US Masters champ Danny Willett faced the media armed with a can of Stella and a touch of black humour. Asked to sum up his Ryder Cup experience he responded with "SHIT!" Sensing that the assembled wished to elaborate further, he obliged. "Really shit!"
Willett played in three matches and lost all of them.
Before the tournament, he was asked, for the sake of Ryder Cup politics, to chime in with the pillorying of his brother. PJ Willet wrote a caustic article for the Nationalclubgolfer.com website, in which he derided the cretinous US golf fans.
They need to silence the pudgy, basement-dwelling, irritants, stuffed on cookie dough and pissy beer, pausing between mouthfuls of hotdog so they can scream ‘Baba booey’ until their jelly faces turn red.
They need to stun the angry, unwashed, Make America Great Again swarm, desperately gripping their concealed-carry compensators and belting out a mini-erection inducing ‘mashed potato,’ hoping to impress their cousin.
They need to smash the obnoxious dads, with their shiny teeth, Lego man hair, medicated ex-wives, and resentful children. Squeezed into their cargo shorts and boating shoes, they’ll bellow ‘get in the hole’ whilst high-fiving all the other members of the Dentists’ Big Game Hunt Society.
Team Europe need to silence these cretins quickly.
Darren Clarke lost the rag in his pre-competition press conference, reporting that Danny was "bitterly disappointed" with his brother's article. Clarke went on to tell the world that Danny fully intended to express his disappointment to his brother.
In the ensuing hysteria, Sky Sports' unnerving contributor Butch Harmon stared down the camera - as is his won't - and said that PJ Willett should be worried about his job "if that's the way you want to talk about people."
The home contingent at Hazeltine proceeded to give us a passable impression of the Brookline '99 crowd over the three days of golf.
Back in '99, Colin Montgomerie was encouraged to "shank it, you fat pig". This time around, we had Rory McIlroy being encouraged to "suck a dick!"
Danny Willett did express his disappointment today. But not at his brother. He admitted he had a poor tournament but said he could only blame himself. And he went on to add that the behaviour of many US fans vindicated PJ's pre-competition article.
Very strange week here at the Ryder cup.. Tried my best but played poorly.. Unfortunately some american fans showed that @P_J_Willett was..
— Danny Willett (@Danny_Willett) October 3, 2016
.. In fact correct.. Nothing to blame my bad play on.. But still shows that sometimes fans don't know when to call it a day.. Shame really!!
— Danny Willett (@Danny_Willett) October 3, 2016
Willett's later tweets copperfastened his status as one of Balls' new favourite golfers. One US fan tweeted that he should henceforth be known as 'ZERO' in honour of his points tally this weekend.
Willett said he liked the nickname 'ZERO' but he had a compelling alternative suggestion.
@donovanbrittain @P_J_Willett @rydercup I like the nickname zero.. Kind of catchy.. Or reigning masters champ.. ?? either or.. ????
— Danny Willett (@Danny_Willett) October 3, 2016
