{"id":291770,"date":"2023-10-23T18:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291770"},"modified":"2023-10-23T18:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:09:04","slug":"ryder-cup-reject-dishes-dirt-on-splintered-usa-team-and-heartbreaking-fall-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/golf\/ryder-cup-reject-dishes-dirt-on-splintered-usa-team-and-heartbreaking-fall-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup reject dishes dirt on ‘splintered’ USA team and heartbreaking fall-out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy: I used anger to my advantage on way to Europe’s Ryder Cup triumph<\/h3>\n

Zach Johnson’s US Ryder Cup team was \u201csplintered\u201d during their humbling defeat to the Europeans in Rome. That’s according to Lucas Glover, who missed out on a wildcard spot in America’s final team of 12 but got the inside track from others who were there.<\/p>\n

Top US golfer Patrick Cantley had been at the centre of alleged disharmony in Johnson’s squad after it had been alleged that he refused to wear the team cap in protest over not being paid to play in the historic competition – an accusation that he later denied.<\/p>\n

But speaking to SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio, 43-year-old Glover said: \u201cIt broke my heart the week after to hear about how splintered the room was and things about money and different things.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not at all what the Ryder Cup stands for. And I\u2019m not just going on what I\u2019ve read and been told, I\u2019ve talked to some people who were there in the fight, and it breaks my heart to hear that because that\u2019s not what it\u2019s about, that\u2019s not what it stands for and it\u2019s not why I want to play on that team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy to say three weeks after, two weeks after, and unfortunately they lost, but yeah I would have liked to have been there,\u201d Glover said. \u201cI think I could have brought some different things to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The USA had arrived in Rome as holders of the trophy following a record 19-9 home win at Whistling Straits in 2021, but it was a different story on European soil, where the Americans have not won once in 30 years, as Luke Donald’s side made the perfect start, winning the opening foursomes session 4-0, from which the USA team never truly recovered.<\/p>\n

Europe went on to regain the Ryder Cup 16.5-11.5 with a performance rooted in team solidarity which appeared at odds with that of the visitors.<\/p>\n

Another player missing from this year’s US Ryder Cup team was Bryson DeChambeau, whose LIV golf membership proved to be an obstacle for selection, even though nemesis Brooks Keopka was included.<\/p>\n

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