Can Team Europe deal with the USA fans? | McIlroy, Lowry, Hatton, Macintyre & Hovland have their say

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The best bits from Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton, Robert MacIntyre & Viktor Hovland’s press conferences ahead of the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.

0:00 – Shane Lowry
2:14 – Tyrrell Hatton
3:21 – Rory McIlroy
6:53 – Robert MacIntyre
7:57 – Viktor Hovland

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With regard to Rory, um, other than the obvious that he does on the golf course, can you speak to what he means to this Router Cup team behind the scenes in the, you know, in the back rooms and whatnot? Um, I guess he’s just kind of like the figure in the room. Well, him, not just him, probably him and Rambo are probably the two people that a lot of people would stand there and look towards for like leadership. Um, and I think they both do a great job at that. uh the whole week. Well, not just the whole week, the last few weeks. Um he’s been like that obviously. Look, I’m very close to him anyway. And um you know, I see I see what he’s like all year. So, it’s different for me, but um I feel like a lot of guys look up to him and him and Rambo in the team room and and they really are the the kind of they lead from the front. You know, they did in Rome. Um I think they’ll do it this week as well. Uh, and he’s just to have one of the greatest golfers of your generation in your team room is pretty cool as well. So, I think everyone uh feels feels very lucky to have him on our team and uh yeah, over to Sean. Shane, when you get paired with someone, is it always explained to you why you’re paired with them? Yeah. Yeah. Do you ever have a say in the matter? Does it always make sense? Do you Well, we all get the the text or the the the conversation with our captain and vice captain about who who would you like to play with, who do you not want to play with? That’s kind of goes without saying I I don’t think I think uh from what I know like our team is like pretty much we’ll do whatever we’re told. Um you know, and we’ve got a lot of faith in Luke Donald and his backroom team to lead us in the right direction. So um but yeah, you would I guess like you know enforce some certain golf balls have a have a big say in it or um you know if you’re not comfortable playing with a golf ball uh it it is going to matter. So yeah, you do have a little say but you know I think for the most part we’re very much on the the train of Luke makes the calls, we do what we’re told and try and play as best we can. Terrell, uh, Rory’s always been a leader for team Europe, but now that he has, you know, gray hair and a green jacket, has his presence or his aura kind of increased for you guys? Well, I’m certainly jealous of the gray hair. I mean, if you look at my picture of the my four rider cups, it’s got gradually less. So, if I’m lucky enough to make five, I think it’ll be skin. But um no, obviously Ros is uh he’s a a huge part of the team. Everyone has a massive amount of respect for and um yeah, an incredible player and certainly wants to do his best for Europe. How would you describe his leadership style? Um it’s it’s hard to say. I mean, I don’t know what else to say other than we all just have a huge respect for for him, and I think it’s the same for the other 11 guys in in the team room. If someone has something to say, then we’re everyone’s all his. Everyone loves the rivalries of the Riley Cup. Bryson said he’s going to be chirping in your ear. You said that he only says your name to get attention. Is this is this early mind games? Have you got a message back for him or Team USA? I promise. Look, I would only talk about the European team today. I’m going to stick to it. Uh, no. Look, I think again it’s so easy to play into narratives this week and to get swept up in this whole, you know, rivalries and RDER Cup and whatever it is. Um, all I want to do is go and try and put blue points on the board. I don’t care who it’s against. If I come up against Bryson at some point, that’s that’s great. Um, I think that’s wonderful for the championship and wonderful for for us as well in some ways, but you know, I I just want to go out there and put blue points on the board and and and do what I can for the European team. Right here, Bob. Rory, can you recall your first RDER Cup 2010? Was there a moment where it struck you, this is different, this is, you know, this is special? what whatever it might have been maybe a match or even team room type of thing that kind of got you thinking this is this is going to be something I really want to be want to embrace. Yeah, I think it’s more the the behindthe-scenes stuff um the team room, the team talks, how much I think for me going in as a complete rookie and like I look I I watched Ryder Cups growing up. I cried whenever America won at Brooklyn. like it’s not as if I didn’t feel something when I watched Ryder Cups. Um, but I don’t know. I just I I I got into that team room at Celtic Matter and I just saw how much it meant to everyone and I sort of started I was like maybe I got this wrong and you know you start to you start to see how much it Yeah. especially, you know, for Europeans. And I remember Sebie was sick and we had him on, you know, one of those conference call things like back in the day. And uh he’s speaking to the team and we’re all in the team room. This is on like the Wednesday or Thursday night, you know, and I look around and the majority of the team is crying as as Sevy is talking to us. And I’m like, that is That’s it. That’s the embodiment of what the European Rder Cup team is. And I think that was the moment. That conference call with Sevy in 2010 was was the moment for me. In the middle here, Mike 12. Rory, the fans helped make this event what it is. How do you feel when you hear the football style chanting? And do you have a favorite song? Um, it’s it’s it’s amazing. And I think as well growing up as a fan of football and going to United games and hearing those songs and then having those songs, you know, having the tune the same but the lyrics changed into something that um, you know, has something to do with you. Like, you know, as a boy, I dreamt of playing at Old Trafford and having those songs sung about me. Um, I just didn’t know they’d be sang to me on a golf course. So, um, they’re very creative. They’re amazing. You obviously don’t you we won’t hear it as much this week. Um but it is it’s it’s still amazing to you know I think the last RDER Cup we played at Whistling Straits because it was off the back of CO we didn’t have any support really there. You know I feel like we’re we’re at least going to have some this week which is which is going to be nice. How have you how have you prepared to handle what kind of crowd reaction you’re going to get this week? Did you get more value from the VR set or from the weekend at Caves Valley? Yeah. No, I just play golf. The crowd’s the crowd’s here to watch us at the end of the day. Um whether they’re for you or against you, I mean, I must say at that um opening ceremony last night, there was a lot of European fans. Um and yeah, look, it’s going to be it’s going to be what it is. And my job is to go and play good golf the same as the rest of European guys. And if we do our jobs well, then we’ll be happy. Have you prepared to put blinders on, ear muffs, whatever? Just go and do your job. Um, yeah, there’s no, we can’t control them. I can control me. I can control what happens within our group. Um, so yeah, I’ve heard a few things before. I’ll hear a few things this week, but suppose it’s part of the game. Victor, you are generally one of the more popular players on tour. How do you prepare for fans that might be actively rooting against you this week? I I think you just got to stick to your to your game and if you play well and um you know there’s going to be some some comments here and there uh they won’t really uh come close to the the thoughts that I have in my own head. So I think I’ll just laugh it off for the most part. Um you know and just try to smile it off and make a few birdies. It usually uh seems to do the trick.