Pepper’s comments flavour Solheim Cup victory for USA

BETSY KING lifted the Solheim Cup last night and then hit out at former team-mate Dottie Pepper for calling two of the American team “choking, freaking dogs”.

Pepper now works as a television commentator but thought her microphone was off, when she criticised Laura Diaz and Sherri Steinhauer over the way they finished one of the foursomes matches on Saturday.

King, who captained the United States to a 16-12 win over Europe with a storming display in the concluding singles, said: “My opinion is that it’s about the team and not Dottie. I don’t think her comments had anything to do with how this team played — let’s change the subject.