The Scotsman

SILENCE THE BAMS

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Masters champion Danny Willett is “bitterly disappoint­ed” about his brother launching an astonishin­g attack on American golf fans on the eve of the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.

Writing for a golf website, Peter Willett labelled crowds in the United States a “baying mob of imbeciles” and also described fans as “cretins” and “brainless”.

The golfer’s brother, who describes himself as an “author, teacher and inexperien­ced father”, became an internet sensation as his sibling insights went viral after Danny won at Augusta National in April.

However, away captain Darren Clarke quickly distanced Danny and the rest of the European team from the comments in this article in the countdown to the 41st Ryder Cup starting in Minnesota tomorrow.

“I was just made aware of the article about an hour ago,” admitted Clarke during his daily visit to the media centre. “I hadn’t seen it but, as soon as I did, I went out to find Danny, who was playing in the last group out there this morning.

“I showed it to Danny and he’s bitterly disappoint­ed in his brother’s article. It’s not what Danny thinks. It is not what I think. It is not what Team Europe stands for.

“Danny fully intends to speak to his brother whenever he comes in and express his displeasur­e about it. I was obviously very disappoint­ed in it as well because that’s an outside person expressing their opinion, which is not representa­tive of what our thoughts are.”

Writing for Nationalcl­ubgolfer.com,

“They need to silence the pudgy, basementdw­elling, irritants, stuffed on cookie dough”

PETER WILLETT pudgy, basement-dwelling, irritants, stuffed on cookie dough and pissy beer, pausing between mouthfuls of hotdog so they can scream ‘Baba booey’ until their jelly faces turn red.

“They need to stun the angry, unwashed, Make America Great Again swarm, desperatel­y gripping their concealed-carry compensato­rs and belting out a minierecti­on inducing ‘mashed potato,’ hoping to impress their cousin.

“They need to smash the

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