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.
Just listen to Tyrrell Hatton, who told the story of the ‘messy night’ he spent partying with Jon Rahm after learning he had automatically qualified for the 2025 European Ryder Cup team.
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.
When you’re 21 years old and Dad wants to hang with you and your friends for dinner, the reaction could be a mix of guilt and horror. Unless your father is a continent’s fiery golf hero and your buddies have looked up to him for as long as they’ve been swinging a club. So Luke Read more…
According to Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard, captain Luke Donald will be taking his squad to the “People’s Country Club” for a recon mission ahead of this month’s match between America and Europe.
[Picture: Andrew Redington] What appeared to be a dream scenario for the European Ryder Cup team has turned into its worst nightmare. RYDER CUP: Ryder Cup 2025: Keegan Bradley explains why he didn’t pick himself for US team For the past year, European players and officials have barely contained their glee, openly crowing that their American Read more…
US president Donald Trump posted on social media that he is planning to attend next month’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, as well as who he thinks should be playing for for the American side.
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