GOLF NEWS: Paul Casey has revealed his "sadness" at the storm caused by his comments about the US Ryder Cup team last month.

Following Europe's record victory at Oakland Hills, Casey was quoted in a newspaper article saying: "Oh, we properly hate them. We wanted to beat them as badly as possible."

Those comments were seized upon by another newspaper and caused massive controversy in the week when Casey teamed up with Luke Donald to win the World Cup for England in Seville.

"I was discussing trying to motivate myself for the Ryder Cup. I think anybody - if you look at a true competitor - probably said that line at one time or another, that they hate the opposition," said Casey.

"It has been very difficult. I've been, to be honest, depressed by it - and saddened by it. I don't hate Americans. I have an American coach, an American girlfriend. I live in America and play many events in the US."

The 28-year-old from Surrey, who is based in Arizona, expects to be heckled when he plays in the Sony Open in Hawaii in January.

"I feel that people have really been given an opinion about me through one article, which really saddens me," he added.

"There will be some guys who stand up there and want to heckle me. I don't blame them; I can't be angry at them.

"I want to let the clubs do the talking as much as possible from now on. I feel that I sort of almost want to hide away and just sort of not talk to anybody from this point on.

"That's not something I'm going to do. I'm going to be myself and try and rise above this and show people that I can play fantastic golf - and whatever was said is not Paul Casey."