Rory McIlroy told reporters overnight at the BMW Championship that members of the European Ryder Cup team have been wearing virtual reality headsets with programmed crowd abuse to simulate the potential reception at the Ryder Cup at Bethpage.
In a smart but seemingly obvious move, 10 of the 12 US Ryder Cup team members are in the field this week at the PGA Tour’s Procore Championship, which is doubling as a team-bonding experience and an early competitive tune-up for Bethpage Black.
Whatever people see in this Ryder Cup Rorschach Test – real, imagined or somewhere in between – will define what it is and isn’t. Not that McIlroy is losing sleep over it either way.
With two tournaments remaining until Bradley makes his captain’s picks (and one until the automatic qualifiers are finalised), where does the USA side stand?
Golf Digest writers Shane Ryan and Joel Beall examine whether Bradley’s latest win has created the US team’s biggest headache – or handed them their secret weapon.
Everywhere Keegan Bradley goes, the USA chants follow, raining down on him as a reminder of what lies ahead. And as the countdown continues until the opening tee shot of the 2025 Ryder Cup, now 100 days away, they will only intensify for the captain. RELATED: ‘I kinda needed to throw a few back’: Jordan Read more…
While Rahm hopes to be on the European team in September, he also made an impassioned plea for his countryman and fellow LIV golfer, Sergio Garcia, to be at Bethpage as well.
In a statement released overnight, the association spelled out its plan for the matches next September at Bethpage Black, which includes a mix of money to be directed towards charities and, for the first time, money for players to do with what they want.
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