From the complaining contained in this London Telegraph op-ed, it sounds as if the PGA of America may have finally chosen the right captain in Tom Lehman to revive America’s flagging Ryder Cup fortunes:

Lehman’s record in the Ryder Cup is statistically good – won five, lost three, halved two – but behaviourally bad.
In 1995, at Oak Hill, Lehman was a rookie and he was first out in the singles against Seve Ballesteros. On the 12th hole Seve asked Lehman to mark his ball, but instead the American tapped in his short putt. This, of course, was pounced on by Ballesteros, who said: “What are you doing? You play out of turn. Where is the referee?” The crowd then began booing and Lehman became unjustifiably angry. He was in the wrong. . .
[F]our years later at Brookline, Lehman was involved in a series of inexcusable incidents. On the second afternoon he holed a putt and indulged in all manner of vertical fist-pumping while Darren Clarke still had to hole out. Later on in the match, he looked on while his playing partner drove off before Clarke and Lee Westwood had arrived on the tee.
But Lehman saved the worst for the final afternoon. Before his singles against Westwood he began conducting the crowd in a reprise of God Bless America. He literally ran off the 13th green after holing a putt and began high-fiving the spectators. And then he led the infamous charge across the 17th green when Jose Maria Olazabal still had his putt to keep the match alive.
Perhaps most unforgiveable of all, Lehman has never properly apologised for any of this. It only required a letter saying he had become caught up in the exuberance of the moment, but that was no excuse and he apologised unreservedly for his conduct. Lehman couldn’t bring himself to write such a letter and so he will always be haunted by Sam Torrance’s charge of, “calls himself a man of God. That was the most disgraceful thing I have ever seen”. . .
. . . Lehman should never have been appointed captain. His behaviour at Brookline and subsequent unwillingness to apologise should have disqualified him for eternity. The PGA’s refusal to recognise these facts shows either they are out of touch with the rest of the world or too desperate and arrogant to care.

Come on, Brits. No American Ryder Cup captain has ever come close to the absurdly bad behavior of European captain Ballesteros during the 1997 Ryder Cup competition. Lighten up.