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Danny Willett didn’t do himself any favors with these tweets
After succinctly summing up his first Ryder Cup experience as “s**t,” a battered Danny Willett looked to have closed the door on a week he’d rather forget.
Diplomatic as could ever be expected in a week where he caught endless flak inside the ropes for a column his brother wrote, Willett said the following on Twitter earlier today.
Very strange week here at the Ryder cup.. Tried my best but played poorly.. Unfortunately some american fans showed that @P_J_Willett was..
— Danny Willett (@Danny_Willett) October 3, 2016
.. In fact correct.. Nothing to blame my bad play on.. But still shows that sometimes fans don’t know when to call it a day.. Shame really!!
— Danny Willett (@Danny_Willett) October 3, 2016
Now, Danny did say “some.” Unfortunately for him, headlines pertaining to his tweets say things like “Danny Willett: American fans showed my brother was correct.” And the percentage of people who will see that headline, not read the article and thus know nothing about the “some” qualification, will be enough to create a further headache for Mr. Willett.
And of course, it won’t be a stretch for “some” fans to draw a connection between Willett’s comments and the fact that he plays minimally on the PGA Tour even though he’s fully exempt and label him as anti-American.
Is he? Almost certainly not. But in a world of information overloads and snap judgements, his tweets don’t do anything to help anyone not arrive at that conclusion.
And another unfortunate element here: Many will just see the tweets on his timeline when viewing the Masters champs Twitter profile, not both “tweets and replies.” And in his replies to users who commented the original two tweets, Willett expanded on the “some” element with statements like
…But unfortunately some fans take it too far too often and spoil it for others.. Most fans were great!!
…There were 100,000 great fans… Just the usual token daft ppl letting others down
….All I said is that what people said proved him to be correct in a few cases.. Not all.. But a few.
However, as “Danny Willett: Americans fans showed my brother was correct” makes for a more contentious, clickable headline, don’t expect to hear much about that.
The moral of the story is the same as it is for so many professional athletes: If you think there’s a possibility your social media utterance could be misconstrued, best not to post.
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David
Oct 6, 2016 at 9:53 am
He only didn’t do himself any favours if we assume the media are scum that routinely misquote players to create scandal out of fresh air.
Which they are and do. Nothing short of unpunished LIBEL. Congrats journos. Beautiful world.
Grizz01
Oct 5, 2016 at 10:30 pm
Danny proving he will be a one hit wonder (win only one major).
Just got done watching the History on Arnold. Talked about when Jack Nicklaus took on Arnie in Penn. Jack was called everything in the book. They even stomped on the ground in unison while he was putting and the ground shook all around him. He had such mental fortitude he didn’t even notice. Danny and others complaining are just showing thier hand of weakness. So does the Americans when they have complained about the crowds when the play is on foreign ground.
Grow up guys.
KK
Oct 5, 2016 at 8:34 pm
As a dear friend once said, if it wasn’t for the USA, you Europeans would all be sucking on weinersnitchels right now.
John
Oct 5, 2016 at 5:41 pm
Tour golf is not a team sport but cup matches are and that’s when the fans get engaged. All team sports are that way. When the visiting team misses the net on a penalty kick, the home crowd cheers, it’s only natural. Same as when a putt didn’t fall for the Euros and it will be the same for the USA in 2 years. You really can’t expect the polite behavior of the crowds at Tour golf events to remain the same at cup events and it’s absurd if the Euros feel that the fans somehow influenced the outcome. If that’s the case, they should not select Danny Willet or anyone else who played poorly to future cup matches. Some players can deal with it and some can’t.
TripleAce
Oct 5, 2016 at 4:39 pm
USA USA USA USA USA!!!!
NatBallStriker
Oct 4, 2016 at 4:58 pm
Golf is supposed to be a gentlemens game, whilst I am English and it pained me to see Patrick Reed hole putt after putt, I couldn’t help but realise how classy he was on many occasions when he and Jordan Speith were shushing the crowd from cheering the missed putts from Europeans. When the home players are having to tell the crowd to give it a rest then the situation must be extreme. Whilst crowds should never be silent, they should certainly be respectful, ask the question- would any of those crowd members say any of the rubbish they said if they were walking in the street on their own to the European players? Probably not, a little courage juice and a strong backup of the crowd causes some people to be perhaps braver? Or more stupid than they would normally be!!
Brendon Hough
Oct 5, 2016 at 3:04 pm
Besides the alcohol I think another factor was the size of the crowd. I believe an effort was made to police the fans as I saw a few fans kicked out Saturday and Sunday seemed a much better environment. I’m curious with the Paris crowd expected to be 3 times the size how rowdy the fans will get. I’m sure there will be fans that take bad behavior to far. I don’t know how it is in Europe but I know the USGA is trying to grow the game in America and the growth might come at the cost of the games soul losing as a gentlemans game.
Pvisser
Oct 4, 2016 at 2:46 pm
Seriously Ben, dont post anything that could be misconstrued by a journo? Might as well give up on interviews then..
Desmond
Oct 4, 2016 at 1:24 pm
Danny should have doubled down on his brother’s comments – that strategy works for some people on twitter.
Carlos Danger
Oct 4, 2016 at 10:54 am
This may be a weird analogy but I compare this to fighting in hockey.
Alot of people want to talk about how “disgusting” “appalling” “rude” etc…the fans were at the RC this year and how “we must address it.” In hockey, alot of people want to talk about how “barbaric” “disgusting” “horrible” etc…fighting is and how “we must get it out of the game.”
But I think we lose sight of the end result in both of these situations…was anyone watching the Ryder Cup this year, seeing Rory egging on the crowd, watching the players fist pump and shush each other, seeing the tension and sometimes animosity between the players and the crowd, all the side stories (Rory, Willet, etc..) and not thinking to themselves…”THIS IS AWESOME!” Did anyone walk away from their TV while Rory and Reed were dueling it out? Did anyone think that the young kid Pieters or Sergio egging on the crowd was boring? It was amazing. It brought an element to golf that action packed sports like Football and/or Futball, hockey, etc… have.
Same with fighting in hockey. The same people who whine and cry about fighting are the ones who stand in their seats and cheer at the game when one breaks out. Do you mean to tell me you change the channel if a fight breaks out in a hockey game? Hell no. Its awesome.
Just think we need some perspective on this whole thing. Was some of the stuff happening in the crowd inappropriate and should it be addressed in future RC…yes ofcourse. But dont sit and whine about it when as a whole you just watched an incredibly entertaining sporting event
Clemson Sucks
Oct 4, 2016 at 9:23 am
And the crying from the Euro’s continues. Imagine that. Dude’s brother puts out derogatory tweets about Americans and then he has a bad experience in front of American crowds. Wtf did you think was gonna happen Danny?! Go back to England, have a cup of tea and then work on getting your overrated golf game in better shape.
Forsbrand
Oct 4, 2016 at 3:29 pm
So overrated he won the US masters, must have been really lucky, very lucky indeed!
Just take your Ryder Cup win gratuitously, Europe have won it on the past four occasions so guess it was the US turn to take a win.
Let’s see what happens in the next match, maybe someone wil tweet “Patrick Reid ate my hamster”….so what
Clemson Sucks
Oct 4, 2016 at 3:48 pm
How about taking your Ryder Cup loss gratuitously and stop with all of the whining/excuses. ..
Biddles
Oct 5, 2016 at 12:16 pm
Plenty of one-hit wonders who won a major and then disappeared into oblivion. And plenty of renowned golfers who only won a single major but still had great careers. It remains to be seen which bucket Danny will fall in, but certainly a pretty pathetic showing at the Ryder Cup and afterwards.
Forsbrand
Oct 5, 2016 at 1:06 pm
I think You’ll find we’re totally fine with you guys taking our crown, we’ll let you have it for a couple of years but well be having it back come 2018.
Lots of one hit wonders have at least crossed the line and are etched in history now, I’d take a green jacket any day of the week.
As for the whining learn to cheer or praise good shots and quit all the booing, shows lack of class.
John
Oct 5, 2016 at 4:58 pm
Ask Jordan Speith if he feels he gave the green jacket away. Just like Greg Norman did to Faldo a long time ago. It doesn’t take anything away from the winners of those events but it certainly helped each of them to victory.
Ian Muir
Oct 4, 2016 at 4:08 am
The whole world watches the Ryder Cup; it is broadcast worldwide and so the US looks bad in the eyes of the neutrals be it in the Far East, Australasia as well as in Europe and every other corner of the world. But you know what, all that the Hazeltine crowds have done is to further imbed the already held beliefs around the globe that the US are a nation of low-class, drunken and moronic fools. But I guess rather than tackle the issue (and it’s not the first time in RC history that the US crowds have acted in this way) the US will do what it always does – circle the wagons. I guess at least there was no-one firing guns when the putts were rolling in.
Clemson Sucks
Oct 4, 2016 at 9:24 am
You Euro’s are a sensitive bunch.
richard patten
Oct 6, 2016 at 9:06 am
“Low Class, drunken moronic fools” you say. That’s the sort of comment PJ used (unwashed, etc.) for Americans that got the crowd fired up. We Americans have not forgotten elitist, class-based comments like that the British used in the 1770s when they sent their troops, marching to “The World is Upside Down,” over here to teach us that we were mere colonists, (i.e., servants) not British citizens and not ‘quality’ enough to run a functional government on our own. Evidence: The crowd responded with the US national anthem and another trouncing of The British. Tip: Don’t pull that snobby British class-krap on our soil if you want to win-or even get along. We know our history; Love III may have been our RC captain, but George Washington is still our general.
dan
Oct 4, 2016 at 1:28 am
This whole article is tabloid trash. I don’t want to read garbage like this on Golfwrx. It’s been getting worse and worst over the last year.
Stick to stories with substance.
Click Bait
Oct 4, 2016 at 2:22 am
Yeah. I thought this site was about golf equipment than about social concerns in golf?
Erik
Oct 4, 2016 at 12:04 am
He is right though. (Next time I’m watching American players in Europe I’m going to shout MISS in the back swing)
Neil Cameron
Oct 4, 2016 at 5:44 am
you will get escorted out of the golf course and probably to the airport
Biddles
Oct 5, 2016 at 12:12 pm
Oh no, some Americans are obnoxious, boo hoo. Apparently the Europeans are a bunch of whinging crybabies who have no problem having fun egging on the crowds when they’re winning, but instantly turn into a bunch of pussies when things go south? Is that right?
Forsbrand
Oct 5, 2016 at 1:11 pm
Well show you some European Hospitality in France in 2018 hope to see you there
Golfgirlrobin
Oct 3, 2016 at 11:37 pm
If you have to start explaining and qualifying your original tweet, you shouldn’t have tweeted it to begin with.
No, people aren’t going to read the entire chain of comments and secondary tweets by Willett, and he ought to be smart enough to know that.
Jack Nash
Oct 5, 2016 at 11:03 am
“No, people aren’t going to read the entire chain of comments and secondary tweets by Willett, and he ought to be smart enough to know that.”
What he should have realized was the short attention span of the readers. Maybe then his tweet chain would have been shorter.
John
Oct 5, 2016 at 5:12 pm
What he should have done was apologize for his rude bother’s diatribe. No apology, no mercy.
dr bloor
Oct 3, 2016 at 9:09 pm
“But in a world of information overloads and snap judgements..”
Could have said the same about your piece earlier today on crowds v. players. Interesting topic and some valid questions raised, but you’d have done your writing abilities more justice to think about the issue for a few days instead of opting for your “hot take” that was, frankly, a hot mess.
PuffyC
Oct 3, 2016 at 8:10 pm
So you’re saying that the media intentionally sensationalizes headlines and news stories just to create clicks and views, all the while being fully aware that they’re distorting the truth? That’s crazy.
RedX
Oct 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm
love the work PuffyC !
Shaun
Oct 3, 2016 at 7:50 pm
Rubbish story.
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Oct 4, 2016 at 10:43 am
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Oct 4, 2016 at 7:12 pm
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Jack Nash
Oct 5, 2016 at 11:06 am
@uphill…ROTFLMFAO..