{"id":294695,"date":"2023-10-02T21:16:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=294695"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:16:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:16:37","slug":"usa-ryder-cup-captain-zach-johnson-breaks-down-in-tears-on-live-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nfl\/usa-ryder-cup-captain-zach-johnson-breaks-down-in-tears-on-live-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson breaks down in tears on live TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson breaks down in tears on live TV as he backs his team despite loss to Europe: &#8216;My guys showed true heart, true grit&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zach Johnson fell short as USA Ryder Cup captain, with Europe securing win<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The emotional 47-year-old praised his players and broke down in tears in Rome<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>American Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson broke down in tears on live TV as he hailed his players, despite their fightback falling short against Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA eventually lost the three-day tournament 16.5-11.5 in Rome, with much of the damage done on an awful first day on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking immediately after the result was confirmed, Johnson &#8211; who has received much criticism from American golf fans &#8211; congratulated Europe and became emotional when speaking about his &#8216;guys&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think the European team played some phenomenal golf. I think it really is quite that simple,&#8217; he began.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think my guys showed true heart, true grit. A lot of character. They played for each other. I love &#8217;em. Hats off to Luke.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/18\/76043979-12581689-image-a-1_1696182653122.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Zach Johnson was clearly emotional when he spoke to reporters after losing the Ryder Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/18\/76043981-12581689-image-a-2_1696182655740.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Johnson is pictured sitting at the side of a green during the last day of play at Marco Simone<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was then asked how he planned to help his players move on from this, to which he responded: &#8216;It&#8217;s obviously very raw, very fresh. With that being said, there&#8217;s motivation there for certain. You learn a lot from weeks like this.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These guys have learnt a lot about themselves, as will the Europeans. As far as our team goes, there&#8217;s motivation. It&#8217;s one of those things where you wish you could play [again] in like a month from now. But you know the special thing about it is it&#8217;s every two years, that&#8217;s one of the special things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The planning and the process, the journey from here back to the States and back and forth is part of the joy and part of the unbelievable bliss of it. I&#8217;m honored to represent my country.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/18\/76043985-12581689-image-a-3_1696182668129.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Ryder Cup was so near but yet so far for the American team captain, whose spirits are high<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/18\/76043151-12581689-Team_Europe_won_the_44th_edition_of_the_Ryder_Cup_at_Marco_Simon-a-4_1696182671726.jpg\" height=\"404\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Team Europe celebrate winningthe 44th edition of the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/18\/76038497-12581689-Rory_McIlroy_was_visibly_emotional_on_Sunday_as_he_celebrated_hi-a-5_1696182673561.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy was visibly emotional on Sunday as he celebrated his singles win vs Sam Burns<\/p>\n<p>The USA&#8217;s Ryder Cup attention will now turn to 2025 and Bethpage Black, when America welcomes their European rivals to New York.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It has been 11 years since either Europe or the USA won on their opponents&#8217; turf &#8211; the last time coming in Medinah in 2012 when a miraculous comeback saw Europe leave victorious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know we&#8217;ll reconvene,&#8217; Johnson added as he looked ahead to 2025. &#8216;Team USA will be better because of it. That sounds cliche and cheesy, but we&#8217;ll figure it out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve got great individuals that surround this team going forward and motivation&#8217;s not difficult.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nfl\/article-12581689\/USA-Ryder-Cup-captain-Zach-Johnson-breaks-tears-live-TV-backs-team-despite-loss-Europe-guys-showed-true-heart-true-grit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson breaks down in tears on live TV as he backs his team despite loss <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson breaks down in tears on live TV - 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