Europeans expecting hostile atmosphere at Bethpage Black | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

Europeans expecting hostile atmosphere at Bethpage Black | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

>> BOULLE, THEY HAVE ENJOYED NEW YORK. YOU GUYS HAVEN’T GOTTEN TREATED HERE, HAVE YOU, LUKE? >> WE’RE ENJOYING IT, WE’RE EMBRACING IT. WHAT A PLACE TO HAVE A RYDER CUP. IT’S GOING TO BE AMAZING. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT SENDING RAHM AND HATTON OUT. THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE RECORD SAYS THAT. THEY PASS THE EYE TEST IN EVERY WAY. WHAT OTHER CHANGES DID YOU MAKE? POLY REFERENCE ROME IN THE FOURSOMES WHERE YOU WERE SO SUCCESSFUL. WHAT CHANGES DID YOU MAKE FROM ROME, AND WHY DID YOU MAKE THOSE? >> I THINK IT’S MAC TWO YEARS AGO, ROME. PLAYERS INVOLVED, PLAYERS CHANGED. THEIR PROFILES CHANGED. SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU’RE LOOKING AT PERSONALITY MATCHUPS. WE, WE HAVE SO MUCH OPTIONS THAT IT’S REALLY QUITE FUN FOR ME, AS A CAPTAIN. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE U.S. ARE GOING TO BE STRONG. THEY’RE STRONG IN FOURSOMES. THEY HAD SOME AMAZING PARTNERSHIPS THERE, AND WE WANTED TO BRING OUR BEST AS WELL. THIS IS WHAT WE FEEL IS OUR BEST. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE AHEAD, THE QUALITY AMERICAN TEAM. THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, LUKE. THE HOME TEAM IN RYDER CUP HAS WON 8 OF THE LAST 9, AND AMERICA HAVE LED AFTER THE FIRST SESSION IN 4 OF THE LAST 5 TIMES. SO THE TASK IS A MIGHTY ONE. HOW READY ARE YOU GUYS FOR IT? >> WELL, I HOPE SO. I’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR 21 MONTHS FOR THIS. WE UNDERSTAND THE TASK AT HAND. WE UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO WINNEWAY. WE HAVE DONE IT. WE WON FOUR TIMES, YOU KNOW, SINCE 1987 TO, TO THE U.S.’S WON WINNING AWAY. SO IT HAS BEEN DONE, YOU KNOW? AND WE WILL CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, DRAW ON THOSE EXPERIENCES. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT COMING IN HERE WITH ANY COMPLACENCY. WE UNDERSTAND THE TASK AT HAND, AND THE ATMOSPHERE, IN THE AMPHITHEATER WE’RE WALKING INTO. >> YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY GOING UP AGAINST A FORMIDABLE U.S. TEAM, BUT IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE THE CROWD. HOW HAVE YOU MESSAGED AND PREPARED YOUR TEAM FOR WHAT COULD BE, AND I HOPE IT’S NOT, BUT WHAT COULD BE THE MOST HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE RYDER CUP? >> I THINK ALL YOU CAN DO IS HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION, TALK TO THE GUYS. THERE’S A BUNCH OF OUR PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN, IN A — ENVIRONMENT BEFORE, SO WE’RE LEARNING AS A GROUP. BUT, YEAH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MESSAGING IS THAT THESE, THESE ARE 12 OF THE BEST EUROPEAN GOLFERS IN THE WORLD. THEY, THEY LOVE TO BE CHALLENGED. THEY LOVE TO BE IN A RYDER CUP, IN AN ATMOSPHERE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? YOU CAN DRAW ENERGY OFF THE CROWD AS WELL. I THING WE SAW EVEN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, WE HAD PLENTY OF SUPPORT BEHIND THIS AS WELL, YOU KNOW? NEW YORK IS A MELTING POT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BEST DERMODY OF THE SUPPORT WILL BE FOR THE U.S., BUT I THINK WE CAN FIND SOME CHEERS, SOME EUROPEAN SHEARS AMONGST THAT CHAOS AS WELL. >> AMERICAN AUDIENCES, OR AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD, REALLY, ARE GOING TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT BOB McINTYRE. HE PLAYED IN ROME, YOU KNOW, HE WON TWO BIG TOURNAMENTS IN SCOTLAND AND IN CANADA THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE STARTING TO GET A SENSE OF THE SORT OF PUGNACIOUS QUALITY TO THIS GUY. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT BOB McINTYRE GOING UP WITH VIKTOR HOVLAND IN THAT LAST MATCH AGAINST XANDER AND PATRICK, A FORMIDABLE DUO? >> YEAH, BOB’S A GRITTY SCOTTISH FELLA, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW, HE IS, HE’S A TOUGH CHARACTER. HE’S WON, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, WON WITH HIS DAD ON THE BAG IN, IN CANADA. HE WON THE SCOTTISH OPEN, THE EVENT HE REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO GET, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK YOU JUST LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND TWO YEARS AGO, JUSTIN ROSE DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH HIM, KIND OF GETTING AROUND THE COURSE. AND HE WENT UNBEATEN, 2 1/2 POINTS, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE FOR A ROOKIE. THESE ARE MUCH, MUCH BETTER PLAYER THAN HE WAS TWO YEARS AGO. >> BY THE WAY, REAL QUICKLY, JUST A SIGN OF HOW DEEP I THINK THIS TEAM IS, JUSTIN ROSE IS 7- 2-1 ALL-TIME IN FOURSOMES, AND HE’S NOT PLAYING TOMORROW MORNING. SHANE LOWRY IS FOUR STROKES GAINED APPROACH. SO JUST SPEAKS TO THE DEPTH YOU HAVE UP AND DOWN YOUR LINEUP. >> BOTH TEAMS ARE VERY, VERY STRONG. A LITTLE BIT OF A FALSE START YESTERDAY. A RAINY DAY TODAY, YOU DID NEED TO GET THE FULL PRACTICE SESSION IN. YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE GUYS? THAT’S ONE OF YOUR JOBS NOW, IS THE KIND OF MANAGE THEN. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE TO ADAPT A LITTLE BIT TOO YESTERDAY WHEN WE FOUND OUT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS MOVED UP A DAY, AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, WE, WITHIN 20, 30 MINUTES, WE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE. THE GUYS STILL GOT OUT. I THINK MOST OF THEM PLAYED NINE HOLES TODAY. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT RAINY, BUT IT WASN’T TOO BAD. THEY’RE ALL BACK IN THE TEAM ROOM TODAY WATCHING THIS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO RE-CREATE, AGAIN, WHAT THAT WILL FEEL LIKE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT’S A BIT STRANGE HAVING ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN HAVING A DATE THINK ABOUT IT. THAT’S NOT WHAT WE USUALLY DO. SO I’M SURE THEY’RE EXCITED, I’M SURE THEY’RE BACK IN THE TEAM ROOM, EXCITED ABOUT THOSE MATCHUPS, AND GETTING READY FOR THEM. >> LUKE, HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE TO THE PLAYERS WHO DON’T GET PICKED TO GO OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY VETERANS WHO, WHO MIGHT EXPECTS TO HAVE GONE OUT THERE? WHAT’S, WHAT’S THAT PROCESS LIKE? >> IT STARTS EARLY. IT STARTS REALLY EARLY. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE’VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT OUR FOURSOMES THIS MORNING WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVEN A FEW WEEKS OUT. YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THE GUYS ARE PLAYING, BUT TO BE HONEST, I’VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PRACTICE LAST WEEK BUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE ON, IN GOOD FORM, IN GOOD SPIRITS. EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY’RE CALLED UPON, IT’S THEIR TIME TO TRY AND CONTRIBUTE. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO PLAY EVERY MATCH, BUT THEY’LL BE READY WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN. >> YOU WERE NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, ONE OF EUROPE’S BEST PLAYERS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK THE LAST 5 YEARS OR SO. BUT YOU’VE REALLY TAKEN TO LEADING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT BILL RUSSELL, PHIL JACKSON, PAT RILEY. AS WE SAY GOODBYE, WHAT HAVE YOU COME TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND AND REALLY ENJOY ABOUT THE ROLE YOU’RE IN NOW? >> YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT THAT CALL 3 1/2 YEARS AGO OR SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF DOUBTS ABOUT MYSELF. IT’S NOT SORT OF A, A ROLE I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FEEL THAT COMFORTABLE IN. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GROW INTO IT , AND YOU PUSH YOURSELF, AND I THINK, JUST LIKE, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANTED TO GET THE MOST OUT OF MYSELF, BEING THE MOST PREPARED I COULD BE, AND GIVE MYSELF THE BEST CHANCE. AND I THINK THAT’S, YOU KNOW,

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