So Team Europe once again beat Team USA to win the Ryder Cup, which is not a big surprise as most golf pundits had been saying all summer how Europe was going to win in a blowout.
For those of you keeping score at home, the matches were up for grabs until the Saturday afternoon foursomes. That’s when everything went sideways (drives, irons, putts) for the Americans. Team Euro won Saturday afternoon 3.5 to 0.5 to open up a four-point lead, 10-6.
So I guess it was a lunch on Saturday that Tom Watson lost his team.
A lot has been written about what happened at the Ryder Cup. Mostly it has been written about the Team USA post-Ryder press conference where Phil Mickelson had the nerve to honestly answer a question asked of him.
You can read all about what a terrible American/teammate/person Phil Mickelson is all over the internet, specifically at http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/mickelson-takes-not-so-subtle-jabs-Watson and http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/phil-mickelson-american-ryder-cup-team-and-your-questions-answered.
Who knows what really happened behind the closed doors of the US team at the Ryder Cup.
Here is what I haven’t heard. I haven’t heard any of the US players rising up to defend Watson, or denounce Phil. In fact, I think Phil was probably speaking for the team with his comments.
Regardless, congrats to Team Europe for another convincing victory.
Here are the Golf Channel’s grades for participants in the competition.