European Ryder Cup team preparing for noise at Bethpage Black | Golf Today | Golf Channel
BETHPAGE WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE VENUE FOR THE RYDER CUP. >> NOW, 11 OF THE 12 EUROPEAN RYDER CUP TEAM WERE IN THE FIELD AT WENTWORTH. ONLY RASMUSSEN MISSED THE CUT. YOU SEE BOB. THEY HAD A SECONDARY CUT ON SATURDAY, SO HE DID TECHNICALLY MAKE THE CUT, JUST DIDN’T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO SUNDAY. JON RAHM FINISHED THE EVENT TIED 13th AND HE SPOKE TO THE MEDIA AFTERWARDS. >> RYDER CUP JUST 12 DAYS AWAY. OBVIOUSLY, EIGHT TIMES OUT OF THE LAST NINE, THE HOME TEAM HAS WON. THE EXCEPTION IS THE MIRACLE, WHICH WAS A MIRACLE. WHAT GIVES YOU THE BELIEF THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN WIN THIS TIME? >> WOULDN’T BE THE FIRST TIME MIRACLES HAPPEN TWICE. GOT TO HAVE FAITH. I THINK WE WERE PLAYING GOOD ENOUGH, AND WE’RE GOOD AND STRONG ENOUGH TEAM TO FACE WHAT WE’RE GOING TO FACE AT BETHPAGE, AND HOPEFULLY END UP WITH A WIN. >> HOW ABOUT THIS FROM RORY McILROY? SPEAKING TO THE GUARDIAN ABOUT THE EUROPEAN TEAM PREPARING FOR THE RYDER CUP BY WEARING VIRTUAL REALITY HEAD SETS WHICH CAN SIMULATE CROWD NOISE. YOU CAN GET THEM TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT THEM TO SAY. YOU CAN GO AS CLOSE TO THE BONE AS YOU LIKE, BUT NOTHING CAN REALLY PREPARE YOU UNTIL YOU’RE ACTUALLY IN THAT. YOU CAN WEAR ALL THE VR HEAD SETS YOU WANT AND DO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO DO TO GET OURSELVES READY, BUT ONCE THE 1st TEE COMES ON FRIDAY, IT’S REAL, AND WE JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER IS GIVEN. HOW ABOUT THIS? RORY McILROY ON THE 1st TEE TODAY AT BETHPAGE BLACK. THE TEAM HAS ARRIVED FROM WENTWORTH, NO VR HEADSET NEEDED TODAY. CROWD WILL BE THERE, THOUGH. AMON, I COVERED THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN THE LATE ’90s, TEAMS PREPARING TO PLAY ON THE ROAD, THEY WOULD WHEEL OUT THESE HUGE SPEAKERS, GIANT THINGS. THE COACHES WOULD HAVE THEM OUT THERE SO THE QUARTERBACKS WOULD HAVE TO COMMUNICATE AND TALK TO THEIR PLAYERS AND CALL PLAYS WITH ALL THIS NOISE GOING. IT’S ALL MANUFACTURED CROWD NOISE. BUT I THINK THIS IS A SIMILAR THING THAT LUKE DONALD AND THE EUROPEAN TEAM IS TRYING TO DO, PREPARE FOR AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AHEAD OF TIME. I DON’T HATE IT. >> NO. AND IN GOLF, IT’S A SPORT WHERE THE CROWD IS SO MUCH CLOSER TO THE COMPETITOR. OFTEN. NOW, THE WALL OF WHITE NOISE THAT SOMEBODY ON THE THREE-PUTT LINE IN THE NBA GAME MIGHT FACE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT CAN ALL BE TUNED OUT TO A CERTAIN POINT, MAYBE LESS SO IN GOLF. IT’S PROBABLY EVIDENCE THAT LUKE DONALD DOESN’T LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED. IS HE OVERTHINKING IT? I GUESS WE’LL SEE. BUT IT’S PERHAPS AN INDICTMENT OF WHAT THE EUROPEANS AND PROBABLY THE AMERICANS THINK THE FAN BASE IS GOING TO BE LIKE AT BETHPAGE AND TO ME, THAT’S THE REAL ISSUE THAT WE’RE GOING TO FACE OUT THERE, BECAUSE WHAT WE’VE SEEN IN SPORTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THIS SENTIMENT WHERE SOMEONE THINKS BUYING A TICKET ENTITLES THEM TO BE PART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT. THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE SHOW. THEY’RE NOT A SPECTATOR. AND THAT SENTIMENT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMON IN SPORTS, AND BECAUSE OF THE PRICING OF THE TICKETS — >> THEY REALLY FEEL LIKE A PART OF IT. >> PEOPLE WANT TO GET THEIR MONEY’S WORTH OUT OF IT, AND THERE’S A REAL ONUS ON THE PGA OF AMERICA TO POLICE BEHAVIOR HERE AND I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE UP TO IT. THEY’VE INVITED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THE OPENING PLAY. THAT DOESN’T SUGGEST THEY’RE TRYING TO LOWER THE CROWD TEMPERATURE IN ANY RESPECT AS WELL. AND I THINK THEY’VE GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL AS TO HOW THEY POLICE IT SO THEY’RE NOT TOO HEAVY HANDED BUT THEY’VE ALSO GOT TO MAKE SURE THE CROWD IS NOT ACTUALLY PART OF THE SHOW IN THAT SENSE. >> TELL YOU WHAT, HAVING COVERED MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BETHPAGE BLACK, ’02, ’09, THEY’RE GOING TO BE PART OF THE SHOW. NO TIGER, NO PHIL, NO SERGIO, THREE PROTAGONISTS FROM A COUPLE DECADES AGO. ARE YOU A LITTLE SURPRISED RORY WOULD REVEAL THIS? I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT HE WOULD SAY, GUESS WHAT WE’RE DOING IN PREPARATION FOR BETHPAGE? GIVE THE LONG ISLAND FANS SOME FODDER. THEY MIGHT THROW SOME VR HEAD SETS AT THE TEAM. >> I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GOING TO NEED ANY ENCOURAGEMENT OUT ON THERE LONG ISLAND AND THERE ARE TOO MANY PRESS CONFERENCES FOR THESE PLAYERS THROUGH FOUR DAYS OF INACTION BEFORE THE BALLS ARE IN THE AIR. IT WAS EVENTUALLY GOING TO COME OUT ANYWAY. I’M NOT SURPRISED THAT RORY PUT IT OUT THERE. I’M CURIOUS WHAT ARE THE EXAMPLES THAT THEY FIT INTO THESE R HEADPHONES? WHAT WERE THEY LISTENING TO? I COULD GIVE THEM A
Damon Hack and Eamon Lynch discuss the steps the European Ryder Cup team is taking to get ready for the crowd involvement at Bethpage Black for the 2025 Ryder Cup. #GolfChannel #GolfToday #RyderCup
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Can absolutely guarantee that the New York fans are going to overstep the mark.