Gary Woodland checks in from Napa for updates on preparation for the U.S. Ryder Cup Team up to this point, the approach to his vice captaincy, and being a “bigger voice” for his peers. #GolfChannel #GolfToday #RyderCup
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SORTS AND FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN THE MET AREA. >> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CAPTAIN 2025 U.S. GRANT AND GARY WOODLAND. GARY, THE 2019 U.S. OPEN CHAMP WHO IS IN THE FIELD IN NAPA AND JOINS US NOW. IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU FROM THE OUTSIDE AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE EYES ARE DOTTED AND ALL OF THE TEASER CROSS. HOW DID YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAIL YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR WITH THE TEAM? >> IT HAS BEEN WAY MORE THAN I EXPECTED. I TRY TO MAKE THE RYDER CUP TEAM MY WHOLE CAREER. I AM THANKFUL FOR THEM BRINGING ME IN. IT’S EXCITING AND NOW WE ARE GETTING TO CRUNCH TIME. IT IS WESOME TO GET THE GUYS HERE. ONE, TO BE AROUND EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF GOLF. 12 BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, BUT LET’S GET THEM MORE PERSONAL WITH THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE THE GAME. THAT WILL BE HUGE FOR WHEN THINGS GET GOING. THE ENERGY THAT THE FANS ARE BRINGING. OBVIOUSLY, EUROPEANS WITH STARTS, AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL, BUT IT’S EXCITING. THE GUYS ARE BUYING INTO EVERYTHING THAT KEEGAN IS SAYING. HE’S DOING A GREAT JOB. >> WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME IN TERMS OF LAST NIGHT? IGNORE THE GUY THAT I’M THE ONLY EUROPEAN HERE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE? >> IT WAS JUST NICE TO GET THE GUYS TOGETHER AND GET THE FAMILIES TOGETHER. GET THE CADDIES TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL HERE EVERY WEEK. WE WILL GO TO DINNER WITH A COUPLE OF GUYS HERE AND THERE, BUT IT’S RARE THAT ALL THE GUYS, CADDIES, WIVES AND KIDS. GET THEM TOGETHER AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WILL BE A BIG WEEK AND STRESSFUL WEEKEND IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY WEEK WE PLAY ON TOUR. GET THEM COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR CADDIES AND FAMILIES AND BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER, SO WHEN THINGS GET UNCOMFORTABLE, WE CAN TRY TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN THINGS GET GOING. >> WE HAVE SEEN CAPTAINS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE YEAR, GARY. IN PARTICULAR — NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY ARE PLAYING TOGETHER, BUT GUYS YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP HERE. YOU ARE TRYING TO BE A MENTOR THAT WEEK. HAVE YOU BEEN ASSIGNED TO ANY PARTICULAR GROUP OF GUYS THAT SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEM THIS WEEKEND AT THE RYDER CUP? >> I THINK IT’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FOR US. ONE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE YOUNG GUYS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE WITH A LOT OF THESE GUYS. FOR ME, I CAN BE WITH ALL OF THEM AND I KNOW THEM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. I KNOW THEIR FAMILIES. THAT GOES WITH HOW WE ARE OUT HERE PLAYING ALL THE TIME. IT HAS BEEN PRICELESS. YOUNGER CAPTAINS ARE THROWING IDEAS AND HE HAS BEEN THE STEADY FORCE THAT WE NEED, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. I THINK THIS YEAR MORE THAN ANYONE, WE CAN BOUNCE AROUND AND BE WITH A LOT OF GUYS, BECAUSE WE CAN HOPE BE THAT CALMING FORCE WHEN THINGS GET A LITTLE CRAZY. WE ARE ABLE TO TALK TO THESE GUYS REGULARLY ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. I DEFINITELY THINK THAT HELPS. >> YOU ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND FINISH RUNNER-UP IN HOUSTON. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU AS A PLAYER AND MAY BE DISAPPOINTED TO NOT BE ON THE TEAM AS A PLAYER, BUT THE JOURNEY FROM PLAYER TO VICE CAPTAIN FOR YOU PERSONALLY? >> IT IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN I EXPECTED. IT HAS BEEN NICE TO BE WITH YOU GUYS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL. I AM BUDDIES WITH THEM AND HANGING OUT WITH THEM AND TRYING TO BEAT THEM. JUST TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE TO TRY TO HELP UNDERSTAND AND BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT’S COMING UP. THAT PART HAS BEEN AMAZING. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN WE TEE UP TOMORROW, I WANT TO BEAT THEM. VICE CAPTAIN STARTS BEATING YOU GUYS THIS WEEKEND IT’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TACK TALK AND CHATTER. >> LITERALLY IDENTICAL TO THE ONE IN ROME GENETICALLY. HOW MUCH CAN YOU ANALYZE THOSE PAIRINGS AND PERFORMANCES FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SIMILAR TEAM. ASSUME THAT THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO RUN THE SAME PLACE AGAIN. IS THERE ANY TYPE OF CONVERSATION IF THEY TRY TO RUN THE SAME PLAYBOOK? >> LIKE I SAID, BRINGING BACK 11 OF THE SAME PLAYERS. HAD A ROLE IN THAT TEAM, AS WELL. HE’S GOING TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE AMAZING. THEY WERE AMAZING IN ROME AND THEIR CAPTAIN GOT A LOT OF RESPECT ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS. WE ALL RESPECT AND REALLY LIKE LUKE. WE ARE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET THESE GUYS TO GET WITH EACH OTHER AND BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND BE THERE FOR THE GUY NEXT TO YOU AND FOCUS ON OUR TEAM AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. WE KNOW WE HAVE A TALL TASK AND TRYING TO MATCH THE ENERGY OF THE FANS IN NEW YORK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BRING THE BEST STAGES OF MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC GOLF COURSE THAT THE FANS REALLY RALLY AROUND IN NEW YORK. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MATCH THEIR ENERGY AND BE READY FOR THE TASK AT HAND. >> HOW DO YOU THINK KEEGAN HANDLED THE CONUNDRUM OF PLAYING? THAT WAS A STORY THAT DOMINATED HEADLINES FOR MOST. >> I TELL YOU WHAT, WE TELL KEEGAN EVERY WEEK THAT HE KEEPS MAKING IT HARDER ON HIMSELF BY THE WAY HE WAS PLAYING AND I DON’T KNOW HOW HE DID IT. I HAVE BEEN PART OF IT FOR THREE MONTHS WITH EVERYTHING HE IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH WITH THE OBLIGATIONS AND PREPARATIONS, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE WAS PLAYING GOLF. IT IS THE WAY HE PLAYED WITH EVERYTHING HE’S BEEN GOING THROUGH. OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR 15 YEARS. IF YOU TALK TO HIM OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY, THE RYDER CUP IS EVERYTHING. FOR HIM TO STEP BACK AND SAY, THE BEST WAY I CAN BE THERE AND BE THEIR CAPTAIN AND LEAVE THEM IS ONE OF THE MOST SELFLESS ACTS IN THE GAME AND I THINK THEY WILL RALLY BEHIND AND THE GUYS ARE PROUD AND TO BE PLAYING FOR KEEGAN. >> YOU MENTIONED THE PASSION, WHICH HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED OVER A COUPLE OF U.S. OPENS AND PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT YOUR FANS MAY CROSS THE LINE IF THE PASSION GETS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH? >> I HOPE NOT. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE THERE AND ARE THERE TO COMPETE. WE WANT IT TO BE FAIR. WE TOLD OUR GUYS TO BE PREPARED. IT IS NEW YORK AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE MOST PASSIONATE FANS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE GOING TO BE FIRED UP AND WE ARE COMING FROM A GOLF COURSE IN NEW YORK. IT IS GOING TO BE HIGH ENERGY. EVERYTHING RESPECTFUL AND THEY KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BRING ENERGY AND HOPEFULLY CAN MATCH THAT. >> PART OF THE PRESIDENTS CUP TEAM BACK IN 2019. THIS RYDER CUP, HOW DO YOU BALANCE BETWEEN BUSINESS TRIP AND BUDDY’S TRIP, SO THAT THEY ARE NOT SO OVERWHELMED BY PRESSURE THAT THEY GET TIGHT AND ARE UNABLE TO PERFORM AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POWER? >> THIS IS A DIFFERENT WEEK, LIKE I SAID. IT IS DIFFERENT THAN A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR ROUTINE AND THINGS TO DO AND WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS, DINNERS AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, WHICH WILL GET THEM OUT OF THEIR ROUTINE. TRYING TO BE THERE FOR THEM TO HELP THEM AND MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS AND WE NEED THEM TO BE THEMSELVES, SO I’M TRYING TO BE THERE TO HELP THEM PASS THE MESSAGE AND HELP THESE GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON, SO THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES. >> YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS RYDER CUP. YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR OWN COMPETITIVE AGENDA. YOU JU MISSED OUT ON THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT IS YOUR COMPETITIVE FALL LOOK LIKE OUTSIDE OF IT? >> IT IS FRUSTRATING AND GET A CHANCE TO ADVANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT I PLAY A LOT THIS YEAR. STILL RECOVERING AND A LOT OF THINGS I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF PERSONALLY, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IN MY CAREER. I HAVE PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND TRYING TO PLAY MY WAY IN SIGNATURE EVENTS AND I END UP GETTING IN ITS AND HARD TO TAKE SOME WEEKS OFF. I PLAN TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF AND I TRIED TO PLAY MY GAME AND SHOW UP NEXT YEAR AND PLAY MY WAY INTO THOSE EVENTS. I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY HEALTH IS IN A GOOD SPOT, AS WELL. >> GREAT TO SEE YOU AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU AND GLAD YOU ARE HEALTHY. TELL THE PGA OF
