Every Opening Tee Shot | 2023 Ryder Cup

The nerves are at an all-time high on the first tee at the Ryder Cup. Watch every opening tee shot from the 2023 Ryder Cup caught on camera at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, Rome, Italy.

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Every two years, 24 of the best players from Europe and the United States go head-to-head in match play competition. The European Team are the reigning champions after winning at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in 2023. Drama, tension, incredible golf, camaraderie and sportsmanship are served in equal measure, captivating an audience of millions around the world. It’s an event that transcends sport, yet remains true to the spirit of its founder, Samuel Ryder. The 2025 Ryder Cup is set to take place at Bethpage Black in New York.

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[Music] on the te electing to play from the USA Scotty Sheffer so up steps the world number [Music] one one of the best drivers in world golf but this is different Hunter first T at the ride of cup well this is awesome is what it is and it’s amazing and it’s awesome to see f [Music] [Applause] on the te electing to play from Europe John Ram [Applause] [Applause] the refere this match is Simon hegen bom [Music] and right down the middle great shots Max the toughest of [Music] [Applause] competitors on the day from Europe Victor hovland [Applause] well play two lost two at Whistling Straits in the alternate shot format he’ll be looking for better here in [Music] Rome well he’s made a good start in that attempt this is rifled right down the middle middle two amazing t-shots Smash Potato on the te for Europe sep straa one of nine different nationalities in the European team just the second Austrian to play in the Ryder Cup and a rookie appearance for sep [Music] ster well not the start he would have won it that’s 15 or 20 years of dream just happening there for step the referee for this match is Jeremy Benham you [Music] first player to use a three-w off the first and misses the Fairway Even Stevens you’d have to say both alongside the Fairway but not on [Applause] it three wood for Thomas doesn’t look like the guy for there Sam straight down the M middle laser [Music] like next up the world number 12 and just Jordan SP playing his fifth Rider cup alongside one of his best friends [Music] again I think he’s got a w one there it looks like it’s sitting beautifully in the rough and that’s the the third cut the really really thick stuff too [Applause] on the te [Music] Europe driver for H hin Stevie aggressive like to see that I love that different approach two guys hit three-wood plus it’s higher up and easier to hit Sam on the first te I’m always an advocate of that as well [Applause] oh that’s left as well that isn’t the thick St that’s the opposite of Jordan spe’s lie I think both these players with big margins with different partners out earlier on today Hatton with Rah hlin with abber it was a similar story four and three a win for each so much momentum between these two this guy’s one of my favorites terl Anon Heart of a Lion demands so much of himself and he often gives you [Applause] it it’s a about right looks like for the way he’s looking [Music] [Applause] he’s probably better than the bunker CV 100% Sam I think he got off lightly there offo match number one of afternoon four bows at the rer cup [Music] [Applause] [Music] left not pretty Stevie oh that was one bounce and right under the grass that’s going to be a really really heavy [Music] lie making his first appearance this week Brooks kept cup this year’s PGA Champion he has one tough [Music] cookie oh it’s absolutely perfect just exactly what you want to do if your partner’s out just pop it and [Music] play on the T Euro and it looks as though it’s going to be Nikolai hoard out with three current and former world number ones what a debut for the DNE who’s already won around this golf course he did so back in 2021 right after the redesign I think that’s a a big thing to have one round here as a rookie massive cuz he’s got he’s got nothing but great memories [Applause] right down the middle would have been pumping so hard there oh he’s been unlucky he’s going to just run through into that right hand trap where saw a magnificent shot from Manhattan again that can happen as well Sam with adrenaline you hit it away further than you expect John R more than capable of playing a leadership role if he needs to between this pair out there flying high after that huge win this morning just three [Applause] wood strategic play there by John Ram fantastic just to hit the Fairway I think that’s the ball looks to be setting up okay there in the second cut but you know you want to try and just get on The Fairway as quick as you can just to put a little bit of pressure I think the US putting Max and Windam together is it’s an interesting idea I kind of like it I think Max both being rookies Ma they’re putting a lot of faith in Max to kind of keep Windam a little bit more calm and a little bit more focused cuz he’s a guy who can really get his motor running high so that in the press conference from the US Open Champion took down Rory Roy to take it safely on The Fairway yeah that’s a per that’s a perfect drive there fantastic for the rookie on the te Europe Sten what do you make of this pairing with the experience of Justin Rose playing his sixth McIntyre already a winner around this golf course as well like hoard took down Rory and Fitz to do that last season I think the old head and the young head I think Bob’s a a great player and unbelievable [Music] talent and he’s ripped on down the middle as well which is a fantastic drive for him again like you say like haard two rookies that have one round the same coach which is which is a great thing to have on the team again brilliant memories in his memory bank that can and he’s obviously not shown too much nerves he’s just hit a cracker there very nearly had all three winners didn’t we with Adrian his last Rider cup was in Paris went two two and0 Justin Rose so much experience though from the 43y old [Music] so plenty of that in his victory in Pebble Beach that spurred his run to make the team he’s a great competitor Justin uh you know he’s he’s been there and done it he’s a a veteran of the rder cupere out with a score to settle this afternoon [Music] [Applause] seen so many people hit it down the left side and not really much joy out of that side it’s so thick I think the bunkers almost a better leave down the right hand side than anything else especially with that PIN on the front left they leaves you really no angle into the and to attack the flag from and really run it up from [Applause] [Music] anywhere trying to have a little fun with it Xander shuffl these two haven’t played together in a roic cup [Music] really good shot from Xander he loves it that high draw and that’s a perfect shot for this perfect shape for this first t- shot of the day gets the us back in the Fairway on the T Euro he’s never played a fourball match in the Ridder cup Matt Fitzpatrick but so much has changed for him since he teed it up two years ago [Applause] again the left side creeping in there uh but it looks like Matt’s got found a lie so he’ll be expecting Rory hopefully to just knock it down on the faway it’s a bit of a different Play Now isn’t he Fitzpatrick with the the new found length the last two years it’s never been an issue for Rory maroy yeah he’s worked so hard and it’s brought his game to the next level [Applause] [Music] he’s headed [Applause] left and a long way down in the trampled grass that might be so bad it’s actually okay out [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] on the teer from Europe Rory [Applause] Mao playing his seventh ride a cup [Applause] J [Applause] [Applause] that two probably blocked out on the te Victor hland The Big Three was so impressive yesterday Rory RAM and H and the pup that he HED down the last in four balls to tie up that match I only read this morning they had a hole in one in the practice round at the par 4 fifth yeah and Albatross he’s had some big moments already this week chares the ball beautifully hold that long on little look of concern it’s three from three down the right for the USA at last one of them’s got a decent lie though but looks decent on the te for Europe sep ster [Applause] such a ride of Passage the first T making his debut already with a rer cup Point alongside Shane low yesterday just put the hammer down immediately on these first three matches every time the Europe up in the middle and every time the Americans in the right Rock [Applause] let’s see if CLE can fix it excellent player simple swing backing [Music] through that’s fa it it’s better [Applause] on the te from Europe John R what a warrior he was on day one for Europe one and a half points from a possible two I mean he’s just such a competitor watching him yesterday was absolutely fascinated and you see what what means to him and the rider C [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] perfect that’s the first one down so I’m on The Fairway so you’ll be saying come on con join us here need to go off to a fast start two them four matches on The Fairway so that’s a much better start needed [Applause] just nled into that second cut it’ll all be down to how it’s line it’s a tough angle to get to that back left flag on the te Euro on the te Victor hland world number four FedEx Cup champion maybe the best player in the game right now the three wood know the importance of putting on that short stuff it’s another hole in one oh [Applause] [Music] driver tou left that’ll be in the rough the thick stuff [Applause] great drive for the ball Harman as he showed us that they open this [Applause] year left this one as well yeah looks like he’s got a lie but again just a bad angle to get to that first flag from there but a little bit out of control with a spin both these players inside the top 10 in the world seven for Homer please nine for Harmon technically both rookies Homer’s already won six times on the PGA tour [Applause] two’s little left it jumps out nicely not perfect though fa is a lot better because you that perfect contact on the T [Applause] Euro and Nikolai hoard [Applause] as guard Brothers still just 22 good play there from the just the Freewood very good just get on The Fairway cuz he’s a long hitter so he’ll just have a wedge of some sort in there from a great angle you wonder if that’s going to be you know the plan for hoard to throw it down there and then Tommy Fleetwood Sam says what he has to do yeah sometimes it’s difficult to work that out does the aggressive one go first I me H the the fair with then they both can be aggressive or do you get one on the fair and the other one goes aggressive it’s it’s a complicated one [Music] perfect complete work [Applause] [Applause] I was liking the three wi strategy there but he just didn’t execute it properly you know into the rough at the left it’s going to be really important for these guys to feel like to to both hit the fairways right give themselves as many opportunities as they can Jordan’s such a great putter you just want to see him get there in regulation and have a chance to to kind of work his magic [Applause] go please thank you there it is that’s much better right down the five picks of the T doesn’t even have to look where the ball’s going cuz he knows exactly where it’s going it’s a great shot SC start for Jordan SM right side of the F it’s great England to the [Applause] flag on the T Euro he said he uh he understands why he plays the game of golf now that he’s played a rider cup very few times as he been nearly in tears walking from a driving range to the first embracing all that it is here this week the rookie well the rookie not got much nerves there a very aggressive t-shot aggressive line he’ll have nothing more than a wed in from there super drive to Bob McIntyre [Applause] and he has an Olympic gold medalist as a partner how clutch was that part yesterday afternoon down the last to tie the match what a man to lean on good looking shot from Justin yeah it wasn’t good for my side but man it was impressive to see boy that was you can feel it with that put all his emotion that came out he’s going to put everything he has into it today you know you don’t get so many chances to actually really play in the rer cup so you want to win every point you want to make it so hard for those other guys threeway tring the Fairway just Le into to the right ever so slightly but that’s why I hit a great shot’s going to calm his nerves going into this R of the [Music] round another new pairing his partner now was out with Max Homer yesterday Windam Clark it’s Patrick C Lake this afternoon probably one of the more consistent players on tour from kind of just everything that he does there’s so much consistency he’s probably not exceptional at anything but he’s actually great at basically everything in a perfect drive here on [Music] one on the T [Applause] Euro it was quite the performance from these two they tied the first then went 1 2 3 4 5 six up through seven holes Fitzpatrick and maroy looks like this is going have a little bit left oh dear into the thick thick stuff that’s not good from there now [Music] f t but it looks like it’s looking right I he did go with driver so that Bunker’s definitely in play and he flew right actually over it and it just stuck in the gch I don’t know what you call that I think that’s just right on top of the bunker Europe need just the four what Scot with a great drive on this opening a high fit right down the middle of the Fairway after yesterday’s performance he has to be itching he’s been counting on the seconds to get here right now to this moment on the te Euro his only lost in rder cup singles it’s two Scotty Sheffer went down four and three two years ago but he’s undefeated so far this [Music] week three wood for Ram he’ll be heading to the green first all importantly from the Short Grass to tremendous t- shots from these fine players to get the singles underway the crowd are already the world’s best players have shown they are [Applause] ready momentum in hovland’s corner no question about that here this week [Music] calling hitting driver off the first pulls it left fans cheering got a hit looks like he was left over the crowd almost went back into it’s pretty dry over there might need a little bit of luck but you know might have a chance EUR he’s been an absolute Warrior for Europe this week one of three players out of 24 to go all five matches he is the FedEx Cup champion he is the inform player you could say in the game of golf right now threeway for hland absolute dead center three wonderful shots we’ve seen so far from the Europeans to start their day [Applause] driver up to T he going down the middle watching closy making sure he doesn’t run up through the Fairway into that bunker it’s softly perfect Drive Patrick’s the first American to give the us some sort of sense of adrenaline some excitement some energy that they so desperately needed going against [Applause] today it’s been an amazing week so far for Justin Rose as well he’s got one and a half points from two he birdied the last to tie the match thank you in Friday four balls alongside Robert McIntyre who he’s partnered this week really stepped into the role as a mentor between the two and he hasn’t lost in his last three rder cup singles matches wow we seeing some t- shots off the first referee three days into this contest now they’re used to the atmosphere three wood for Sam out to the right’s going to be in the rough we’ll see how the kind of is going to [Music] get right on the fans could be a Dy might have an opportunity there how awesome are these fans they make making one heck of a noise and then right now the silence is deafening maroy finds the fair we he’s going to play all five matches in this Edition the 44th of the ri of Cup right please thank you on the r yeah he really has been the standout player for America so far in this ra the cup looks like it’s sitting okay just on the te Euro finally got his first Rider cut point this week Fitzpatrick he’s not been on top form though not where his game where he would like it to be be what can he find today what’s in the tank loves it the reaction if the T pick up was anything to go by and rightly so left half simply the perfect t-shot for Fitzy [Applause] he’s played like the open Champion that he is this week right please thank you one of just two players to get two full points on the US side gritty it’s the word that comes to mark and I think of Brian Haron and that’s unfortunate a good te shot the lies okay on the T Euro been great this week Gerald Hatton couple of wins alongside John Ram’s undefeated just the one tight but he’s never won a singles match and is two Ridder cups before this [Music] when you look at all the all the singles all the lineups the matches this one really stuck out to me because they’re kind of a similar character and they’re both going to be really [Applause] feisty back to the first and the final match Windam Clark the Robert McIntyre wind with the three-w on the team kind of doing what he’s done the last two days just peeled it out to the right hoping it stays in the Fairway and it does he’ll be happy with that so that was the announcement for the two rookies they’ve got the same record one win and one half but you have to say that Robert McIntyre’s probably contributed a little bit more so than Windam Clark did in his matches yeah Bob Blake’s a driver off the first here he he said the the last drive he hits on the Range he visualizes it and then walks to the team and tries to emulate that shot look like he’s setting up there to cut it he’s just overdone it it’s down the left hand [Applause] [Music] side it’s all in the live from there Bob to watch another Ridder Cup video click here and subscribe here