Lefty questions Watson role as defeat leaves US sore

The repercussions of another Ryder Cup defeat for the USA have already begun, with senior professional Phil Mickelson openly questioning the captaincy of Tom Watson.

America’s 16½-11½ defeat at Gleneagles was their eighth in 10 events and apparent discontent within the camp surfaced at their team press conference afterwards.

A number of PGA Tour professionals not with the team this week have already called for Paul Azinger, who masterminded their last victory in 2008, to be brought back as captain, and there already seems to be some support for that — or at least his methods of a ‘pod system’ — within the team itself.