US Ryder Cup Debacle Made Even Worse by Phil Mickelson’s Criticism of Tom Watson

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Published: September 28, 2014

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The United States Ryder Cup team didn't fare well on the course at Gleneagles the week, getting blown out 16.5-11.5 by a talented European squad, but things were even worse in the press.

As Rory McIlroy and Co. were dousing each other with champagne and waving their respective flags in the air, Phil Mickelson was making waves with his thinly veiled shots at captain Tom Watson. 

"We had great formula in '08," he said on NBC immediately after the loss, referring to captain Paul Azinger's work with the victorious 2008 team. "I don't know why we strayed from it."

In the press conference later, Mickelson, who went 2-1-0 this Ryder Cup but was benched for all of Saturday, elaborated on his thoughts, per ASAP Sports:

There were two things that allow us to play our best I think that Paul Azinger did, and one was he got everybody invested in the process.

He got everybody invested in who they were going to play with, who the picks were going to be, who was going to be in their pod, who—when they would play, and they had a great leader for each pod. ... And the other thing that Paul did really well was he had a great game plan for us, you know, how we were going to go about doing this. 

When asked whether the players were involved in the process this year, Mickelson was frank, saying, "No, nobody here was in any decision."

Keep in mind, Mickelson said all of this in the group press conference, surrounded by all of his teammates and Watson. Awkward.

It was no secret that Lefty was disappointed after Watson benched him for both pairs matches Saturday, despite his record of success with partner Keegan Bradley, but nobody could have predicted that Mickelson would have taken his frustration out in such a public manner. 



Of course, when a reporter told Mickelson that it felt like he was attacking Watson, the five-time major champion den...
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