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Luke Donald: Matt Fitzpatrick playing ‘scintillating golf’ | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel
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LASTLY 2004 IN THAT BLOWOUT WIN. THEY CONTINUE THEIR DOMINANCE IN FOURSOMES GOING BACK 30 YEARS. 67 1/2 TO 48 1/2 WAIVER OF EUROPE. AND LET’S GO INSIDE THE PRESS CENTER WITH THE EUROPEAN CAPTAIN, LUKE DONALD. >> JOINED NOW BY EUROPEAN RYDER CUP CAPTAIN LUKE DONALD. LET’S JUMP IN FOR SOME QUICK QUESTIONS. RIGHT HERE, RYAN. >> YOU FIND IT A LITTLE, I DON’T KNOW THE RIGHT WORD TO USE IS ODD, THAT TOMMY HAS BEEN A WINNER CHAMPIONSHIP UNTIL LAST MONTH, BUT THIS EVENT, HE JUST KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES AND GETS IT DONE? >> WELL, I THINK IT’S A LITTLE UNFAIR TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HE HASN’T WON A CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE A MONTH AGO, YOU KNOW? HE’S A WORLD-CLASS PLAYER THAT’S WON A BUNCH AROUND THE WORLD. YEAH, TOOK HIM A LITTLE TIME, AND HAD TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH A FEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT LET SLIP FOR SURE, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR TOMMY, HE, HE REFRAMES IT IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY. YOU KNOW? AND I THINK THAT IF YOU, IF YOU SEE IT IN A POSITIVE WAY, THAT, THE ONES THAT GET AWAY, IT ONLY MAKES YOU STRONGER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK TOMMY, YOU KNOW, HE’S A, HE’S A GUY THAT JUST LOVES BEING AROUND THE TEAM. HE LOVES CONTRIBUTING TO THAT TEAM. AND, YEAH, HE’S, HE’S A NICE PLAYER TO PLAY WITH. I THINK HE, HE, HE’S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF A LOT OF GUYS ON OUR TEAM THAT PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY WITH. >> WAY UP TOP THERE TO 6. >> HI, LUKE. OBVIOUSLY A LOT WAS MADE OF THE PRESIDENT BEING HERE TODAY. I KNOW HE WAS SUPPORTING AMERICA, BUT GIVING YOU SUCH A BIG GOLF FAN, I’M JUST WONDERING, DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR GUYS AT ALL WHILE HE WAS OUT THERE ON THE TEE? >> YEAH, I SAW MR. PRESIDENT AND SHOOK HIS HAND AND SAID, SAID HELLO, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE BECOMING A REAL GREAT LEADER. SO IT WAS VERY NICE OF HIM TO SAY THAT, AND, YEAH, IT WAS, AGAIN, NICE OF HIM TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT, AND, YEAH. >> HERE IN THE MIDDLE, 3. >> LUKE, YOU GOT 3 1/2 POINTS TODAY OUT OF RORY AND JON RAHM. KNOWING THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO WIN A ROGAINE, WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LEAN ON THOSE TWO GUYS IN PARTICULAR? >> YEAH. I MEAN, IN MASSIVE, I DON’T THINK JOHN HAS LOST IN A TEAM, ONE OF THE TEAM, THE FOUR BALLS OR FOURSOMES SINCE PARIS, YOU KNOW? HE’S AN INCREDIBLE LEADER FOR US ON, ON AND OFF THE COURSE. MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY HE PLAYS LEADER. RORY’S, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY SLIGHTLY MORE VOCAL IN THE TEAM ROOM. BUT, AGAIN, RORY’S TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE RYDER CUP MEANS, AND THE DISAPPOINTMENTS WE SAW IN WISCONSIN, AND HOW MUCH HE RELISHES RYDER CUP’S, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND BE A PART OF THEM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY BE ON, ON WINNING TEAMS, YOU KNOW? HE’S MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT IT’S ONE OF HIS BIG GOALS WAS TO, TO WIN AN AWAY RYDER CUP AGAIN, AND, YEAH, HE PLAYED FANTASTIC GOLF TODAY >> OVER TO PAUL ON 14. >> FITZY, GIVEN HIS TRACK RECORD IN THIS EVENT, JUST WITH THE WAY HE PLAYED AND HOW THAT WENT, WAS THAT PARTICULARLY PLEASING FOR YOU TO SEE HIM PLAY THAT WELL, AND JUST WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF HIM AND LUDVIG TOGETHER, SEEING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS EVENT? >> YEAH. THEY, THEY JELLED VERY WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU’RE TRYING NEW PARTNERSHIPS UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE, BUT THEY SEEM VERY RELAXED, YOU KNOW? THEIR PERSONALITIES REALLY GELLED, AND THEIR GAMES WERE FANTASTIC. FITZY , ESPECIALLY, PLAYED SOME SCINTILLATING GOLF. I MEAN, HE LOOKED VERY COMFORTABLE OUT THERE. HE LOOKED VERY CONFIDENT. AND JUST GREAT TO SEE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN SOME MEDIA ABOUT HIS, HIS, HIS RYDER CUP RECORD, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I’VE ALWAYS KEPT TELLING HIM, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU, IT’S TIME TO, TO, TO GO, AND, AND MAKE SOME POINTS, AND, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED IT EVEN TWO YEARS AGO THAT, YOU KNOW, SEBBY’S FIRST TWO RYDER CUP’S, I THINK HE MADE ONE POINT, AND NOW HE’S THE LEGEND OF EUROPE. SO THERE’S ALWAYS TIME. THERE’S ALWAYS THIS MOMENT THAT HE CAN CONTRIBUTE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S REALLY GOOD TO SEE HOW WELL HE PLAYED AND HOW COMFORTABLE HE LOOKED OUT THERE. >> MIKE, 12 PLEASE. >> HI, LUKE. DURING THE AFTERNOON THERE, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE RORY MADE A GESTURE TOWARDS THE CROWD. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? CAN YOU COMMENT ON IT AT ALL? >> I’M, I’M NOT AWARE. WHAT WAS THAT? >> THE 11th HOLE. >> SORRY, I’M, I’M NOT AWARE OF THAT. >> OKAY. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS DEFINITELY PROUD OF THE GUYS AND HOW THEY HANDLED THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE. >> RIGHT IN FRONT HERE TO CAMERON. >> BACK TO JON, IS HE A GUY THAT YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ABOUT GOING OUT FIRST, LIKE, IS HE SOMEONE WHO IS THAT I WANT TO GO OUT FIRST, I WANT TO BE IN THIS SPOT? >> NOT NECESSARILY. I THINK JON IS LOOKING TO ALWAYS JUST HELP IN ANY WAY HE CAN, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM. BUT HE HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF GOING OUT FIRST, SO IT’S, HE LIKES TO LEAD, HE IS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE HE’S SOMEONE THAT HE WANTS TO DO A LOT OF HIS TALKING WITH HIS GOLF CLUBS, AND THAT’S, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE, BRINGS TO OUR TEAM AND OUR TEAM ROOM, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, ALL OUR TEAMMATES REALLY RESPECT THAT. >> OVER TO BRODY ON NINE. >> LUKE, WE’VE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS FOR TWO YEARS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE OF PLAYING ON THE ROAD AND WINNING. I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU SAW TODAY THAT KIND OF SHOWED THAT WHATEVER PREPARATIONS OR STRATEGY YOU’VE BEEN DOING HAS KIND OF PLAYED OUT? >> A LOT OF MENTAL RESILIENCE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE PUTTS THESE GUYS HOLD WHEN IT, WHEN IT MATTERED IS, IS PRETTY GRATIFYING FOR, FOR A CAPTAIN. OBVIOUSLY THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY WITH THE THREE MATCHES, AND HOW, HOW THEY WERE WON, WAS GREAT. HISTORY IS NICE TO ACCOMPLISH. IT DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING UNLESS WE GET 14 1/2 POINTS ON SUNDAY. BUT I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, EVEN THIS AFTERNOON, WITH, YOU KNOW, IT GETS LOUDER AS IT GOES. YOU CROSS THE ROAD, AND THERE’S A LOT OF GRANDSTANDS, THERE’S A LOT OF HOSPITALITY IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW? MAYBE GUYS WHO HAD A COUPLE MORE BEVERAGES, AND, YOU KNOW, IT GETS, IT GETS LOUD, AND THE GUYS HANDLED IT WITH ABSOLUTE CLASS EMPLOYEES, AND, YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY TALKED BOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, TO BE PREPARED FOR AN AWAY RYDER CUP, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. AND I THOUGHT THEY DEALT WITH IT AMAZING. >> SHANE ON 10. >> HEY, LUKE. GOING BACK TO ROME NOW, YOU HAVE FIVE GUYS ON YOUR TEAM WHO ARE 3-0 IN THE FOURSOMES SESSIONS, THE TWO IN ROME AND OF COURSE TODAY. I KNOW WE DON’T HAVE PAIRINGS YET, BUT I IMAGINE THEY’LL ALL BE OUT TOMORROW. WHO GETS CREDIT FOR THAT, BEYOND THE PLAYERS, FOR FORMING THE SEAMS AND GIVING YOU WHAT I THINK OF AS ALMOST A FIREBALL WITH THESE GUYS WHO ARE SO GOOD IN THAT FORMAT? >> YEAH, I’D SAY A COUPLE PEOPLE. WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF PROFILING, SO WE, WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE’S GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HOW THEY MATCH UP. I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT WITH FOURSOMES ESPECIALLY. BUT ALSO, I GOT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO EDUARDO. I THINK HE’S SO SWITCHED ON, STATISTIC WISE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY OUT OF ALL THE VICE CAPTAINS, HE’S THE ONE I, I TALKED TO THE MOST, JUST BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS A, A BIG PART OF OUR, OUR STRATEGY, AND HOW WE GO ABOUT THE PAIRINGS, THE ORDERS, YOU KNOW, HE’S, HE’S VERY TUNED INTO THAT STUFF, AND, YEAH, HE’S COMING IS A BIG, BIG ASSET TO ME. >> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK FOLLOW- UP ON THAT? YOU TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT GO WELL TOGETHER. I KNOW YOU’RE REFERRING TO PARTS OF THEIR GAME AND STATISTICS. WHAT ABOUT PERSONALITY? IS THAT A CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU LOOK AT A FOURSOMES TEAM? >> I THINK SO. YEAH, IT’S, IT’S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PUT FOUR, FOUR BALSA GUYS TOGETHER IN PERSONALITY, BUT FOURSOMES, IT’S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TEAM, IS IT? I MEAN, YOU HAD TO RELY ON, ON YOUR TEAMMATE EVEN MORE. I JUST LOOK AT THIS SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP I HAD WITH SERGIO. I THOUGHT WE WERE QUITE DIFFERENT. PERSONALITY WISE. HE WAS ENERGETIC,