Did Dottie Go Potty?
Congratulations to Team America for their Solheim Cup triumph. However like any bad losers, we were more interested in the incident that dominated the press centre on saturday. Namely the comments made by Dottie Pepper.
'Team America Well Pleased'
Dottie, doing a Ron Atkinson, got caught out when an outburst she thought private was inadvertently broadcast on the Golf Channel. Unsurprisingly, being called, “Chokin' freakin' dogs,” did not go down well with the American players, and the inevitable retorts followed. From the ‘I’m not angry I’m just disappointed’ camp came assistant captain Beth Daniel, "It was hurtful, very, very hurtful to all of us on the team. Dottie's been there. She knows what it's like. Even if she said it off the air, it was ill-spirited." But perhaps the best jibe of the day came from US captain Betsy King, "You usually retire when you can't play any more. That is why you become a television commentator." Hark at her.
But was this the ultimate sacrifice? It certainly had the desired effect. Pepper may have lost a few friends but her comments seemed to galvanise the troops, despite their claims to the contrary.
'Dottie Pepper, popular'
Let’s look at the facts. Going into last day the American’s were one down. Dottie made her comments. USA trounce the Europeans 8 ½ - 3 ½ in the Sunday singles to win the Solheim Cup.
Now, it would be lazy journalism sprinkled with sour grapes to suggest this was the only reason for the victory, but as we said at the top of the blog, we’re bad losers.
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9/18/2007 4:49:39 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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