Harmon: "I was appalled by what I saw with Brett Wetterich"

I suppose Wetterich won't be signing up for a series after these remarks from Butch Harmon at the PGA.

Harmon told Sky Sports he was "appalled" by what he saw on day two at the 9th hole at last week's PGA Championship where Wetterich, destined to miss the cut by nine shots after shooting a 2nd-round 77, took four shots to get out of some greenside rough.

Harmon says he was infuriated by Wetterich's attitude.

"I was appalled by what I saw with Brett Wetterich," he told Sky Sports.

"That wasn't even his 36th hole or the last hole of the round, that was his ninth hole of the round and he literally gave up, he just walked along and made a few casual swings.

He just walks up, makes a pass at it, completely whiffs it, then he chunks it, now he just hits it again."

Harmon's comment was made shortly before US captain Tom Lehman finalised the team at the weekend when he named Stewart Cink and Scott Verplank as his two wild card picks.

"This isn't the kind of guy you want on your Ryder Cup team," Harmon said of Wetterich.

Well now we know what break the ice between Wetterich and Tiger: a good Butch Harmon ripfest!  

Comments

[Smolmania]

We heard the Sky broadcasts while we were over in Ireland last week (coverage started at 7 pm local time, perfect for coming off the course, sitting down in the bar, and relaxing after beating our brains out at the Island Club, et al.). Butch was talking about Long John Daly, and said something to the effect that "he's always had a bit of dog in him." Wonder what JD would say to Butch about that -- even if it's true, those kind of comments make Johnny Miller look like white bread Wadkins. . .

[Jack]

Butch is an ambulance chaser, he has to eat too, and looking at him this past week he's not missing many meals or cold suds. That arthritis braclet he's always wearing, if they could just make one the size of a hoola hoop to help him with the inflamation inside his belly. He's a redneck of the 21st Century, proud, visible, opinionated (even when not asked), and incerdibly sufficent in retaliation. He can hold a grudge with the best of them.

[Van]

The fact remains--Wetterich, Q-School to Ryder Cup in one year. Too much, too soon.

[ron smith]

Let the captain pick the entire team. Then, there's no place to run and no place to hide. If they win, the captain shares in the glory of the team. And if they lose, he can't blame "the system".

[Van]

Ron, if Tom picked the team and went with the first 12 on the OWGR, they'd be...

Woods
Mickelson
Furyk
Toms
DiMarco
Campbell
DL3
Perry
Verplank
Johnson
Cink
Lehman

I think I like this USA! team better.