Tom Watson berated U.S. team on Saturday night of Ryder Cup

U.S. captain Tom Watson reportedly berated his team in an awkward meeting on Saturday night of the Ryder Cup weekend.

The United States were blown away by the European team in the 2014 Ryder Cup. As if that weren’t bad enough, there appeared to be odd tensions simmering between Tom Watson and longtime Ryder Cup veteran Phil Mickelson. This created an awkward situation because both men are beloved figures in the golf world.

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On Friday it appears that some light was shed on what might have created that odd dynamic between Watson and the team. According to Bob Harig of ESPN.com, Watson berated the U.S. team in an ugly team meeting on the Saturday night of the Ryder Cup.

In short, it sounds like Watson threw a big fat temper tantrum and was just angry at the world. From Harig:

"Phil Mickelson’s candid and blunt assessment of U.S. Ryder Cup fortunes last Sunday night at Gleneagles was in response to, among other things, captain Tom Watson’s approach to what was supposed to be a Saturday night team-bonding session that turned ugly, sources told ESPN.com this week.Four sources who witnessed the proceedings in the U.S. team room at the Gleneagles Hotel said that Watson took no responsibility for any shortcomings, scoffed at a gift that the U.S. team members gave him, ridiculed several European team players and started the proceedings by denigrating the Americans’ play that afternoon."

Watson is notoriously a gentleman of the game, but it sounds like he lost his way a bit under the pressure of the Ryder Cup.

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