Lee Westwood Isn't Impressed With Boo Weekley's Between-Shot Antics

Europe's two best players, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, were relegated to golf cart duty heading into today's Ryder Cup matches.

Apparently, Westwood is suffering from the ill effects of blisters (or something), and Dr. Nick Faldo thought it would be in the team's best interests if one of the best Ryder Cuppers in recent history sat out Saturday morning.

But even before we learned of Faldo's lineup for today, Westwood was dealing with other, equally inane issues during yesterday's action. And that had everything to do with U.S. rookie Boo Weekley, his Southern simpleton image, and his lack of golf decorum. At least from Westwood's perspective.

"You walk a fine line when you start doing that sort of thing (revving up the home crowd by waving his arms during their afternoon match.) - between using the crowd to your advantage when you're at home, which you do by playing good golf, which they were doing - and going over the line where you take it too far," Westwood said.

"I don't mind when they're raising their arms and whooping the crowd up, but there's no reason to do it between the shots, [like] the 12th hole where Boo holed it from off the back and I've still got a putt for a halve.

"At least wait until you're walking off the green. It was interrupting the flow of play. It was quite boisterous. What more can you say? We're playing in America."

On several occasions the camera caught Westwood looking back at Weekley with a "yeah, this isn't an alligator-wrasslin' competition, it's the Ryder Cup" glare, but apparently Boo was too engrossed in the moment to notice.

When Westwood's concerns were brought to Weekley's attention, he admitted, "Well, I don't mean to [distract him] if I did." Too bad Weekley's not playing this morning, because he could sing redneck karaoke between shots and it wouldn't affect Westwood's game since, you know, Faldo isn't playing him.

Golf Wives at Ryder Cup

LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 17: (L-R) Anne Haghfelt, Caroline Harrington, Laurea Westwood, Jocelyn Hefner, Valerie Faldo, Kate Rose, Lauren Smith, Ebba Karlsson, Monteserrat Bravo Ramirez and Emma Stenson, the wives and partners of the European Ryder Cup team, pose before the Ryder Cup Gala inside the Brown Hotel prior to the start of the 2008 Ryder Cup on September 17, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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United States Ryder Cup golfer Ben Curtis and his wife Candace arrive at the 37th Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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United States Ryder Cup golfer Jim Furyk and wife his Tabitha arrive at the 37th Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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U.S. captain Paul Azinger and wife, Toni, arrive at the Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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Europe's Ryder Cup golfer Henrik Stenson and his wife Emma arrive at the 37th Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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United States Ryder Cup golfer Boo Weekley and his wife Kayrn arrive at the 37th Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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United States' Kenny Perry and his wife, Sandy, arrive at the Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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United States Ryder Cup golfer J.B. Holmes and his wife Sara arrive at the 37th Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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United States' Justin Leonard and his wife, Amanda, arrive at the Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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Europe's Ryder Cup golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez and wife, Montserrat Bravo Ramirez arrive at the 37th Ryder Cup Gala in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.

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