Ryder Cup losers escape Arsenal’s selfie glare

I’d rather be a poor winner than any kind of loser.” - George S Kaufman, American playwright

Ryder Cup losers escape Arsenal’s selfie glare

Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have all played a bit of golf in their time — God knows footballers have enough of it to spare — and the thought struck while flicking through social media last Sunday evening just what the Arsenal lads might have made of Justin Rose’s tweet.

Team Europe had just suffered its heaviest Ryder Cup loss in 35 years but Rose, team captain Darren Clarke and at least a dozen others thought it a good idea to pose for the sort of chirpy celebrity shot that, if you hadn’t followed events at Hazeltine over the weekend, would lead you to think they had just done rather well.

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