Keith Stewart Live from Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black
on the NFL? Absolutely. Good for you. Are you watching the WNBA? No you’re not. You know what we need now, Donny? Right side Joe Ranieri, a man that has boots on the ground, live from Long Island. Bethpage black, it’s Keith Stewart. Keith, we are happy to have you. The atmosphere has to be building there. Donny, I tell you what. If you scheduled your wedding for this weekend, you made a mistake. I mean, between the football, the Ryder Cup, the baseball. Wrap it up, man. What a weekend we have in store. And we’re right here at the center of the universe, New York City, I love it. Keith, we’re going to get to the odds in just a few moments. But I just like the bigness of the Ryder Cup and none bigger than where this tournament is taking place. You walking around, getting the vibes, taking a look at the players here. What is the atmosphere here and everything that’s building up towards it from what you can see? Well, whether it’s the press room, Donny, or it is just the grounds itself, there is a ton of fan support out here. People are getting here early and often. It doesn’t matter what the weather is. People are all charged up for this thing everyone’s talking about. You know, we went out to dinner last night. The restaurant is just filled with patrons and everyone’s like, how early do we need to get there on Friday? You know, everybody wants to be ready for 7:10 a.m. on Friday morning when that ball first goes in the air. I mean, the place is charged up. There’s not a doubt in my mind that by like midday on Friday, there’s going to need to be a PSA that goes out by the PGA of America that says, we all need to calm down because the roof is the roof is about to literally rip off the top of this place. And we’re only talking about press conferences. Yep. Yeah. Well, you got 10,000 members that are going to be in attendance, 20,000 members are going to be walking up and down Bethpage Black because it is a muni course after all. There, Keith. But what is the format like? Walk us through. How does this work? We all know about the singles on Sunday. What leads up to that? Okay. Really great question. So we’ll break it down real quick. It’s a three day event. We’re going to play a possibility of 90 holes. Each side has 12 players in the first couple of sessions. So on Friday we’re going to play foursomes which is better known as alternate shot. Joe, if you and I are partners, then what will happen is you get the odds, I get the evens, and then we alternate shots in. From there we play match play, not stroke play. So we’re not counting every single shot we’re playing match play. If we win the hole over Donny and his partner, then we go one up. So then in the afternoon we’re going to play what’s called four ball, which is then four balls are in play, which is what we know is like better ball a partners. That’s where the guys just make a ton of birdies. And then again it’s match play and then we rinse, rewind, repeat on Saturday, Saturday morning foursomes, alternate shot again Saturday afternoon, four ball, four balls in play. And then on Sunday at noon, high noon, we get 12 individual matches head to head. And I tell you what I mean. That is going to be a spectacle. We haven’t had a close Ryder Cup since, I don’t know, 2012 at Medinah. So if we get Bethpage Black on a football Sunday with a very close Ryder Cup with two very evenly matched teams. I tell you what, this place is going to go completely nuclear. It’s so awesome. And Keith understand this because sometimes you just can’t put your finger on the pulse. Why is the European team so good at the events where they have to team up and it’s like the team USA is like, we’ll get them in the singles when it comes to really fruition here on Sunday. Why are they so good at the team concept? It’s the same reason that you and Joe are good at betting is because you rely on things like analytics and data and your actual brain. You don’t go with your gut. You know the US team forever. Zach Johnson, he did a terrible job. He didn’t use any of the statistical support that the PGA of America gave him. And as a result, what turned out they got smoked, right. Luke Donald, he employs a vice captain by the name of Edoardo Molinari. And Edoardo Molinari is a statistical genius when it comes to the game of golf. And he sets the teams up. And I believe Europe’s been doing this for decades, where they look at the analytics and they partner guys so that they will perform the best they can together. You know, you just look at the setup of the golf course, Bethpage Black, all the odd holes off the tee. They tend to bend left to right. The even holes they bend right to left. If you take guys that work the ball the opposite way and you put them on one of those sets of holes, and then you pair them together in an alternate shot format, you are going to lose. I don’t care if their kids are named after one another, right? You have to set this thing up in a way that you would if you were a football coach, or you were a baseball manager looking at pitching matchups, right? Match the players with each other to the course. That’s what Europe’s been doing. And that’s why Europe, you know, boat races over there in Rome. They set up the course. They set up the team and they took us down. So talk to us here, Keith. The keys for a US victory here. Obviously the first couple of days. Don’t bury yourself where everything has to come down to Sunday. So talk to me. Who are some of the guys. What are the keys for a victory here? Well, Joe, I mean, we have this one player. I mean, it’s like having Tom Brady at quarterback in the Super Bowl. We’ve got Scottie Scheffler. I think the first key is that and this is going to sound like this is going to sound crazy. But I think we should play him in all five matches. It’s just I’m just throwing it out there 15 wins in two years. We got to get him out there. And I think the other thing we need to do, I think that Rory is going to try to take on the crowd. I think he’s going to try to be a lightning rod. I think he’s going to try to deflect all the crowd action away from his team, to allow them to perform while he takes on, and becomes the emotional leader of that team. Well guess what? There is nothing he can do to be a bigger emotional leader than Bryson can. I think we need to roll Bryson out there. I mean, Bryson qualified for this team, one of 12 guys with the points in eight events. You know some of these guys didn’t qualify. Collin Morikawa didn’t qualify with 40 events with which to get the number of points he needed. I think we need Bryson. I think we need Scottie. I think Bryson has been absolutely electric all week here so far. He’s with the crowds, with his teammates and everything. I think Bryson is really could be the secret sauce for us. That kind of brings the team room together and takes on the crowd and really gets them amped up to the point where then you got guys like Ben Griffin and Cam Young who are rookies that, you know, maybe they don’t have to worry as much about, you know, being as nervous as they are and everything. I think Bryson takes it all on. I think Scottie has to play great. And then that’s the path to, you know, to us victory. We’re going to have you on a little bit later also Keith. But I just want this from you as well. Like, you know, you’ve been around the block. You’ve talked to a lot of players. The pressure on this tournament, similar to a major and probably even higher than that. Right. Absolutely. Because you don’t want to let your teammate down. You don’t want to let your country down. I mean, we’re talking about this. This is a tribal event, right? The Europe fans come over with their chants, the USA, the USA, the USA, President Trump is coming on Friday. Make no mistake, there is tons and tons of pressure. What you need to do is have the captain set your team up based upon where guys will perform the best. They’ll roll those putts in and hey, you know what I mean. I shouldn’t say this, but Donnie Joe go USA, you said it, Keith. We love Keith. We have
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2025 Ryder Cup Preview: Live Updates from Keith Stewart at Bethpage Black
In this segment, Donnie Rightside and Joe Raineri connect with Keith Stewart live from Bethpage Black, Long Island, to discuss the electrifying atmosphere building up for the Ryder Cup. Keith offers insights into the format of the tournament, including the match play setup for foursomes, four-ball, and singles. He emphasizes the significance of strategic team setups and highlights key players like Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau for a potential U.S. victory. The discussion also delves into the pressure players face, likening it to a major championship but with added national pride. Tune in for in-depth analysis and live updates directly from the ground.
00:00 Introduction and Setting the Scene
00:30 Atmosphere and Excitement Building Up
01:44 Ryder Cup Format Explained
03:08 Team Strategies and Analytics
04:44 Keys to a US Victory
06:25 Pressure and National Pride
07:07 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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