Has Hunter Mahan talked his way out of the Ryder Cup?

You’ve got to like Hunter Mahan’s honest comments on the Ryder Cup, though he’s already backtracking.

Mahan, who is in line to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team heading into this week’s PGA Championship, had some harsh things to say to Golf Magazine about why the U.S. team keeps losing.

The PGA of America “could care less about winning” because they decide where it’s played based on where they can make the most money, is one little bomb Mahan let go.

Then: “And from what I’ve heard, the whole week is extremely long. You’ve got dinners every night – not little dinners, but huge, massive dinners. I know as players, that’s the last thing we want to do. We want to prepare ourselves. That’s part of the whole thing. You’re just a slave that week.”

You can imagine how that went down with the powers that be. U.S. captain Paul Azinger has basically called Mahan an idiot. Azinger says Mahan’s comments may even affect his captain’s picks – the captain has four this time, remember.

Still, there is a great deal of truth to what he says, even though the Euros have to go through the same thing.