Davis Chokes Up On Wednesday; Historians Believe It May Be Earliest Tear-Shedding In Ryder Cup Captaincy History

This has to be a new record, no?

Richard Williams in The Guardian on how the Ryder Cup does strange things to people.

Yesterday Davis Love III, a man seemingly imperturbable with a golf club in his hand, teared up – as they say in these parts – while answering a perfectly mundane question about Phil Mickelson's role in the United States team.

An unbylined ESPN.co.uk story on Wednesday's show of emotion by Captain Davis Love.

"I love being around them," Love said on Wednesday, struggling to get his words out.

He then spoke of his team's group viewing of Ryder Cup highlights on Tuesday, which prompted yet another moving response. Both Love and Bubba Watson were reduced to tears, the captain revealed.

"Bubba and I are going to cry a lot," Love said. "It's intense. Do we want to pummel them? Yes we do. We want to win.

He also predicted an inevitable row with European Captain Olazabal over something meaningful, like cart traffic over bridges.

"You know what, Ollie (Jose Maria Olazabal) and I will go toe-to-toe at some point because it's intense. It'll be about carts going over a bridge or he has more carts than me or something.

Now we're talking! This is the Ryder Cup we love: petty grievances over testosterone fueled, first-world feuds. Let the games begin!