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You mentioned Scotty. He was the anchor match uh in that uh in that Ryder Cup against John Rom. And the thing that I remember most about that that Sunday is that when you looked at the uh at the lineup, every American player going out had a higher world ranking than his European opponent except Scotty Sheffller who was going up against the number one player in the world, John Rom. And you guys just poured it on and and then Sheffler to go out there last and then take down Rom. You you guys had to feel like it was it was just this thing that it was unavoidable. Like you guys at that point felt like a snowball rolling downhill just getting bigger and bigger. That’s exactly right. That’s exactly right. It was a snowball effect. Scotty got us started and you look up and he’s two up and he’s three up and he’s four up and you know we’re all just like we’re anti to get out there and keep adding to this lead. you know, that was the feeling. It was such a momentum type of year that um type of RDER Cup that we had the fans, we had just so many things. Uh guys were playing well, we were putting better, we were playing better, we had the fans, and then the one match that everybody wanted to focus on was how are we going to start in singles. That’s always a huge those first couple matches are huge to set the tone and Scotty really set the tone for the for really how that RDER Cup went. you know, he steamrololled uh Rombo and and you know, and he even talks about it today. You know, this is how big the Ryder Cup is. That match and that RDER Cup um changed the course of his career. He’s he’s he’s mentioned that many times, you know, and he’s going to go on to accomplish many great things, but for us, I know how how much it means when I got picked in 2018. You don’t only get picked by Jim, my captain, the vice captains. You get picked by the players. Scotty knew that. Yeah. In order for us to win that Ryder Cup, we needed him. He had the respect of the players, the respect of the captains, and then we had the full trust to put him out up against Rombo up first in the, you know, in singles. And so that I think has really given Scotty so much confidence as we look back on the last three or four years since then. He’s going on and he’s going to go on to do so many more special things. But it’s that’s how big the Ryder Cup is. You put yourself in that atmosphere and you know that you can win matches against the best players in the world in that immense pressure. you’re there’s something about the confidence that you carry yourself with after those events that carry you through really the next three five you know 10 years of your career knowing that I’ve played in the highest pressure the highest stage that this game has to offer and I executed and played incredible and so I think we’re seeing some of the fruit of that from Scotty. Yeah, no question. Yeah, he wasn’t the anchor match. You’re right. He he went out earlier. So when when you knew it was over when you I mean you guys like killed them by 10 19 to n I mean this was this was the kind of score it used to be when it was just the British against the United States. All good. All good. Six kids. Well, you got you got 17 kids, Tony. It is likely to happen. Don’t worry about it. The chance of one of them coming in during this was pretty high. So pretty strong. Pretty strong. So when when you knew it was done, what was that feeling like that you you mission accomplished? Yeah. So I I had an opportunity to beat Ian Palter. I I played Ian Palter in the singles and I knew I had a golden opportunity to put a blemish on his scorecard. He’s never lost a singles match. I knew that going in. And um and Ian and Ian beat me. So I was a little bit for a very short time when I lost my match. I was upset that I didn’t do what I felt like I wanted to do. and and and just beat Ian and give him a blemish at on the RDER Cup. That didn’t last very long. That sting didn’t last very long. That’s how amazing the feeling was to just win the RDER Cup because at the end of the day, this is a team event. As much as you want your individual record to be incredible and you want to beat all, at the end of the day, this is about winning the RDER Cup for your country, for your teammates, for your captains. And we did it in the in a fashion that has never been seen in the history of the RDER Cup. You know, the most winningest team to be part of that and to let and allow that to soak in to be celebrating now on our home turf in front of them. Um to kind of give them that, you know, to get the revenge that I feel like I’ve been waiting for over the three years. That type of satisfaction, fulfillment is something that I I wish everybody in this world could experience. Something that that’s that’s that cool. to be a part of something that special um you know still brings goosebumps, tears uh to my eyes to to have experienced something like that. The joy, the self-fulfillment, the team fulfillment uh to accomplish something that great. Um you know, so many great feelings just flood back for me. Um listen, I think a lot of us remember Xander Schoffling and the cigars uh and the postgame at the post press conference. He he was already on his way to having a really good night and then Dustin was out there as the oldest member. Oh no, I can I can hang with these guys. For for those that will never experience it, what is that party like afterwards when you know you’ve won the cup and like it is time to have a really good time? Well, I hate to, you know, I hate to ruin the vibe here, but to be honest with you, the Europeans party way better than the Americans, and that’s like like like way better. It doesn’t matter if they win or lose, you feel like you think they won. The party is at the European side and that that’s just point blank. Even when we won in 21, it was an amazing vibe. We had a great time, but it was like the party was on the European side. If you really want to have a good time, that’s where that’s where the party is at. So, even though we have guys that party and you know, we had Xander with the cigar and stuff, the real party is on that side. And um we got to up our game there when it comes to celebrating. There’s no question. Um but that’s a good problem to have. It’s better to win and not know how to celebrate than lose and celebrate, right? So um at the end of the day, you know, I hate to disappoint people, but the Americans don’t party and celebrate nearly as well as the Europeans. If you guys didn’t know that, that’s just a fact. Um I think we’ve seen on on social media. It’s funny. I saw the American tab I think in uh in in 99 on the US side was like 3,000 and on the European side was like 40,000 or something, you know, and so they they really get after it with alcohol and celebrating. Um that’s something I guess we got to work on. Um at the end of the day, I think maybe we’re just we’re just tired and we’re ready to we’re ready to nap. I will say that year Colin Morawa um didn’t even make it to the afterparty. um he kind of drank himself uh he drank himself to sleep and went straight to his room and and don’t even remember anything about uh about the afterparty and we had to tell him like look bro you didn’t even show up. I think uh your your wife took you to the room and and you weren’t even there. So um that tells you a lot of guys you know they used to handle the their liquor back in college but I don’t think they can handle it anymore. Yeah. Time to step it up Colin at Beth Page. Come on. Let’s go. If we can pull this thing off.
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Tony is such a dude. Keep hoping to run into him on a course in Utah as I live pretty close.