Europeans discuss ‘dream week’ at Bethpage Black | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

Europeans discuss ‘dream week’ at Bethpage Black | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

CLINCHING PUTT. EUROPEANS INSIDE THE MEDIA CENTER. >> WE ARE PLEASED BG — TO BE JOINED NOW BY THE EUROPEAN RYDER CUP TEAM. >> Reporter: TWO YEARS AGO, RORY, YOU SEEMED TO CALL YOUR SHOT. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE BEEN RIGHT? >> IT IS NICE TO BE RIGHT. I AM NOT RIGHT ALL THE TIME. I HAVE ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE IN THIS TEAM, ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE IN OUR LEADER, LUKE DONALD, AND THE VICE CAPTAINS, THE BACK ROOM STAFF, THE P — THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON’T SEE BEHIND THE SCENES. WE WON IN ROME. WE SET SOMETHING IN MOTION TO DO SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN OVER A DECADE. AS WE TALKED TODAY, 11 OF THE 12 ON THE TEAM ARE THE SAME. THE CAPTAIN IS THE SAME. WE BELIEVE THE LOT IN OUR CONTINUITY. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY SPECIAL GROUP IN ROME AND , LOOK, I SAID THAT IN THE EUPHORIA OF WINNING A RYDER CUP. I FELT LIKE WE HAD WAY MORE OF A CHANCE THAN WE HAD IN WHISTLING STRAITS AND 2021. I WAS BULLISH ABOUT OUR CHANCES. THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM WEEK. IT WAS REALLY TIGHT AT THE END. IT WAS A BIT STRESSFUL. THE BIG LAD PLAYED AN UNBELIEVABLE LAST FOUR HOLES AND HE CARRIED ME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON YESTERDAY, AS WELL. ABSOLUTE LEGEND ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE SITTING UP HERE. I AM HAPPY THAT WE COULD GET IT DONE. >> Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS. RORY, FOR YOU, SORRY, TAKE YOUR TIME. YOU GOT ANYMORE? I DON’T NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE FANS CAN OBVIOUSLY. HOW DO YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN TO INTERACT? YESTERDAY ON 16, I HEARD A GUY WHO WAS LIKE, RORY, YOU ARE NOT THAT GOOD. AND YOU WERE LIKE, I AM THAT GOOD. WHEN DO YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN TO INTERACT WITH THE FANS? >> I WOULD SAY IT WAS ON IMPULSE. SOMETIMES I DO, SOMETIMES THEY DON’T. I AM QUITE AN IMPULSIVE CHARACTER. SOMETIMES I WILL ENGAGE AND SOMETIMES I WILL CATCH MYSELF AND REFRAIN. I DON’T REALLY CHOOSE WHEN. SOMETIMES I DO, SOMETIMES I DON’T. >> Reporter: WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH ANOTHER RYDER CUP IN THIS AREA? >> IF THE RESULT IS THE SAME, ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: LUKE, KEEGAN WAS IN HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO SAYING HE DISAGREED WITH THE INJURY ROLL AND HE SAID IT SHOULD BE CHANGED BY THE RYDER CUP NEXT TIME. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ROLL — RULE IN GENERAL? >> THE U.S. HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. IT HAPPENED IN 1993. WE HAVE CONTRACTS FOR A REASON. WE HAVE A CAPTAIN AGREEMENT FOR A REASON FOR THE SITUATIONS THAT OCCURRED. I WANT TO CENTER IT BACK TO VIKTOR. I WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN HIM TO DELIVER A POINT TODAY. HE COULD NOT PLAY. HE WAS GUTTED. THE RULE IS THE RULE AND IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. >> Reporter: OVER HERE. FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT RYDER CUP, JUSTIN, YOU LEAD EVERYONE IN PUTTING. HOW DO YOU DO THIS? WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU GET INTO THIS SUPER HERO MODE? >> I WISH I KNEW. I WISH I COULD BE A BIT MORE SELFISH AND DO THAT 25 WEEKS OF THE YEAR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I FEEL LIKE THE POWER OF THE GROUP IS WHAT IT IS. THAT ABILITY TO LOCK-IN, THAT ABILITY TO WANT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, I DON’T KNOW OTHER THAN THE BAGS AND THE BOYS, HONESTLY. THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. THE BADGE AND THE BOYS. I WISH I COULD PLAY LIKE THAT EVERY DAY, TO BE HONEST. YOU LIVE AND DIE BY THE PUTTER IN MATCH PLAY. THERE ARE ALWAYS MOMENTUM SWINGS WITH THE PUTTER. YOU MISS A SHORT ONE, YOU GET SOMETHING. THE PUTTER IS A HUGE KEY. THE WAY THE GOLF COURSE WAS SET UP THIS WEEK, THE PUTTER WAS A KEY CLUB IN THE BAG. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR ME MOST OF THE WEEK. I RUINED IT TODAY A LITTLE BIT, IF I AM BEING HONEST. YOU LIVE AND DIE BY IT. >> Reporter: JON, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. AMERICA SEEMS TO BE UNDER A CONSTANT QUEST OF WHAT MAKES A GOOD CAPTAIN. WHAT MAKES LUKE SUCH A GOOD LEADER OF MEN? >> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT LUKE HAS DONE OUTSTANDING LEE, PROFESSIONALLY, SO PERFECT THAT IT IS HARD TO SAY ONE. WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH INTO IT, THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM HE HAS SHOWN OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE RYDER CUP AND THE GAME AND WHAT WE DO ON THE GOLF COURSE DAY IN AND DAY OUT MADE THIS ONE OF THE BEST RYDER CUPS POSSIBLE. HE IS THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP AND HE LED US BETTER THAN ANYONE I CAN SEE LEADING US. HE SET THE BAR EXTREMELY HIGH FOR ANY FUTURE RYDER CUP. >> Reporter: DOES ANYBODY WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT? >> WE HAVE A GOOD 12 GUYS. >> IT IS MORE THAN THAT. ‘S COMMUNICATION SKILLS — HIS COMMUNICATION SKILLS. >> LET’S NOT GIVE IT AWAY. >> I WILL SHUT UP. >> RORY, LET HIM BE. >> TO SEE HOW HE HAS GROWN AS A LEADER, OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS. >> TWO MORE YEARS! TWO MORE YEARS! I WANT HIM IN IRELAND. >> YEAH. >> I WILL THROW IT BACK TO YOU, LUKE. >> WITH THE AMERICANS, THEY SAY, THE EUROPEANS HAVE MADE MORE PUTTS, ET CETERA. THE MORE OFTEN THAT HAPPENS, THE TWO-YEAR BUILDUP TO THAT, ALL OF THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE IT IS WHY YOU PLAY BETTER. IT IS WHY YOU MAKE MORE PUTTS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS LIKE IN THE LEAD UP TO THE RYDER CUP? >> I HAVE COMMITTED MYSELF TO THIS JOB BECAUSE I FEEL I OWE IT TO THE PLAYERS AND I OWE IT TO THE RYDER CUP WHICH HAS BEEN SO SPECIAL TO ME. I HAVE HAD SO MANY INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES. YEAH, I HAVE HAD TO PUSH MY OWN GAME TO THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT. EVERY DAY, I AM THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT COULD HELP US, COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAY GIVE US A LITTLE EDGE. WE CAME INTO THIS IN NEW YORK. WE KNEW NEW YORK WAS NOT GOING TO BE EASY. IT WAS ROUGH. IT WAS BRUTAL AT TIMES. IT WAS NASTY SOMETIMES. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU PREP THESE GUYS ENOUGH, YOU COMMUNICATE ENOUGH WITH THESE GUYS, AND YOU GIVE THEM A PLAN AND AN IDEA AND A THEME AND A MOTIVATION, THEY DON’T REALLY NEED MOTIVATING, BUT THE THEME CAUSES THE COHESION OF THE TEAM. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE 11 OF THE SAME GUYS FROM ROME. >> AND BROTHER. >> AND BROTHER. >> BROTHER! >> MY JOB IS LITERALLY TO GIVE THESE GUYS A BETTER CHANCE TO WIN. IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS SOME VERY SMALL THINGS. I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AT THE HOTEL ROOMS THIS WEEK, THE DOORS TO OUR HOTEL ROOMS HAD A BIG CRACK. IT LET IN LIGHT. WE BROUGHT THINGS THAT COVERED THE LIGHT. WE PUT DIFFERENT SHAMPOOS THAT HAD A BETTER SMELL. >> IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE. >> WE CHANGED THE BEDDING BECAUSE THE BEDS WEREN’T VERY GOOD. WE CREATED MUCH NICER BEDS SO GUYS COULD SLEEP, SO THEY COULD HAVE MORE ENERGY. THOSE ARE JUST LITTLE THINGS. I AM GOING INTO REALLY SMALL DETAILS. >> WE WON’T NEED TO CHANGE THE BEDS IN EUROPE. >> IS JUST TAKING THE TIME AND HAVING THE CARE THAT YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET THESE GUYS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY. YOU WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU CAN SUCCEED. THESE ARE 12 AMAZING PLAYERS. WE KNOW THAT. YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT THEM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE. >> Reporter: LUDVIG, TWO YEARS AGO YOU WERE A PRETTY FRESH FACE AS A PRO. YESTERDAY PROBABLY WASN’T YOUR FAVORITE DAY. TODAY, YOU HAD THE ONLY BLUE FLAG ON THE BOARD. WHAT DID TODAY AND THIS WEEKEND MEAN TO YOU? >> LAST TIME IN ROME, IT WAS SORT OF A WHIRLWIND FOR ME. I JUST TURNED PRO A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR. I FELT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE THIS WEEK, I GUESS, KNOWING MORE WHAT TO EXPECT. TODAY, I WAS PROUD OF THE WAY I PLAYED. I AM PROUD OF BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM. THERE ARE 11 GUYS WHO HAVE A TREMENDOUS JOY TO BE A PART OF THIS. AND A CAPTAIN. I AM HAPPY HE PUT TRUST IN ME. I AM HAPPY TO REPAY THE VIBE BY PLAYING GOOD GOLF. TODAY IS A DAY I AM GOING TO REMEMBER FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. >> Reporter: SHANE, YOU HAD THE WINNING MOMENT TODAY. I WONDER IF YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE THE GUY TO FINISH IT OUT. CAN YOU TAKE US INTO THAT MOMENT ON 18? >> TO BE HONEST, NO. OBVIOUSLY I HAVE FAITH IN MY TEAM TO GO OUT. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WIN THE RYDER CUP EARLY TODAY. IT IS NOT LIKE WE WEREN’T GOING OUT TO WIN OUR OWN MATCH. YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE ANY COMPLACENCY OUT THERE AGAINST THOSE PLAYERS. THE U.S. TEAM ARE 12 AMAZING PLAYERS. WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE VERY HARD. I DID NOT ENVISION MYSELF NEEDING A BIRDIE TO RETAIN THE RYDER CUP. YEAH, IT WAS LIKE THE WORST TWO HOURS OF MY LIFE. IT WAS HORRIBLE. IT WAS. BUT I SAID TO MY CADDIE WALKING INTO 18, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE. AND I DID IT. I AM VERY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR THAT. >> Reporter: RORY, OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN WINNING THE MASTERS AND TODAY, YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF SOME SERIOUSLY EMOTIONAL FINAL DAYS. HOW DO YOU MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS AND BIG MOMENTS? — IN BIG MOMENTS? >> YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR WAY OR SOMETHING AHEAD OF YOU AND, FOR ME, THE EASIEST THING IS TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES. AS MUCH AS IT IS A CLICHI■OF ONE SHOT AT A TIME, TODAY IT WAS HONESTLY LIKE ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. I FELT LIKE I WAS RUNNING ON EMPTY TODAY. I GAVE SO MUCH OF MYSELF THE FIRST TWO DAYS. I TRIED AS HARD AS I COULD OUT THERE AGAINST SCOTTIE. BETA41 AND I BOTH DID NOT HAVE OUR BEST. I DUG IN AS MUCH AS I COULD. I HELD A PUTT ON 15. BUT YEAH, I TRIED TO STAY IN MY OWN LITTLE BUBBLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY QUITE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT AT TIMES. I JUST KNEW EVERY HOLE THAT I COMPLETED WAS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT GOAL THAT WE ALL HAD IN MIND. THAT WAS REALLY THE IMPORTANT THING. I WAS SO APPRECIATIVE TO LUKE AND EVERYONE OUT THERE. THOMAS BJORN WALKED WITH ME TODAY AND HE KEPT ENCOURAGING ME. SEVEN MORE HOLES, SIX MORE HOLES, FIVE MORE HOLES. TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF YOUR TEAM MEANS A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT OUT THERE. >> Reporter: QUESTION FOR SEPP. YOU HAD SOME STRESSFUL WEEKS. NOW YOU ARE THE FATHER OF TWO BOYS. HOW DOES IT FEEL? >> YEAH, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER FOR MY WIFE AND I. ITTLE THOMAS IS DOING WELL. HE IS IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT HE IS DOING WELL. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SO UNBELIEVABLE IN SUPPORTING ME. YEAH, I CAN’T THANK EVERYBODY ENOUGH FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWN ME THROUGHOUT THIS HOLE THING. YEAH, I CANNOT THANK EVERYBODY ENOUGH. >> Reporter: LUKE, IF YOU ARE ASKED TO DO TWO MORE YEARS, WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? >> TWO MORE YEARS! TWO MORE YEARS! >> I AM JUST GOING TO ENJOY TONIGHT. >> JUSTIN WAS A LEADER IN STROKES GAINED PUTTING, BUT WHO IS GOING TO BE THE LEADER IN PARTYING TONIGHT? >> I DON’T KNOW. IN ROME, I WAS LEAVING FOR THE AIRPORT AND I STILL SAW SOME PEOPLE GOING. >> SEPP, HANDS DOWN. >> I KIND OF SCARED MYSELF AFTER 2018. >> HE HAS TO FILL IN HIS STATUE FROM TODAY. >> Reporter: THIS IS FOR LUKE . RIGHT OVER HERE TO YOUR LEFT. EUROPE DOMINATED THE LAST DECADE. THE KEY CONNECTOR BETWEEN THOSE TWO EUROS IS RORY. >> YOU GUYS TOLD US WE WOULD NOT WIN ONE FOR 20 YEARS. >> Reporter: I FAILED TO FACTOR IN THE CAPTAINS AND WHAT A BIG DIFFERENCE AND MADE. WHAT DOES RORY MEAN TO YOU GUYS, NOT JUST HIS PLAY, BUT HIS LEADERSHIP AND CONFIDENCE AND ALL OF THE INTANGIBLES? >> LOOK, YOU NEED YOUR BIG PLAYERS TO STEP UP. LOOKING AT ROME, WE HAD THE FEDEXCUP CHAMPION WITH RORY AND JON , WE HAD 10 1/2 POINTS WITHOUT THEM PLAYING TOGETHER UNTIL ROME. THIS WEEKEND, JON WON 3 OUT OF 5. YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED YOUR BIG GUNS TO FIRE. I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF, THAT THE BIG GUYS FOR THE U.S., THEIR BIG GUNS, THEY DIDN’T GET AS MANY POINTS AS OURS. RORY HAS MADE NO QUALMS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE RYDER CUP IS TO HIM. I THINK THAT IS INSPIRING TO ME. IT IS INSPIRING TO THE TEAM. YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT QUITE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS WINNING THE GRAND SLAM AND THE MASTERS, BUT IT IS PRETTY CLOSE. IT REALLY IS. HE HAS TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT MANY TIMES, HOW HE WANTS TO WIN AN AWAY RYDER CUP AND HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS. TO HAVE SOMEONE OF RORY’S CALIBER FIGHTING SO HARD , THAT IS INSPIRING TO THE TEAM. WE CAN’T DO IT ALONE, BUT IT IS VERY HELPFUL WHEN SOMEONE LIKE RORY IS CONTRIBUTING LIKE HE DOES. >> Reporter: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PLACE IN HISTORY OF A PLAYER, IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS. IF HE GOES ON TO BE THE LEADING POINT EARNER IN RYDER CUP PLAY, HOW DOES THAT ELEVATE HIM IN THE CONVERSATION? >> RYDER CUP WEEKS ARE THE BEST WEEKS OF OUR LIVES. THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES. THEY ARE FUN. INDIVIDUALLY, WE WANT TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. RORY HAS ACHIEVED SO MUCH IN THE GAME. ‘S PLACE IN HISTORY IS SET. I THINK THOSE WEEKS WE SPENT TOGETHER ARE THE ONES WE REMEMBER THE MOST AND WE CHERISH THE MOST. WE ARE WORKING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE GUYS HAVE THE BEST WEEKS OF THEIR LIVES, HONESTLY. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS. WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE US WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR US. NOW FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL TALK ABOUT THIS TEAM TONIGHT. AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS IN ALL OF SPORT. THAT IS INSPIRING TO ME. THAT IS WHAT RORY GETS AND ALL THESE OTHER 11 GUYS GET, AS WELL. >> Reporter: RORY, HOW SUSTAINABLE FOR THE GAME OF GOLF IS THE LEVEL OF ABUSE THAT YOU AND OTHERS RECEIVED THIS WEEKEND? IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS TAKING THE GAME IN A DANGEROUS DIRECTION? >> I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD EVER EXCEPT THAT IN GOLF. — ACCEPT THAT IN GOLF. I THINK GOLF SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEK. GOLF HAS THE ABILITY TO UNITE PEOPLE. GOLF TEACHES YOU VERY GOOD LIFE LESSONS. IT TEACHES YOU ETIQUETTE. IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO PLAY BY THE RULES. IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO RESPECT PEOPLE. SOMETIMES THIS WEEK WE DID NOT SEE THAT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE RYDER CUP. WE WILL BE MAKING SURE TO SAY TO OUR FANS IN IRELAND IN 2027 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED HERE THIS WEEK IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. FOR ME, COME AND SUPPORT YOUR TEAM. I THINK IF I WERE AN AMERICAN, I WOULD BE ANNOYED. I DID NOT HEAR A LOT FOR SCOTTIE, BUT I HEARD A LOT AGAINST ME. SUPPORT YOUR PLAYERS. THAT IS THE THING. IT WAS A ROUGH WEEK FOR ALL OF US. AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHUT THEM UP BY OUR PERFORMANCE IN HOW WE PLAYED. I CHURCH BACK A FEW TIMES BECAUSE THEY CAUGHT ME A FEW TIMES. WE TRIED TO HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT CAME OUR WAY WITH CLASS AND POISE. FOR THE MOST PART, I FEEL LIKE WE DID THAT. >> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> Reporter: WHEN YOU HAVE POLICE DOGS AND THE POLICE COMING IN, WERE YOU AWARE THAT WAS HAPPENING? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THAT ON A GOLF COURSE BEFORE? >> HONESTLY, THE POLICE RIGHT THERE AND THE SECURITY PRESENCE WAS INSANE. LOOK, NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE WASN’T GOING TO BE ANY SORT OF PHYSICAL ALTERCATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT APART FROM MAYBE TOMMY GOING UP TO THE 16th TEE YESTERDAY. THERE WAS A LOT OF LANGUAGE THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE WAS SOME ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR. LOOK, IT IS A MINORITY OF THE CROWD. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HERE ARE TRUE GOLF FANS AND ARE RESPECTFUL. LET BOTH TEAMS HAVE THE SAME CHANCE TO HIT THEIR SHOTS AND PLAY A FAIR CONTEST. THERE WAS A SMALL SUBSET OF PEOPLE WHO BEHAVED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT. >> Reporter: RORY, IT IS ONE THING WHEN THE ABUSE IS DIRECTED AT YOU, BUT IT SEEMED TO SPILL OVER TO FRIENDS AND FAMILIES, THE ENTOURAGES. THERE WERE A LOT OF GUYS INSIDE THE ROPES THIS WEEK. THERE WERE VIDEOS THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK. YOUR WIFE SEEMED UPSET. WHAT WAS YOUR VIEW ON THAT SITUATION? AND THE DIRECTION OF THIS EVENT AS A HOLE — IN TOTALITY WITH THAT IN MIND. >> IT SHOULD BE OFF-LIMITS, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY WASN’T THIS WEEK. MY WIFE IS A VERY STRONG WOMAN. SHE HANDLED EVERYTHING THIS WEEK WITH CLASS AND POISE AND DIGNITY, LIKE SHE ALWAYS HAS. I LOVE HER. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME CELEBRATING TONIGHT. >> CAN I PICK UP ON THAT, IF YOU DON’T MIND? I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOUR WIFE HAD A BEER THROWN AT HER YESTERDAY. SHE DID NOT BRING THAT TO THE TEAM ROOM. THAT IS NEWS TO ME. THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF ERICA AND EVERYBODY ON THIS TEAM TODAY. >> THE AMOUNT OF ABUSE THAT SHE RECEIVED WAS ASTONISHING. THE WAY SHE WAS OUT THERE SUPPORTING HER HUSBAND AND SUPPORTING HER TEAM WAS UNBELIEVABLE. KUDOS TO HER. >> Reporter: RORY, HOW SATISFYING IS IT TO TURN AROUND TO SOMEONE AND SAY, QUOTE, SHUT UP? AND THEN DO WHAT YOU DID. >> VERY SATISFYING. IT WASN’T A STICK. I HAD TO PUTT IT. >> Reporter: TOMMY, WHAT DID YOU SEE OVER THAT PUTT THAT RORY LEFT YOU? >> I PUSHED IT IN. >> THE GET ALL OF THAT MONEY FROM THE FEDEXCUP? >> Reporter: LUKE, RORY AND SHANE TOGETHER LOOKED LIKE A NO-BRAINER ON PAPER. WAS IT A PLAN YOU HAD FOR A LONG TIME? HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT FOR SHANE TO PLAY THAT ROLL FOR RORY? IT WAS LIKE THE BOUNCER AND THE BIG BROTHER ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. >> OUR ROLLS WERE SET PRETTY EARLY ON ON SATURDAY. WE FELT LIKE EVERYONE WAS PLAYING WOW. — WELL. OBVIOUSLY SHANE AND RORY HAD NOT PLAYED TOGETHER IN A RYDER CUP BEFORE. >> WE PLAYED ABOUT 15 HOLES AT WHISTLING STRAITS. >> IT WAS INCREDIBLE. >> I DID NOT REMEMBER THAT. THESE PAIRINGS, I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF PROPS TO EDOARDO. WE SAT DOWN AND WE CHATTED FOR MANY HOURS ABOUT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STATS AND THE PAIRINGS AND THE PERSONALITIES AND THE COURSE FIT. WHEN YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP LIKE RORY AND SHANE, THEY OBVIOUSLY GET ALONG AMAZINGLY WELL. I THINK IN FOURSOMES, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT WAS A PRETTY NATURAL PAIRING. I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO PLAY WITH RORY. THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE WHEN I SAY, IS THERE ANYONE YOU DON’T WANT TO PLAY WITH, XANDER’S NAME DOES NOT COME UP VERY OFTEN. NONE OF THESE GUYS HAVE THEIR NAMES COME UP VERY OFTEN. THE MOST COMMON ANSWER IS THAT I WILL PLAY WITH ANYONE. THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME PROUD AS A LEADER, THE COHESION WE HAVE, THE UNITY WE HAVE. IT MAKES PAIRINGS QUITE EASY. THEY ALL HAVE EACH OTHER’S BACKS. IF I COME UP TO THEM AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? THEY ARE LIKE, I TRUST IN YOU, LUKE. LET’S GO WITH IT. THAT IS A NICE THING TO HAVE. IT IS NICE TO HAVE NO BIG EGOS IN THE TEAM ROOM. >> Reporter: LUKE, YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A THEME FOR THE WEEK. CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THAT SEAM WAS? >> OUR THEME WAS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WIN FOR A FIFTH TIME AWAY. WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. THE PRACTICE SHIRTS WERE BASED OFF OF THE WINS WE ALREADY HAD AWAY, 1987, 1995, 2004, 2012. EVERYTHING WE DID WAS SORT OF CENTERED AROUND THAT. WE WANTED TO MAKE THE GUYS FEEL THAT WE HAD DONE IT QUITE OFTEN. 10 RYDER CUPS SINCE 1983, WE HAD WON FOUR OF THEM AND HAD COME CLOSE THREE OTHER TIMES.

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