Webb Simpson: Ryder Cup was a ‘terrible experience’
Webb Simpson didn’t play much golf during the Ryder Cup. After bombing with Bubba Watson in the opening session on Friday, Simpson, one of captain Tom Watson’s wild-card picks, was relegated to the bench until he had to play in one of 12 singles matches on Sunday.
Needless to say, Simpson wasn’t all that pleased with the Gleneagles experience.
“The golf side was a terrible experience because I only played in two matches,” Simpson said Thursday at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. “I showed up in Scotland really ready to play and excited to play, and when you sit through three matches in a row, it’s tough.”
Simpson would have been on board if the U.S. had won. He added, “I mean, if I said the golf was great, you could call me a liar, and we didn’t win. If I sit three matches and we win, I’ll have a different answer.”
For all of the talk about Watson’s decision making and, as Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee said, his “bedside manner,” Simpson boiled down the week’s enjoymen to one thing: winning.
“I think all of our team would agree that to an extent, the golf part did stink,” he said. “We lost. We lost the Ryder Cup, and nobody likes that.”
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