{"id":289359,"date":"2023-09-28T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=289359"},"modified":"2023-09-28T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:36:00","slug":"europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald &#8216;annoyed&#8217; at awkward wife joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>McIlroy: Pain of missing Ryder Cup will hit home now with LIV rebels<\/h3>\n<p>Luke Donald reportedly \u2018looked annoyed\u2019 following a question regarding his wife, Diane Antonopoulos, after the Ryder Cup opening ceremony. Team Europe\u2019s captain was happily chatting away to the media, before reportedly appearing to take umbrage with a joke that was made to him.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter told Donald that the phrase \u2018sleeping with the enemy\u2019 came to mind after discovering that his wife was American. Donald met his wife at Northwestern University in Illinois, America, but despite being a Chicago native she was born in Greece to Greek parents.<\/p>\n<p>Donald kindly explained that to the reporter but The Athletic claimed that the initial comment was met with an \u2018annoyed\u2019 look.<\/p>\n<p>Donald was asked: &#8220;Sorry to hit you with this on the eve of the tournament, but following exhaustive investigations, it&#8217;s come to our attention you&#8217;ve got an American wife. And the phrase sleeping with the enemy comes to mind. So I just wonder how tricky is it going to be this week for you? I wonder if you talk in your sleep?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> JUST IN <\/strong> <strong>Ryder Cup Friday morning foursomes announced as Brooks Koepka left out[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/71\/590x\/secondary\/Ryder-Cup-Luke-Donald-4984214.jpg?r=1695935565560\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not tricky at all,\u201d he explained. My wife&#8217;s parents were born in Greece. She has a lot of strong European roots, and my number one fan. There&#8217;s quite a few guys on our team that have U.S. wives. It&#8217;s really not a problem. They are 100 percent behind us.&#8221; When asked whether Diane was supporting Team Europe, Donald took a short pause before replying: \u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Away from the awkward questions aimed towards Donald and his wife, the Englishman was also asked for his reasoning behind rookie Ludvig Aberg being thrown straight into the opening foursomes.<\/p>\n<p>We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you&#8217;ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Viktor Hovland makes incredible par four \u2018hole-in-one\u2019 during Ryder Cup practice[SPOTTED] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>The 2023 Ryder Cup by numbers as brilliant USA team look to catch up to Europe[STATS] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Ryder Cup prize money &#8211; Europe and USA receive different compensation[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/71\/590x\/secondary\/Ryder-Cup-Luke-Donald-4984216.jpg?r=1695935565839\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <svg width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewbox=\"0 0 60 60\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><g stroke=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><g transform=\"translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)\" fill=\"#000000\"><g><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Luke Donald (@lukedonald)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aberg and Viktor Hovland will take on Brian Harman and Max Homa, and Donald explained: &#8220;I&#8217;m very impressed with both of these players. They&#8217;re very steady players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously Ludvig&#8217;s driving, the few tournaments he played on the PGA Tour, he was the number one driver in all of golf, ahead of Rory McIlroy, ahead of Scottie Scheffler in the rankings. We know driving is important this week and in foursomes, if you&#8217;re in the short stuff, it&#8217;s going to make life a lot easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/1817952\/Ryder-Cup-news-Luke-Donald-wife-Team-Europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIlroy: Pain of missing Ryder Cup will hit home now with LIV rebels Luke Donald reportedly \u2018looked annoyed\u2019 following a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald &#039;annoyed&#039; at awkward wife joke - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald &#039;annoyed&#039; at awkward wife joke - Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"McIlroy: Pain of missing Ryder Cup will hit home now with LIV rebels Luke Donald reportedly \u2018looked annoyed\u2019 following a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-28T21:36:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Europe-Ryder-Cup-captain-Luke-Donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/\",\"name\":\"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald 'annoyed' at awkward wife joke - Sports Love Me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-28T21:36:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-28T21:36:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Golf\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/category\/golf\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald &#8216;annoyed&#8217; at awkward wife joke\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Love Me\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald 'annoyed' at awkward wife joke - Sports Love Me","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald 'annoyed' at awkward wife joke - Sports Love Me","og_description":"McIlroy: Pain of missing Ryder Cup will hit home now with LIV rebels Luke Donald reportedly \u2018looked annoyed\u2019 following a","og_url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/","og_site_name":"Sports Love Me","article_published_time":"2023-09-28T21:36:00+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Europe-Ryder-Cup-captain-Luke-Donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/","url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/","name":"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald 'annoyed' at awkward wife joke - Sports Love Me","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-28T21:36:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-28T21:36:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/europe-ryder-cup-captain-luke-donald-annoyed-at-awkward-wife-joke\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Golf","item":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/category\/golf\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald &#8216;annoyed&#8217; at awkward wife joke"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/","name":"Sports Love Me","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}