As you might expect, the British press was none too happy with the Euros loss to the Americans in the Ryder Cup.
As you might expect, they let team captain Nick Faldo have it.
Question at press conference: "What is it like to take a winning team and make it into a losing team?"
Ouch.
Links:
- Paul Hayward of the Daily Mail calls it a Captain Calamity, saying that Faldo, not the gallery, was America's 13th man
- The Daily Mail claims American fans abused European players all weekend.
- London Times says Faldo's bold approach backfires.
- Faldo says no regrets, but he won't captain again, writes Guardian.
- The Daily Mirror writes that Faldo forgot golden rule: Lose and it's all your fault.
- AP in London has a nice round-up of Faldo's flops.
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
All I can say is watching Sergio Punch his golf bag on the 12th tee was worth the price of admission on Sunday and the fans were as gracious and probably more so than the Eurpean counterparts
I love how Faldo gets skewered for putting Ian Poulter on the team, then when Poulter plays out of his mind all weekend totally vindicating Faldo, he get skewered again for not putting him out until late Sunday.
I expected the U.S. team to win; looking at the singles lineup yesterday the U.S. should have been the favorite by about 7 1/2 to 8 points. There is no cause to blame Faldo; the Americans just played better. Very good to see things work out so well for Kenny Perry; he seems very deserving.
Kenny Perry wanted to play well so badly. My fear was that he wanted it TOO badly and would tighten up. But he came through. His career isn’t over, but you have to figure this is the crown jewel for it.