English professional golfer Lee Westwood is not happy with the reports of the US Team complaining of the Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson. According to him, these kind of matters should have been kept private among themselves.
Westwood has played in nine Ryder Cups, winning for the seventh time when Europe beat the Americans at Gleneagles two weeks ago.
Recently, there were many reports that came out of Phil Michelson not liking the way Watson was handling the team. He had been comparing the style of Watson to previous team captains and have said that Watson should have used the same technique as with other coaches.
Because of the reports, Watson has sent out an open letter admitting and taking responsibility of his mistakes.
According to Westwood "From my point of view, I think it's a little bit disappointing to see the dirty laundry being out in public, first and foremost, It's very difficult to pinpoint in a team environment whose fault it specifically is. It's a combination of a lot of different things. Yeah, maybe Tom got a few things wrong. Maybe the U.S. team just didn't quite play well enough in general. If the other team plays well, you're going to lose."
He adds "I'm just pleased that I don't have to sort it all out because I don't like to see people with great reputations ... being brought down by something that shouldn't really happen in public,'' he said. ''It should all be done behind closed doors and sorted out there, and the analysis should start there, and not be done in the press."
Weswood knows how it feels. He was benched for the first time in 2008 when Europe, with six-time major champion Nick Faldo as its captain, lost for the only time in the last 15 years.
He said "'I think there were a lot of people disappointed in '08, but we tried to come together and basically not say anything in public. Whenever you lose, you're going to be disappointed and you're going to think things could have been done better. It's just a case of managing it and handling it and improving it for the next time professionally."
