United States captain Davis Love expects this week&rsquo;s Ryder Cup contest at Medinah to be a friendly one &mdash; and stresses it is certainly not a war. Military metaphors have often been used to refer to the action in the biennial contest between the US and Europe in the past, with some of Love&rsquo;s predecessors keen to embrace them. The 1991 clash at Kiawah Island became known as the &lsquo;War by the Shore&rsquo; while the &lsquo;Battle of Brookline&rsquo; in 1999 led to bad blood between the opposing players. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/sep/lovely.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 256px; " /> USA captain Davis Love (centre) holds the Ryder Cup as his team poses for an official photograph in Medinah. Pic/Getty Images There were more combat references when the US last won at Valhalla four years ago, a match preceded by an air force jet flyover, but Love this time wants to emphasise the game&rsquo;s underlying sense of fun. Love said: &ldquo;The flyovers are cool, just because it&rsquo;s loud. I think we&rsquo;ll probably see one again. &ldquo;But that&rsquo;s from football games and other things, that&rsquo;s just kind of cool. &ldquo;I never liked the &lsquo;War by the Shore&rsquo; title and you&rsquo;ve been hearing me say it over and over again &mdash; I&rsquo;ve been so impressed with Jose Maria (Olazabal, Europe captain). &ldquo;Obviously he exudes class in the game, and we have had an easy relationship so far. It&rsquo;s been fun. &ldquo;This is not a war. It&rsquo;s a golf match, it&rsquo;s a friendly golf match that&rsquo;s grown a little bit since they started it, and it continues to be a friendly golf match.&rdquo; Love, 48, has played in six previous Ryder Cups and worked as a vice captain to Corey Pavin at Celtic Manor two years ago. He enjoys a good relationship with the Europeans and wants that to continue through the competition that begins on Friday. He said: &ldquo;Thomas Bjorn (Europe vice captain) can walk over into my room and ask me a question, like he&rsquo;s done today, and bring me my package that he got in his room, and it&rsquo;s friendly. There&rsquo;s no problem with it. This is not a war, and it won&rsquo;t be that.&rdquo; &mdash;u00a0

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