfer to individual golf, the same way it didnt coming out of the Solheim Cup, Pepper said.Also concerned is Juli Inkster, who returns as Solheim Cup captain for next years matches in Iowa, although Europe isnt faring much better.Europeans have won only twice this year, Caroline Masson of Germany and Carlota Ciganda of Spain, while only two Europeans -- Anna Nordqvist and Ciganda -- are among the top 20 on the money list.Its always great, especially in the U.S., when we have Americans winning, Inkster said. In the overall concept of the LPGA Tour worldwide, Im not sure it does matter. But for our TV ratings and fan base over these last six tournaments, it killed it.The LPGA Tour is coming off a six-week swing through Asia in which Americans finished in the top five in only two tournaments -- Alison Lee lost in a playoff in South Korea, and Jessica Korda was runner-up in China.---GO TEAM: The PGA Tour is bringing a team event back to the official schedule next year for the first time since 1981 at Disney.The policy board has approved making the Zurich Classic a two-man team competition starting next year, according to two officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because an announcement is not expected until next week.Still to be determined is how to assign world ranking points in a team competition, and how to dole out FedEx Cup points. The prize money is likely to be shared.The last official team event was won by Vance Heafner and Mike Holland in the Walt Disney World National Team Championship. Other team events include the World Cup and Franklin Templeton Shootout, though they are not official PGA Tour tournaments.---DJ TO MIDDLE EAST: U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson is the latest American to head to the Middle East for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.Johnson was confirmed for the European Tour event on Jan. 19-22, which is opposite the CareerBuilder Challenge in the California desert, and means he likely will skip Torrey Pines the following week. Rickie Fowler also returns as defending champion.Over the last seven years, Abu Dhabi has attracted Tiger Woods (twice), Phil Mickelson (twice) Fowler, Jason Dufner and Anthony Kim.Next years field is one of its strongest with Johnson, Fowler, Rory McIlroy, British Open champion Henrik Stenson and Masters champion Danny Willett.---LOW BALL: Rod Pampling became the ninth player to open a PGA Tour event at 60 or better, but only the fourth player who went on to win.Mike Souchak opened with a 60 in the 1955 Texas Open and sailed to a seven-shot victory.Phil Mickelson shot 60 in the first round at Phoenix and won by four over Brandt Snedeker. The other player to open with 60 and win was Steve Stricker in the 2010 John Deere Classic -- and Stricker wasnt even leading after the first round. Paul Goydos shot 59 that day and was runner-up by two shots to Stricker.Pampling shot 60 in Las Vegas, but he had only a two-shot lead over Brooks Koepka, which turned out to be the margin of victory.No one ever wasted a good start like Pat Perez in the 2006 Bob Hope Classic when he shot 60 in the first round. Perez never broke 70 the rest of the week, posting scores of 73-70-75-78, and he finished 73rd, 21 shots behind Chad Campbell.---ANSER ANNIVERSARY: Ping is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of its Anser putter by making a limited-edition version made from the original molds with components made in the U.S. that vendors supplied in 1966. Chairman and CEO John Solheim is grinding each sole by hand, just as he once did in the family garage. It also has a modern touch of tungsten in the heel and toe.If it sounds like a lot of work, it comes with a steep price. Suggested retail price is $900.The original concept for the Anser putter was drawn on a 78 rpm record sleeve by Ping founder Karsten Solheim in early 1966. The name was inspired by his desire to find an answer to the popular putter at the time. His wife, Louise, suggested he call it Answer but he thought that wouldnt fit on the toe. The w was dropped.---ROAD TO ROYAL BIRKDALE: The R&A is adding qualifying sites at the Singapore Open in January and the Ho Tram Players Championship in Vietnam in April. That brings to 44 the number of players who can earn spots in the British Open at Royal Birkdale.Singapore and Vietnam will offer spots to the leading two players not already eligible provided they finish in the top 10.Qualifying spots start next week at the Australian Open, where the leading three players from the top 10 will be exempt to golfs oldest championship. Three spots will be offered at Joburg Open in February and the Mizuno Open in Japan in May.The European Tour and PGA Tour will each get nine spots -- three each at the French, Irish and Scottish Opens, along with four spots at the Quicken Loans National and Greenbrier Classic, and one spot at the John Deere Classic.As usual, 12 spots will be awarded at local final qualifying.---DIVOTS: Brooke Henderson is playing her 31st tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule this week in Mexico. She has missed only two tournaments for which he was eligible, including last week in Japan. The other was in Thailand in February. ... Keegan Bradley has back-to-back finishes in the top 10 (tie for sixth in Malaysia, tie for seventh in Las Vegas) for the first time since March 2013. ... Jon Rahm has shot par or better in his last 22 rounds dating to the final round of the British Open. 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In speaking about Cheteshwar Pujaras strike rate, just after the Kanpur Test, Virat Kohli reminisced - sort of - of the days when Pujara used to score quick, dominating double-centuries against visiting spinners. That was at the tail-end of a time when India used to bury visiting teams under a mountain of runs and watch them crumble under the scoreboard pressure. India have won four of their last five Tests at home, but on pitches that werent typically Indian their batsmen have struggled. A plausible reason is that if it is extremely difficult for Hashim Amla to score on, it is going to be difficult for Pujara too, if not as difficult.A win is a win, though, and India have been happy with them. Even on surfaces that turned from the first hour, there have been periods when Indias batsmen have threatened to dominate, but with so many variables to account for they werent able to follow through. Only one man has scored a century since the start of the last season - Ajinkya Rahane, twice and often lower-order runs from Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin proved the difference.A day before the Kolkata Test, in conditions expected to help batsmen according to Kohli, the captain spoke about the need to put runs on the board.As a home side, we feel we are able to put big runs on the board, that obviously puts pressure on the opposition regardless of the wicket we are playing on, Kohli said. I felt that even in the last game we had a chance of getting 400-plus, but we didnt capitalise. So those are the things we want to correct. Once you have a big score on the board, the opposition feels they have to work that extra bit or bat a session-and-a-half more than they would like to. That gives you an advantage in the game.This assumes more importance especially if the Eden Gardens pitch plays as Kohli expects it to. This is the first Kolkata Test after the death of former Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya and former curator Prabir Mukherjee. This is also the first first-class match since the whole square was re-laid. Not many know what exactly to expect, but Kohli said: The wicket is what we see in Calcutta more often than not. Its generally a very good batting wicket more often than not. We are expecting the same.In Kanpur, India looked set to get 450. They batted on the first day, when conditions were best for run-scoring, and got off to an excellent start.dddddddddddd As it happens on such pitches, one ball turned a little too much, Pujara fell even though he reached it on the half-volley and the incoming batsmen found it tough. Kohli was one of them, top-edging a hook in the first innings and a slog sweep in the second. The thing with Kohli though, over the last year or so, has been the quickness with which he goes to work on his mistakes.In the lead-up to this Test, he has batted against a rubber ball, training himself to control an object that bounces more but not necessarily at a sharp pace. Rubber ball was because we play three formats and we sometimes do tend to bat in a flow, Kohli said. It is very important to work on skills that bring stability as well, which you already have but it is about repeating those things. It was all about wanting to control the ball that is bouncing and not coming at pace. That was the idea behind that.Cricket is a game where you prepare well but the result cannot be in your hand all the time. Especially batting, where you have only one chance. If you get caught off a no-ball it is different. Generally cricket is a game of chances, but preparation is in my hand. I look to that 100% every time I walk on to practise.Kohlis insistence on big runs and scoreboard pressure could also mean persisting with six batsmen and trusting the two spinners to do the job. If this is indeed a more traditional Indian pitch that starts to break up towards the end of the third day, India will need all the scoreboard pressure they can muster in order to help R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.Difficult pitches havent always been the reason for Indias top order failing to capitalise on starts. Two months ago in Antigua, India nearly exposed the tail and it was Ashwins century and partnership with Kohli that batted West Indies out of the game.Ashwin has had a bit of discomfort in the lead-up to the Kolkata Test with a corn on the middle finger of his right hand. He didnt bowl in the nets, but had a hit, which suggested he should be fine. Kohli said as much and he would love for himself and his batsmen to not burden Ashwin and Jadeja with run-scoring duties. 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