CHASKA, Minnesota (Reuters) - American fans made Danny Willett pay for his brother's midweek rant when they booed the Masters champion on to the first tee on his Ryder Cup debut on Friday, paving the way for a stream of taunts later on.
The Englishman and his fourballs partner Martin Kaymer also had to contend with an inspired performance from their opponents as big-hitting rookie Brooks Koepka and hot-putting Brandt Snedeker charged to a 5 and 4 victory.
Willett was forced to apologize after his journalist sibling Pete hit out at the Hazeltine National crowd, saying Europe needed "to silence the pudgy, basement-dwelling, irritants, stuffed on cookie dough and pissy beer".