LIVE | Press Conference | European Team | Sep 25 | 2025 Ryder Cup

Watch the European Team’s press conference as they prepare for the 2025 Ryder Cup.
Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka, Tyrrell Hatton, Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm take the stage on Thursday morning to share their thoughts ahead of the 45th Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.

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The 2025 Ryder Cup is the 45th edition and runs between September 25 – September 28. Luke Donald is the European Team Captain and Keegan Bradley is the U.S. Team Captain. The European Team are the reigning champion after winning 16 ½ – 11 ½ at Marco Simone in 2023. Every two years, 24 of the best players from Europe and the United States go head-to-head in match play competition. 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.

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That was obviously really really sweet, timely. Uh um um but it came yesterday obviously uh this is a golf course you have to drive it really well and been kind of struggling with the driver but uh it’s been a rain session. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to stand on the range and just kind of beat balls fluidly, effortlessly without trying to feel like I’m steering it. Uh and when I went to film it as well, it looked a little bit different. It looked definitely better than other swings that I’ve made um lately. So that really pleased with that. I hope the weather kind of stays okay so I can continue that feel and see if it holds up because it’s I think we’ve all been there. We find a feel and then we think we’re we’re back and then the next day it all falls apart. So uh I’m kind of looking forward to try to test it out a little bit more today. Over to Mike 2, please. Yeah. Um, about the swing, I saw a clip on Instagram the other day with you working with a G-box. Yeah. What are you still working on with your swing? Yeah, I mean, kind of the main thing is that I get a little bit stuck in the down swing. So, I’ve just been trying a lot of different training aids and stuff to maybe to see if I get a feel that will get the arms and hands a little bit more out in transition. Because for me, I just I just pull it down a little bit. And for me, with my pattern, that’s really tough. So, just been trying to Yeah. see if that um resurrected a feel of some sort. But I I didn’t really find that that was the the missing piece for me. Okay. Also, yesterday Ludvig said that you like to talk about UFOs. Uh what’s up with that? What’s up with that? Yeah, that’s that’s the question, isn’t it? What What is up with that? Um um yeah, it’s just something that I’ve been into the last couple years. Um I think uh I’ve always been extremely into my golf and sometimes you just look at your golf swing and trying to practice as hard and you don’t really get the results that you want. It can be quite frustrating. And I think it’s been one of those things that I’ve kind of um taken my mind off of golf a little bit. And then the the more you go into it, you just get more questions. It’s one of those things that you don’t really find any more answers. But it’s very interesting to to go in there and and kind of challenge some of your uh beliefs that you currently hold. And you kind of have to expand your expand your mind a little bit. and and I think it’s super fascinating because it u encompasses or touches on so many different topics as well that I u I find it really interesting. Over to Luke on one. Hey Victor. Um you were saying something on the range yesterday. I’m just trying to understand it where um sometimes when you get tentative or it’s hard to trust it on the golf course, your takeaway gets a little armsy maybe and you want to feel like you’re extending and really whipping the club away. I’m just trying to understand that basically. Yeah. I don’t want to go too far deep into the golf swing, but it’s it’s just the golf swing just seems so counterintuitive and almost paradoxical sometimes where I know if I look at my 3D data like I I rotate way faster and way more than I used to do when I first came out on tour. Some of that is because I’m hitting it further, I’ve got more speed, I’m more dynamic. So then by that data I’ve tried to almost slow down and not rotate as much off the ball, but then what I do is that I just spin open. So uh it was almost a little counterintuitive yesterday where I felt almost more dynamic off the ball, but instead of spinning around, I was moving more up and back. So it almost kept kept me more centered and more still. And from there, I can actually uh use my body like I used to before and not get it stuck. So, um, yeah, it’s that’s this game. It’s so fickle. You try to do something the opposite of what you’re doing, but, um, sometimes that’s not the the answer. So, it’s just it’s very elusive. Up top there, Mike 16. 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. That usually uh seems to do the trick. Right here. Mark. Hey Victor. Can you put into words uh what Rory means to this team? Yeah, how long we got? Uh he’s uh he’s obviously a great player and very um very skilled, very experienced, but also he carries a lot of weight in the team room as well. He’s um he’s very comforting to have there. He makes everyone in the team room feel good, and I think he brings out the best in everyone in there. So, it’s uh it’s great to have a person like that in the team room for sure. What was your reaction two years ago when you did the microphone drop pretty much in Rome and said, you know, said you guys are going to come out and win in Beth Page. What was what was the reaction to that? Pretty pumped. Yeah. Here we are. Let’s do it. Over to Kyle on nine. I’ uh over here, Victor. I’d love to see what it looks like for you to actually go deep into the golf swing. Uh after that explanation, uh you were on the last two teams, one loss, one win. When you guys talk about strategy, talk about handling this experience, do you draw more or have did you learn more from the loss on American soil or from the win over in Europe? Good question. I I don’t know which one I learned more from, but it was very just interesting for my own personal experience kind of going through the loss at Whistling Straits. I felt like I was maybe more timid as a rookie playing on foreign soil. Um I I think I played just a bit more insecure maybe, but after 2023, my best season of my career, I felt just more excitement and obviously playing at home, I just felt ready to exhibit kind of what I’ how I’d played throughout that year. And I wasn’t as much nervous as in terms of messing up. It was more like, okay, I’m ready for this and I’m going to show what I’m good good good for. And uh I think now that I’ve kind of seen both perspectives, even though I’ve had some major struggles with my with my game the last couple years, I feel like despite that, I can still overcome that and and play some really good golf. So, I do feel like being on both of those teams have really helped me. Um uh it it is going to help me this week. Back up over here to Mike 20. Victor, I wouldn’t expect you to give away the secrets of the captain, but I think that’s three days in a row now. You’ll be paired alongside Robert McIntyre in practice. If that happens to be a pairing over the the first two days, give us an insight in the personality sets, the two you’ve got that you think will work. Yeah, played a bunch with with Bob uh over the past few years. We obviously came came out at a similar time and uh we played some junior golf and amateur golf together. So get along great with Bob. He’s obviously a great player and had an amazing year this year and uh yeah, I think we we really vibe well off of each other and uh we’ve had some good games here the last couple weeks. So um yeah, be fun. We’ll see what happens, but I think we’d make a good team. Mike 19. Hi Victor Buck here. um with the atrocious weather seemingly setting for the day. Have you been told how that might affect practice today? Do you think you guys will get out on the course and if not how you try and you know replicate and what will you do? Yeah, I don’t know what what’s going to happen. I don’t know if they’ve uh closed the practice area or not. Hopefully I can practice for a little bit and maybe go out there and play four or five holes at least. I’d like to kind of see how what I’m doing on the range will hold up on the golf course and just get a bit more comfortable. So hopefully uh it stays clear there for a little bit and also for the remainder of the week. You don’t want the course to be uh uh too soggy either. Um so we’ll see. And how will that affect things if you’re not able to get out on the course, you know, the day before? Uh I mean it’s not ideal, but it wouldn’t be the last time something like that has happened. I’d like to think I’m a professional and can can handle situations like this. So yeah, we’ll figure it out. We’ll wrap it up with Dylan over here on one. How much do you pay attention to uh what position your opponent is in in match play and how how much does your strategy deviate say if they’re out of position? I think it it definitely does matter, but on the golf course like this probably less so because it’s I mean the fairways aren’t super wide. They’re not super narrow either, but the rough is so thin that even if you spray a shot off the tea, you can’t really go, “Okay, he’s way out of position. Let’s just play conservative here.” Because if you get lucky and have a nice lie, uh you can you can easily make birdie from from out of position here. So, I think aggressiveness is probably going to be a a good strategy. You’re still just going to have to execute and and play like you’re trying to birdie almost every hole. And then obviously if you miss, you’re still in the hole. Um cuz I I don’t think there’ll be too many holes compared to maybe Rome for example. Rome had a lot of birdie holes, but at the same time it had a lot of difficult holes where you could easily win by par. I think it’s going to be less of that this week. Um so I I think if you just stay prudent and and just execute and uh kind of let the opponents maybe make a couple extra bogeies, then I think uh that’s the way to go. Do you have a general philosophical stance on lift clean in place? I mean, I I I think it’s uh I think it’s the right thing to do if it gets uh super, you know, super wet out there and it’s just mudball on every hole. I don’t think that’s what the people want to see. I I think it’s maybe another discussion whether we’re going to have a club length or a scorecard. Usually in Europe, we have a scorecard. Uh in the US, we have a club length. I think that can maybe influence how we play a little too much, especially around the greens and in terms of angles and stuff. Um, but I I think it is kind of necessary if you’re getting mud balls on every hole. I just I just don’t think that’s great TV. Thanks for your time, Victor. We appreciate it. Robert McIntyre joins us now at the 2025 RDER Cup. Robert, welcome to your second RDER Cup. We’ll jump right into questions. Martin Bob, I know they’re not as big as the the matches you’ve got coming up over the next three days, but how did you get on with Mike Burrows in your warm-up matches? 2-1 victory. Um, no, it was great fun. Good um good time to get down and and see courses for next year. Um Aronamink and obviously Shinkok. and then a little treat at uh Pine Valley. So, no, it was it was great fun. Good prep. Um obviously my coach Simon came over. So, yeah, it’s been it’s been good. And then we’ve got to work coming back here. How do you feel your role has been in the team room this time compared to two years ago? Um I don’t think it’s changed at all. I think my comfort levels within the team has changed. Um last time obviously I was playing mainly on the European tour. Um then you’re stepping into a room of guys like Rory, John, um Rosie. But thankfully egos go out the window when you go into that European team room and um everyone comes together and it’s it’s it’s a lot more I’m a lot more comfortable this year than I was last year because it was a little bit daunting last time but um no they made you feel welcome then and I mean now it feels like we’ve got a better bond right here with Mark Robert. Um, just curious, other than the obvious with Rory on the golf course, what what what does he bring to this team? What does he mean to this team beyond the obvious? I mean, I’m not sure. He’s he’s a leader. Um, he’s potentially the greatest European golfer of all time. I mean, these things speak for himself. I’ve looked up to him since I was young. Um, and I’ve got no problem walking behind Rory Maroy if he’s leading the charge. I mean, he’s a guy that’s that’s special to the game of golf, but very special to the European side. Over to Luke on two. Uh, Bob over here. Yeah. Um, when you have like a big part to half a hole or win a match or the first T-shot, like what is literally going through your brain? Like are you thinking a swing thought? Are you thinking about nothing? Like just like what is going on in that? It depends. It depends on the situation. It depends on how you’re feeling. It depends on on a lot of things. It can look we’ve got things to handle different situations. Um and yeah, it just varies. It doesn’t there’s not one way that fits all. It’s very much um for that moment. Sometimes it can be a positive thought. It can be something you say to yourself. It can be an outside thing that Mike McCaddy can can do to help me. Um, so yeah, look, there’s lots of different kind of strategies to deal with that. Doug, go ahead over here. Bob, 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. I know. 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 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. Back up here to 20. Bob, the captain has spoken this week about this being your time and this being your place and that type of thing as mottos. We know how proud you are as a a Scotsman. How would it how important is it for you to follow in those? I think there’s six six Scots lads have come over here and been part of the teams that have won. What does that mean to you that kind of inspiration and being one of them? Yeah. No, we’ve talking about um a lot of things this week and I I just think that what an opportunity we’ve got um as a team to to do something special, to do something that’ll yeah that will go down in history, but um again, there’s three days of golf, three long days of golf. Um and if we just control what we can control, we’ll be just fine. And look, there’s so much trust gone into every part of the of the week, every part of the team, from the players to the vices to the caddies to partners to backroom staff, everything. I mean, there’s no stone unturned. And at the end of the day now, it’s about go out there and perform. And I feel like if we do that well, we’re going to be happy at the end of the week. Anybody knows the importance of family, it’s you. So that so this is like an extension of it. Yeah. Look, the European side, it when I went in in Rome, I didn’t know what to expect, but I’ve come here knowing what to expect. And I mean, the minute you walk in that team room, it is just it’s as though you’ve known it known each other since you were young kids. And it’s just it’s a different I’ve played team sports all my life and it’s the same feeling that you get on a bus trip home from a shinty match as you get um when you walk into that team room. There’s a real a real family feel, a real togetherness and yeah, we’re on one mission. Over to Dylan on one. I risk a cliche here. Bob, was there anything you think you learned about yourself at the last RDER Cup that has kind of changed your positioning in the game? I just think I learned I can compete at the at the top level um of golf. It’s look, I learned so much from equipment side of it. I changed I changed pretty much all my equipment um since Rome. Um and I feel like my game has progressed. There are still little things that I feel that sort of it can can improve, but I just learned I can compete at that level. Um, I had a great partner on Rosie at the last one. Um, but yeah, I think the last two seasons on the PJ tour have helped me massively to to be in this team, to be where I am in the world of golf, and yeah, let the fun begin. We’ll wrap things up right here on Mike Two. Uh, so Donald Trump is proud of his Scottish heritage. As a Scott, how do you feel about him coming to watch tomorrow? Again, I just play golf. I don’t politics and stuff is out of my I mean, I’m not bright enough for one to be worrying about politics. Um, I’m worrying more about what goes on this week on on the golf course. And yeah, as a European, we’ve got a job to do and yeah, try and compete as hard as we can and hopefully hopefully win the RDER Cup so you don’t find it a distraction. It’s just another spectator. Thanks for your time, Bob. We appreciate it. Matt Fitzpatrick is with us now at the 2025 Ryder Cup. Matt, welcome to your fourth RDER Cup. Let’s go ahead and jump right into questions. Dylan, go ahead. What part of this week do you look forward to the most, Matt? Uh, I think just just being with team Europe, you know. Um, obviously, you know, I’ve watched Radicups growing up, watch Rory, watch Rosie. Um, you know, even the the vice captains, Jose Maria, Franchesco. Um, and obviously to be in and amongst them on, you know, having the the same goal of of trying to win the RDER Cup this week is is uh is always a special experience. So, yeah, it’s always nice to be um, you know, part part of the team. Are there any teammates that you get more out of this week that kind of come out of their shell or something that wouldn’t happen week in week out? I think everyone does really. Um, I think everyone kind of gets involved in in the banter and and you know the um I think that’s that’s the the best thing about it. I think everyone comes out of the shell cuz you know we’re all trying to achieve the same thing and um I think the great thing is we’re I feel like we have a lot of fun fun doing it as well. So that’s uh that’s what makes this week so so great. Luke, hey Matt. Um, kind of a weird question, but uh, you know, how do you divorce like something that’s statistically unlikely to happen like a making a 15-footer, right, with something you really want to happen? Like wanting to make this 15 footer so you win the hole. Like how do you both know what is probably going to happen and also just like get into like an irrational state almost and be like, “Yeah, I feel like this week though it’s kind of the opposite of that.” Um, it’s funny my we were watching golf earlier this year and um I can’t remember who it was but they had a put to to win or or playoff or whatever it was and it came up on the graph like oh 20% make percentage and my wife said something really funny and she was like oh I really don’t feel like that means anything anyway because I just feel like it’s either going in or it’s not. And I was like yeah I guess when you put it like that like that’s a kind of a good point. I guess every pot’s 50%, you know. Um, but I think on weeks like this, um, I I feel like I’ve noticed that, you know, puts go from everywhere, you know, and puts are missed from everywhere. It’s it really is that that kind of week that, you know, special things happen um both good and and bad. And and I think that’s what makes this event so special as well is that um that obviously adds to the atmosphere. It adds to the to the whole experience and and adds to the event. And that’s that’s why I feel like it is such a incredible event to to be a part of. And um when you’re in the middle of playing at it, you you’re basically willing every shot to go close, every put to go in. and um you know, you’re just hoping that that’s going to add something to to whatever it is that you’re doing. Up to Mike 10. Hi Matt. Um I saw a video on social media of you having a little chip around the greens during the practice round yesterday and being on the receiving end of a few heckles. Uh would you say you are a player with thick skin? Uh, I mean, I’m from Sheffield, so that’s probably a good good start. But, um, yeah, I mean, it was it was good fun. I think that for me, you know, you’ve got to you got to buy into it, you know, and and I was having a good laugh with those boys and, um, we we were laughing about it. They were telling me, “Oh, you’re probably going to be here on on Friday or whatever.” I was like, “Yeah, you’re probably right, to be fair.” Like, so yeah, we we had a good laugh there. And um, they actually followed us for a couple more holes. And uh so I think you know like you say you got to you got to take it on the chin whatever it is. But um again like I like I keep saying it’s it’s what makes this this event so so fun. So um so special is is the fans. Uh the fans are what what make this this event and um you know it’s obviously a great opportunity for us to to come and try and play our best golf in front of them. Just as a followup, where it has crossed a line in the past is when wives have been targeted by the fans, and you’re one of several European players who has an American wife. Have you said anything to Katherine about what to expect this week and how to handle it? Yeah, of course, there’s always been conversations about um you know, what could happen or what couldn’t happen? And um I think everyone’s very well verssed on what what that is. Um, you know, but again, we’ve had that conversation between me and her and and she said that, you know, it doesn’t matter. I’ll be out there, whatever. It’s it’s it doesn’t it really doesn’t matter. I’m not going to be affected at all. So, um, everyone knows knows how it is. And, um, you know, like like Keegan said in his speech, like Luke said in his speech, I have no doubt everyone’s going to be as as respectful as as they they possibly can. Um, and um, yeah, like like I say, I think that’s what that’s what make that’s what makes it fun, you know, that’s what makes it different. Up here, M 19. Hi, Matt. Okay, just following up on that really. I mean, I read a piece a couple of days ago where you mentioned your parents had decided not to come out here, I think, on the back of their experiences at Whistling Straits. Can you just tell us about that um about their decision and just elaborate on it? Did you kind of um tell them not to come or No, I left it I left it completely up to them. I mean there’s two there’s two things on that. You know that there is obviously a little bit of that they didn’t have a great experience in Whistland Straits. That’s that’s not like a lie or anything or or making anything up. But um the other thing is my both my parents are playing next week in the Dunhill. So um they also didn’t really want to ruin that experience as well because that’s that’s obviously special to to have have that. So, um, yeah, it’s a it’s a combination. You know, they it’s a it’s a lot of travel. It’s obviously a busy week. It’s a tiring week, and then they obviously want to have a nice week next week as well with me and my brother. So, um, yeah, you know, no denying that they had a they had a bad experience in the past, but, you know, there’s no reason why it has to be like that this time. And just to follow up quickly, I mean, how does that make you feel that they’re not here? Because I know they they travel a lot with you, don’t they? Yeah. Yeah, they’ve been obviously been to a lot, but um, you know, I’m I’m fine with that. you know, they they’ve been to they’ve been to three Ryder Cups already, you know, two away, two at home, one at home, sorry. And um you know, they’ve seen me in in all sorts of events. So, um you know, obviously I’ll miss them this week for sure, but um you know, I’m not to I know that they’re they’re doing what what’s best for them and and that’s what’s important. So, like 12. Matt, when you look back on it, just how how did that challenge from Luke to kind of go play in both the British and the European Masters uh kind of maybe spark anything uh for you and just how validating was it to perform in both of those? Uh well, yeah, I mean obviously that that thing I I kind of signed up for the British Masters earlier in the year and um the European Masters as well. I I I love playing in Switzerland, you know, I I I I’ve had a good record around there and I enjoy the week as an experience as well. So it’s not just um you know the extra stuff with it that as to why I played uh British Masters. I spoke to Luke the week before and kind of you know put him in the loop of where my head was at. Obviously I played a lot in the summer to try and you know cement that top 50 place as well as get some RDER Cup points. Um you know we discussed that it was probably a good thing for me to come to the British Masters and and play and um you know that’s what I did. Obviously, like you say, it was it was great to have a good result there. And um me and my team’s goal for those two weeks was just conserve energy really and and just be smart and not to to burn ourselves out in, you know, obviously in the event that we do make this team. And uh obviously I feel like we did a really good job of that. It was a very uh it was two really nice weeks, two pretty easy weeks from from a practice sense. Um, and like you say, to go to go and perform as well is obviously always a nice added bonus. Based on kind of how the last few RDER Cups have gone for you, did you ever worry about getting a chance to to be on this stage and kind of getting selected? I think of course it always it always goes through your mind. Uh, of course it does, you know, but um I really kind of believed in my um believed in myself, believed in the form that I’d shown um from from May. Um, I, you know, I wasn’t necessarily thinking I was guaranteed a spot, but I felt like I thoroughly deserved to be in the conversation, um, given given how well I’d played to to the point of of selection. So, um, yeah, it always crosses your mind. You know, Luke has every right to go in whichever direction he wants with a with a captain’s pick, and it’s always easier when you qualify outright. But, um, I really felt like I’ I’d made a really good strong case for myself to to be on the team. over here with Bob. You good, Mark? Yeah, Matt, I just have two quick one one is regarding Rory. Other than the obvious, how good he is on the golf course, can you put into words what he means to this team kind of in the back room as a leader, etc. What does he bring to it? Yeah, he’s he’s obviously a great person to have in and around the team. Um, you know, you’ve you’ve seen in the media over the last however many years how much the Ryder Cup means to him. um particularly after what he first said about the RDER Cup. Um but you can see it every day in in you know the practice we have, the discussions we have, his attitude towards the week and and how important it is to him that that he wants to succeed and and that obviously gets everyone else going around him and and we want to be part of that. So um yeah, he’s he’s very great in that aspect. Just unrelated to that, when you look at your record here, RDER Cup record, how bothersome is that to you and how representative is it of how you really have played during that during those cups? Yeah, I don’t, you know, I I’ve said already before this week about my record and um 2016, I I would openly admit I wasn’t ready for that one. Um, you know, I was 21 or whatever I was. And um, I’d not really played any any real golf in in the States on the PJ tour yet. So, you know, I can I feel like I kind of throw that one out the window a little bit. Um, then, you know, 21, I actually felt like I played really well. Um, you know, and, um, you know, I felt like I deserve more than than what I got out of that one. And then, uh, Ro Rome was probably the same thing. you know, obviously got my first full point with Rory. We obviously played well in the Friday on the Saturday afternoon as well. And um you know, obviously Max Max played well as well on on the Sunday single. So yeah, it’s obviously frustrating. Um but you know, all I can do is is keep keep qualifying for the teams and keep giving myself the opportunity to to improve on the record. Um you know, I think uh that’s the the biggest thing for me is to to keep putting myself in the position to make the teams. Um that’s all I can do. do one more quick one with Sean right here. Matt, a lot of very elite golfers kind of mention that they don’t feel that they belong until they play in a team event at the Rder Cup. What does it say about pro golfers that they don’t feel that sense of validation until something like this happens to them? Uh, I think I think the fact is that this is this event is obviously just a very different animal. you know, it’s it’s a very different experience to what we have week in week out um as individual players and to be part of something that’s obviously bigger than yourself is uh I think it’s always quite eye opening as to what it means to the other players around you, you know, your peers that you you play with, you play against week in week out. Um to be part of that and to, you know, hopefully have success in it or even have failure in it and come together as a team still. I think that’s that’s what makes it such a a special week. Um, specifically in 2021, you know, we had a a bad result and um, you know, there was no there was no pointing fingers, there was no blaming. There was everyone comes together. It’s like, no, we’ll we’ll get up and we’ll go again in 23 in Rome. And, you know, and that’s that’s what we did. So, I think being able to to play together as a team and and experience that is is what makes um you know, what makes it so special and why why people probably feel that way. Thanks for your time, Matt. We appreciate it. Thank you. Rory Mroy is with us now at the 2025 RDER Cup. Rory, welcome to your eighth Ryder Cup. We’ll go ahead and get started with questions starting right here on mic 13. Rory, um, winning the winning these things at home is obviously a great experience, but it’s winning a way that makes absolute legends, I guess. What is it about this particular group that gives you confidence that you can do that this week? Uh, you know, the one thing that I’ve talked about a lot going into this RDER Cup is is I love the continuity of this team. I love that um 11 of the 12 are are the same um as we had in Rome and and the 12th has the same DNA as the other one. So, um, I we we’ve won before, you know, we’ve, you know, I feel like it’s been a really cohesive group for the last three years. Um, we all know what to expect. We all know what our roles are within the team. Um, and I think that that, you know, has us prepared to, you know, to give it a really good go this week. you know, like historic or over the past, you know, basically since 2012, you look at the results of the RDER Cup, um the home team has won every time. Um but they also have won convincingly. You know, it’s been pretty one-sided uh either way. So, you know, whatever team, whether that’s Europe or America, that is the one to break that uh that duck, I think is um honestly is going to go down as as one of the best teams in Ryder Cup history. And, you know, looks at it in his in his opening remarks yesterday, but we are here and we are playing for history and we’re playing for the players that came before us and the, you know, the people that basically laid the foundations for what the European Rder Cup team are. but we’re also playing for the guys that are going to come behind us as well and you know the the young boys that are dreaming of becoming European Rder Cup players. Um you know we want to try to leave a legacy for them as well. So um we we have a wonderful opportunity this week but we also understand it’s going to be very difficult. Claire, hi Rory. Um what advice have you given to the younger guys about not just playing a Ryder Cup but playing one in the United States? Yeah, look, I think everyone has to find their own balance of what works for them or what um you know, we’re playing in an environment that we’re not really used to or we don’t get to play in very often. Um I’m very lucky. I get a lot of support pretty much everywhere I go when I play golf and um it’s going to feel a little different for me this week. Um, but that’s that’s to be expected and that’s totally understandable. And um, I feel at times in the RDER Cup I’ve engaged too much with that, too much with the crowd, but then there’s times where I haven’t engaged enough. So, it’s really just trying to find the balance of using that energy from the crowd to to fuel your performance. Um, I felt like at Hazeline I probably engaged too much at times and then in Whistling Straits I didn’t engage enough and felt pretty flat because of it. So, it’s just trying to find it’s trying to find that balance and I you know I can’t tell anyone on the team what that balance is. They really have to find it themselves. Um but that’s the that’s the challenge of playing away, right? It’s it’s you’re not just trying to perform to your best level, but you know the you know someone in the American team holds a putt and then you have to try to follow them in, but you know you’ve got the crowd going crazy and you’re waiting for them to quiet. You know, there’s a lot of little things like that that um I guess takes you out of your normal routine that you you just have to deal with. And you know, that’s part of the challenge of this week. Up to Mike 10. Hi Rory. Uh would you say that from the moment Ricky and Tommy shook hands in Rome two years ago that this even more so than the Masters perhaps has been the singular focus for you? Ah, I you know I think when you get swept up in REDRER Cup week, it’s easy to say that, but you know, I I’m still I still want to play well for myself. And um I’ve always said I’m I’m proudest of my individual achievements in the game. Um but the most memorable moments and the most fun I’ve had in my career have been at RDER Cups. So, they’re a little bit different, but I do think that, as I said, winning winning another away Rder Cup, just considering how hard that has been over the past 12 years, um, you know, it it would be one of the greatest accomplishments of my career for sure. Just a super quick second question. Nice to be back in the Madina Saturday Pink today. Yeah, it is. It’s nice. Um, it is. It’s uh Yeah, it’s nice. Dan in the middle here. Over here. What were your impressions as a kid of America growing up? And then now having lived here for so long, how is it similar or different to to what you thought it would be like? Everyone wanted to make it in America. It’s the land of opportunity. I still believe it’s the greatest country in the world. And if you come here and you work hard and you dedicate yourself, you can you can be or do whatever you want. Um I am unbelievably grateful and and lucky that I got to come to America early on and um I think success is celebrated here. Um I think there’s a there’s a wonderful sense of work ethic. Um and yeah, as you know, I I live here. My wife is American, my daughter is American. you know, I have a lot of affinity towards this country and um and I think everyone that lives here should have that same affinity because it is it’s a wonderful it is a wonderful place. Up to 20. Hey Rory, um 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 promised, look, I would only talk about the European team today. I’m gonna 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 Sevi 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. Do you have a favorite song? Um not I mean not off the top of my head. Sorry Dylan over here. Rory, you guys have talked about um you know, when you make one of these teams, you feel like you’re going to be on them forever, and then for a lot of guys, it doesn’t end up being true. I think you and Rosie are maybe the only guys that have played more than three this week. How meaningful is that to you? And I guess how surreal is it to be on teams with guys from different generations? Yeah, it is. It’s um you know, Luke Luke talks to us about that a lot. You know, Luke went into the 2012 Ryder Cup as the number one player in the world. Um, the leader really of the European team. No one thought that that was going to be his last Ryder Cup as a player. He certainly didn’t think that. Um, so he he talks to us about that all the time about really trying to make the most of this opportunity you have this week. Um, and he he is personification of that. And yeah, it’s look I I’ve been again so fortunate to have a long career and and to play in a lot of these things and to play against, you know, players from all sorts of different generations. Um, you know, my first singles match was against Stuart Sink in 2010. um you know and I I played Sam Burns last time and I don’t know what the age gap is there but it’s at least 30 years I would say maybe 25 30 years. So, um, it’s cool to have a long career and to be able to, you know, to span those generations. Even at breakfast talking to Jose Maria about Celtic Manor and 10 and, you know, lying around the locker room for two days because we couldn’t get out on the golf course because it was so wet. You know, just little things like that that you can still share and you can you can reminisce a little bit, which is which is cool. Great. Thanks for your time, Roy. We appreciate it. Thank you. We’ll see. Shane Lowry joins us now at the 2025 Ryder Cup. Shane, welcome to your third RDER Cup. Let’s go ahead and get started with questions right here with Mark. Hi Shane. Um, 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 they 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, en for 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 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. Over here, 14 with Phillip. Hi, Shane. Um, you’re a player who wears their emotions on the sleeve, quite passionate. You talked about keeping it in in Rome, which didn’t last too long. Uh, how important is it to do that this week? And how does that differ from your normal self? Yeah, like obviously I’ve thought a lot about it over the last few weeks. I think I think it is important not to not to give the crowd too much to cling on to, but it’s also important to be yourself. um you know and not try to be anyone different and I think uh what got me here is being myself and I think you know I have to be the best version of myself this week um and yeah if my emotions do come out it’ll be a good thing uh you know in certain ways. So yeah, I I have taught it and I feel like I’m ready. I feel like I’m ready to be to deal with anything that’s, you know, given to me over the next few days. And uh yeah, I’m looking forward to it. Like I, you know, this is what I practice for. This is what I live for. And um I’ve wanted this, you know, since we finished on the 18 green in Rome uh that evening. This has been one of my goals to be sitting here. So um yeah, and my other goal is to be sitting here Sunday evening with my team with the trophy. So yeah. Stay right here on 14. Shane, just on that, did you ever wonder or do you ever worry over the last little while that you nearly built this up too much in your head? It seems to have been very much at the forefront of your mind. Uh, no. Like, it’s just a big deal for me. Like, you know, I am who I am. Like I said it there, I have to be myself. Like, I am who I am. I love this. This is what I live for. This is what I play a golfer now. I don’t not that I don’t I don’t not care about anything else but it’s like literally like this is it like this is what I play for and as soon as we finish here Sunday evening I’ll be thinking about it there manner like it’s it’s just who I am and um you know I’ve been around a long time in the game and I feel like you know I’ve achieved certain amount of stuff that I’ve really you know been lucky to achieve. Um, and I put this up there, you know, a win this week would be up there with with all of that. And obviously to compete in a dare manner as well would be would be incredible. Um, so yeah, like I do build it up a lot. I mean, it might get in the way a little bit the odd time in certain events, but I think I’m mature enough and I’m I’ve been good enough at kind of keeping it sort of, yes, wanting it a lot, but then keeping it to the, you know, back of my mind as well. But I just ask as well, sorry, one more. Um, like what stayed with you longer, the the the feeling from Whistling Straits or the feeling from Rome? Um, yeah, probably the feeling from Whistling Straits. I mean, that lasted right through to Rome and kind of used it in Rome. So, uh, yeah. Yeah, that was pretty tough week. Um, and obviously Rome was the complete opposite. So, yeah, it’s, uh, yeah. Dan in the middle here. It’s in over here. Um, it’s an interesting dynamic that uh all 12 Europeans play on the PJ tour. Most of you guys live over here. I know you spend a lot of time both in Ireland and in Florida. What would you say is the biggest difference, not not including weather. What would you say is the biggest difference uh sort of culturally between your time at home and when you’re here? Interesting question. I I don’t know like the biggest difference um like I look I live in Florida. My kids go to school there. Um I love We’re very lucky to live where we do. We have a great life. I love it. Um the golf’s amazing. It helps me compete, you know, week in week out in the PJ tour. I think um I would find it very hard to live in Ireland and compete the way I do on the PJ tour. Um, but I do love getting home and you know, specifically actually I I I loved the last couple of weeks playing on the DP World Tour were like amazing for us who were playing on this team to get back into like sort of European tour, European vibes, fully away from the PGA tour and like you kind of see what this is. This is all of what we’re playing for right here. like it’s not just uh not just playing for yourselves or your teammates. You’re playing for like like all of this like you know playing the Irish Open in Worth. It was it’s pretty cool to get the the wellw wishes and all that when you’re there but culturally the biggest difference I I don’t know I I love being in Ireland but I’m very lucky to have the life I have in Florida. Like that’s kind of the way I look at it. Like will we live in Florida forever? No. uh we will move home at some stage but you know right now when I’m competing at the highest level in the PJ tour I think uh there’s no option but to live in Florida because it you know the the facilities and the weather is so good and you know it’s it’s necessary for me to live there. Over to Mike Nine. Yeah, Shane. Uh some of the guys who’ve been in before you spoke about everybody having a a role to play this week. Uh Robert McIntyre spoke about being on a mission. What’s your mission? What’s your role this week? what do you hope to uh bring to the uh European cause? Um I we obviously all have one mission. We’re only here for one thing like and that’s that’s to win and be sitting here in front of you Sunday evening. Um I think uh my role this week is obviously to play good golf win points, but you know I I think you know when when we’re in we’re sitting over there in the team room and back in the hotel I think I bring good energy, good vibes. um a sense of light-heartedness to the team. I think um you know, we’ve honestly like the last two weeks I I’ve never laughed so much in my whole life. We’ve just had a great time. We’ve enjoyed getting ready together, preparing together, and I think I kind of brings some of that to to everyone. And um yeah, but obviously that’s no good to anyone if I don’t play well and win points. Uh there’s no point being good fun if if you don’t perform. So yeah, that’s you know, I’m here to do both. Second day out of three playing with Rory in practice. If that were to happen, another partnership. I mean, you’ve had one go together. It didn’t work out. Would you unfinished business? Would you relish that? We’ll see. Up to 20, Shane. With virtually the um same team this time around as as last time, did you feel there was a sense of you could just hit the ground running this time? And uh that consistency is important, isn’t it? Yeah, I I do think we have a lot of like um you know, obviously a lot of the same from the last time like pretty much same back room team, the same team and you throw Rasmus in there instead of Nikolai and uh yeah, it it it there’s a lot of continuity there and it’s it’s nice. It’s comfortable. You know, you we sort of arrived in Rome on the practice trip and you’re everyone’s feeling each other out a little bit. you know, you don’t know what Luke is going to be like fully or his team. And whereas this time, we arrived here last Monday and, you know, you kind of know what you’re getting. Um, and it has been nice. I feel like it’s Yeah, it’s it’s flowed. It’s flowed very well and it’s um, you know, hopefully it’s going to be, you know, maybe that little extra bit that we need to to come out on top this week. Martin Shane, in the aftermath of Whistland Street, you spoke to us about the dogs abuse that Wendy and other wives and partners were on the end of. How much a concern is that this week? Yeah, look, that was kind of my first Ryder Cup experience and obviously my first away one. Kind of unexpected, you know, when you’re going over there, but like I I think when you when you’re ready for something, it’s never as bad. Like I I think you know the New York fans have been great this week so far. Obviously you know it’s practice days and it’s a bit more lighthearted but um you know it is what it is. It’s like I played I played uh an away rider cup and a home rider cup and I’m pretty sure Rome wasn’t much fun for the Americans either. So, you know, I think you have to be yourself, do your own thing, try and trying to use it as best you can and and, you know, allow it to help you as opposed to hinder you. And, um, I think we’re all ready for it and we’re all, you know, mentally prepared for it. So, yeah, we’ll see. We wrap it up right here on 12. Shane, the European fans might be a little bit quieter this week, but how do you feel when you hear the football style chanting and do you have a favorite song? Yeah, I thought they were pretty good last night at the open ceremony to be honest. I thought they were pretty loud. I was pretty happy with that. And um yeah, they’re they’re good fun. Like they there’s some great songs and uh yeah, I I think there’s going to be, you know, there’s a lot of Irish people. There’s a lot of European people that live in and around New York. And I’m pretty sure there’s going to be a quite a few Europeans here this week which you know hopefully they can be as loud as they can and look hopefully we can give them something to cheer cheer about and that’s the thing you know if we play good golf the American crowd will be quiet the European crowd will be loud so it’s up to us to kind of do that. Rory said he dreamed of playing for Manchester United as a kid and having fans sing his name. He would never have expected it as a golfer. So how does it feel for you? Yeah, I probably dreamed of playing for Offley in Crow Park and winning all Ireland an all Ireland medal and uh yeah, I never I look I never thought I’d be sitting here um let alone for the third time. So, you know, to be walking on to that first tea tomorrow uh with, you know, not only your family and friends like a normal week, but your country and your continent behind you. And, you know, it’s pretty special. And, you know, my my my goal is to to give them, you know, my best this week. and you know hopefully be on the winning side. Thanks for your time, Shane. We appreciate it. Thank you. Seep Straa joins us now at the 2025 Ryder Cup. Seb, welcome to your second RDER Cup. Let’s go ahead and jump right into questions. Mike 14. Seb, how would you cons compare the nerves you experience in the RDER Cup to nerves you experience anywhere else? And what do you do to overcome them? Uh, yeah. Uh, I would say unlike any nerves uh I’ve ever felt was that first T-shot in Rome. Um, and yeah, you know, you can prepare all you want. You won’t feel that way. Uh, but uh I think just experiencing the nerves and knowing you can pull off a golf shot. I think that’s uh despite the nerves, I think that’s very important and uh yeah, the biggest thing for me is just focus on my routine and um kind of get lost in that. Uh I think that’s what I’ve found helps the most. Do you find that it’s a relief once you’ve got that shot out the way, the first one? Yeah, definitely. I remember uh uh I was playing with Shane in the morning session uh in Rome and uh I duck hooked the first T- shot in the left hay and um he came up to me and said, “Well, at least that’s over with now. and go play some golf. Sean, how has it been for you prepping for this week given all that’s been happening with your family and away from the course? Uh yeah, it’s been great. Uh we’ve been very fortunate um that uh we’ve got a great team looking after uh our son. Uh we’re we’re blessed uh very lucky. Um he came came a little early and uh but it’s been it’s been great. uh obviously wasn’t able to travel to to Wentworth uh like I wanted or I was planning to um before and uh but yeah, I mean my wife’s been incredible. Uh the the doctors have been incredible. Uh it’s allowed me to kind of uh dedicate a lot of time to to try to prepare for this at home and uh also spend spend a lot of time with my family. So uh yeah, it’s been it’s been really great. Doug, Seb, what’s the dynamic for you this week as a guy who’s described himself as 100% Austrian and 100% American. Uh yeah, uh you know, tune in to the to the Austrian side. Um no, it’s uh it’s uh it’s great. You know, this this team is incredible. Uh it’s it’s been such an honor to be a part of uh in Rome and again and again here. Um we’ve got basically the same 12 guys. Uh Nikolai got in yesterday as well. Uh he’s he’s here. So uh it’s it’s just awesome to to kind of have that that family, that team around you and uh incredible to be a part of it. Will you will the crowd go easier on you or does it matter because you’re wearing blue and gold? Fortunately for me, I don’t know that much of the crowd knows who I am. So uh I think that’s uh that’s helpful in that. Um but yeah, I think uh I think it’ll be a tough environment regardless. Um, and uh, yeah, really looking forward to the challenge. Dan, guys talk about, you know, not knowing if they’re going to make this team and how stressful that is with everything else being perfect in their life with everything that was going on with you. Like, was it difficult on a personal level to try and put in the practice or was golf almost like a a refuge for you? Um, you know, it I would say, uh, you know, preparation up until probably up to the playoffs was was great. you know, I just it was everything was normal. And then, uh, right before the playoffs happened, that’s when things kind of got a little bit unsteady. Um, and so right around the playoff time, so leading into Memphis, uh, BMW week uh, was close to zero preparation and, uh, obviously the last few weeks has been a lot more stable. So, it’s been great. I’ve been able to prepare very well. And um but the yeah the the fact of not knowing whether you’re going to be on the team is always nerve-wracking obviously. Uh I was bummed that I couldn’t uh you know show show off my game in Atlanta um or Memphis really. And uh that was a bummer. But you know Luke has been incredible uh throughout the whole process. The communication’s been amazing. Um, and I’ve talked with him a lot over the last month or two and uh, yeah, been very fortunate to to have him as a captain to lean on uh, for advice off the golf course, you know, not not related to the RDER Cup. It’s been it’s been really great. Over here with Juan. So, Seb, I wonder since Rome, is there more people in Austria that know what the Ryder Cup is? Uh, I think so. Yeah, I think so. Uh it’s been, you know, it’s been great to see the support uh and the uh the coverage that we’ve gotten in the in the media in Austria over the last few years uh has been incredible and uh yeah, golf continues to grow. Um and yeah, hopefully uh we can we can keep growing it. Do you think that puts extra pressure on you? I mean, do you feel more responsibility in a way or um I don’t I don’t think so. Uh I’ I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself uh regardless. So, uh, I think that’s where where most of my pressure comes from is internal. Uh, probably too much at times. And, uh, but it’s just really, really great to see kind of the the country rally around and the the Austrian golf scene grow a lot. Dylan, Seb, guys, uh, guys talk about how once you make one of these teams, you’re that much more desperate to make sure you’re on the next one and the next one. Have you found that to be true? Yes, no doubt. Um, you know, before Rome, um, we were all asked what the RDER Cup means to us, uh, individually, and I I’m glad I didn’t really have an answer because I didn’t really know. Um, and I thought it would be something you would kind of check off your your accomplishment list and then uh be okay with it, but it definitely is not. Uh it’s uh it’s an honor every time uh to be a part of the team and uh you definitely want to do it uh that much more the next time around. Are there any specific teammates that you get a kick out of seeing in this team environment this week? Um everybody, you know, uh getting to see John and Tier is always great because obviously we don’t get to see him as much as we used to. Um so getting to but just getting to spend time off the golf course with everybody is great. uh you know in a regular PJ tour week we have our families uh we see each other on the on the course may have lunch together but uh we don’t get to sp spend a lot of close time together and um and yeah with the practice trip and and all the time we get to spend off the golf course together is is really incredible over here seven carame being that this is an away writer cup maybe how has your preparation been a little bit different I know your schedule’s been different the last couple months too but how has the preparation been different being on the road compared to what it was two years ago. Yeah, it definitely changes. Um, you know, just uh I’d say the way you prepare mentally uh what you prepare for mentally in Rome. We were able to use the crowd and we tried to use the crowd uh to the best of our abilities and they were the crowd was incredible in Rome and very supportive and it was easy when you kind of had a rough stretch to to lean on them to energize you and that’s obviously not going to be the case here. So, I think it’s going to be a lot more um just leaning on your teammates uh in those situations uh because that’s probably most of the support you have out there. And uh yeah, I think that’s going to be kind of the key. Take one more from Mike 14, please. Seb, since you identify as both European or Austrian and American, I wonder how you feel about the songs that the fans sing and why the Americans can’t come up with some better ones. Yeah, the songs are great. Uh the songs in Europe are incredible. Uh it makes for a fun environment. Obviously, I’ve not been a part of one uh over here. Um but uh yeah, I think it’s just a little bit of a difference in in uh in cultures, you know. I think a lot of it comes from from soccer. Uh the the songs are uh a part of a part of that. And uh I’d say over here it’s uh it’s a little bit less of that. So that that’s probably what I would I would go with. Great. Thanks for your time, Seth. We appreciate it. Thank you. felt under pressure after the last one. Terrell Hatton joins us now at the 2025 Ryder Cup. Terl, welcome to your fourth RDER Cup. Let’s get started with some questions. Mike 13. Tier, I remember you speaking um quite amusingly about how much you love swearing um at u in Rome. How much do you like getting sworn at over here if that happens? And and is it you know you can be a combustible character sometimes? Is it are you going to try and just be yourself or you got to try and if if there’s stuff coming from the crowd, have you got to try and um on your best behavior? Um I don’t know. It’s hard to say until you’re put in that position. Um, ultimately I’ll just try and be true to myself and um try and react in a way that is hopefully the right way to do it. Um, but yeah, I haven’t really thought about that too much to be honest. Stay there on 13. Yeah. Hi T. Can I ask you about your partnership and friendship with John Ram? Why do you think it works so well and what’s the best and worst thing about him on and on on or off the course? Um I I guess we’re quite similar in some ways. We’re both very fiery and and uh passionate people. Um and yeah, we have a a mutual respect for for one another and um certainly over the last few years we’ve spent a lot of time together which is which has been great and um it’s been fun. Over to Gabby. Um Terl, there have been a couple players who have talked about using the energy out there on the course. You can use it however way you want to. How do you use the energy of an away crowd? What does that mean? Um I think well from my only experience in in Whistling Straits that was see a difficult week uh for us. um at least this time around European fans have been allowed to travel in and we’ll have at least some support this week and although we’re the away team the the amount of fans we have that they’ll try and make their their voice heard and um yeah we’ll try and use their support and hopefully um be able to play some good golf. Mike, go ahead. Daryl, just going back to uh your friendship with John, I’m wondering how much playing the last three RDER Cups with him, obviously being partners, helped develop that relationship with him and maybe accelerated uh the friendship. I would I’d say probably over the last two years where we’ve where we’ve played live and um that’s really where we would have got a lot closer. Um, pre before that we a regular PJ tour event um we didn’t often play practice rounds together. We weren’t out out for dinner um most nights say. So, we obviously paired well previous RDER Cups. Um, and then, yeah, it’s only over the last few years where we’ve we’ve got to know each other a lot better. Dan, go ahead. I know you you played well enough to make over here. Sorry. You played it well enough to make it a moot point, but how much was the possibility of not making these teams? How much did that weigh into your decision whether to go to live golf or not? Yeah, it was definitely one of the um scary parts of the decision. I knew that my opportunities to to make the team would be limited and yeah, that’s a it’s a scary thing and um I definitely feel like the events that I played outside of Liv, I had the extra motivation to play well. Um I mean I I still try my it’s not like I tried any harder. I just I try my best no matter what. And um but certainly knowing that the the majors had a um an extra importance to them for me maybe helped me. Um, and yeah, it adds a little bit of pressure, but I feel like I over the last couple of years, I’ve dealt with that pretty well. Um, and although my performance in majors hasn’t been amazing, it’s it’s got better the last two years. So, um, I take that as a positive. Stay there on six. Hi, Trell. Um, Donald Trump’s here tomorrow. How do you feel about having him here? Uh I I mean I think it just shows how special the Ryder Cup is. Um I did what a sporting event it’s become. So I mean Trump loves loves golf, so it’s not really a surprise that he wants to to be here and enjoy the atmosphere. Um, so yeah, I mean it’ll be it’ll be a good day and I think everyone out there tomorrow will will enjoy the atmosphere in one way or another and I don’t see anything wrong with wanting to be a part of it. Allan on one right here. 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 Ross 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 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 up to 16. Hi, Terrell up here. Hello. Hi. How you doing? Um, when you guys are out there on your practice rounds, um, what hole or sequence of holes do you think will provide the biggest challenge to players this week? Um, I think that probably just all depends on this how the match is going. Um, I think the obviously the core setup is for those of us that played the PGA here in 2019, the course is very different. Um, so I imagine that there’s going to be a lot more birdies than what what we faced six years ago. Um, so yeah, I mean the course is going to be set up for that will reward good golf and um there’ll be plenty of birdie opportunities as I said. So I think every hole is going to be important. Um, and yeah, you just have to just keep going and try and try and be aggressive to be honest. Up here 14. Gerald, a lot is made of the nerves here, particularly on the first TE and big moments in the RDER Cup. Can you describe what it actually feels like to experience those nerves and how do you overcome them? Um, yeah, I think it’s probably a combination of just excited to get going. It’s um it can it’s like a long buildup in terms of the the anticipation for getting there on the first te and um yeah I mean naturally you you want to play as well as you possibly can and um I guess that adds to the the nerves, the excitement. Um it’s just a combination of quite a few emotions. So it it’s a fun place to be. There’s certainly no other place I think a lot of golfers would would love to be standing on that first sea and having the opportunity to go out and play. And it goes back to the saying that we’ve always say like if once you’ve played one Ryder Cup, you never want to miss another one. And um yeah, I guess trying to embrace those feelings and it’s certainly nothing to to shy away from. I heard Colin Montgomery once say that he used to do his 37 times table on the tea and that was his way of coping with it. Do you have any methods on how to deal with nerves? No. I certainly don’t think I’d get very far with 37 times table either. Um, no. I just I don’t know what I’d do to be honest. I’m just there. Dylan, go ahead. T, this is one of the weeks that we talk about golf rivalries, and I’m curious if you’ve ever had a golf rival, maybe back when you were a kid or in school. Uh, someone that either had your number you really wanted to beat. Um, off the top of my head, no. Never. Um, sure there there’s guys when you’re going through junior golf that when you’re competing against they seem to win most weeks and that you’re playing. But I don’t think that’s a it’s a rivalry. I think it just shows that hopefully that you can improve as as you get older and um hopefully one day that you then start beating them. There’s nothing uh everyone progresses differently at different times. So, um, there’s not a standout person that, um, I would would have said was a rival. Doug, go ahead. Charlie, I mean, it was a a one-sided crowd at your first away Rder Cup. Do Do you remember any of the stuff that was said to you and what and what percentage kind of made you laugh inside and which percentage didn’t? Um, my memor is not great, so I I can’t I can’t think of certain things that were funny or um anything that maybe irritated me in in that moment, but it was uh it was also four years ago. Um, but yeah, I don’t know what else to say there. Sorry. Thanks for your time, Terrell. We appreciate it. John Rom joins us now at the 2025 RDER Cup. John, welcome to your fourth RDER Cup. Let’s go ahead and get started with questions. Starting right here with Dan over here. John, what’s what’s one part of this week that you love that maybe as a kid you wouldn’t have expected to love or that you didn’t think about? Something unexpected about this week that you always look forward to? H you kind of got me a little bit on that one. Uh I definitely didn’t know what to expect on my first ride a cup. Obviously after that first one, you know, it’s more how fun the team aspect is, right? Getting to see all the different personalities and how much we truly laugh and enjoy the locker room moments this week. uh is not something that I thought of as a kid. When you’re thinking as a kid, you’re thinking, oh, you know, Pter’s pot at Madina, this other pot, right, GMAX pot on 16 at at Celtic Manor, all these great moments, and all I thought about was the golf aspect of it. Never thought of what happened in the locker room, right? And that first Ryder Cup was quite interesting to see all the personalities come in that I don’t ordinarily see on dayto-day. Sean, John, a lot of guys mention how the RDER Cup feels like the first time they maybe really belong at the highest level among their peers. Uh, your first Rder Cup, did you feel like you belonged at that point? H, yes and no. There’s definitely a hierarchy. Uh, because I’d only been a pro for I think not even two years at that point. Actually, just just over two years. Um, and I was high in the world rankings. Yes, I had been playing great golf, but the second I got in the locker room, it was very, very, very apparent to me that I was way lower down when it came to write a cup just because of how comfortable some players were and how different the dynamic of the week is. Did I belong? Yes. But the presence and like nowadays you say the aura of some players like the second you walk in the locker room in Paris, Sergio and Poulter were very like the just the heaviness of their presence was was apparent right away. Same with Rory, same with many others, right? And as a very young rookie, right, the the intimidation did did happen right away. It was very different to what I expected, which which was in a weird sense very very humbling going to the Future Racer Cups. Is is it obvious who the Sergio and Palter are in the European team room now? Yeah, I mean especially at that moment like it was, you know, I mean it’s and I think Sergio that week became the the highest point earner in the European team history uh as well. And and there’s more players like like the Lee Westwoods and the people that have been there for nearly 10 Ryder Cups. I mean Lee’s done 11. I think that was just Yeah, that was his 10th. It’s just this the suppressence. There’s so much that they had all experienced together already for a better part of 20 years that you’re the new kid coming in. There’s a lot you have to learn. Up to Mike on 10. John, how would you describe the development of your relationship with Terrell over the last three Ryder Cups, especially in comparison to the last two years? Uh, so I don’t think Turo and I said a word to each other in Paris till Sunday night. We both together might have said 10 words all week. We were both extremely quiet. Uh, and obviously in whistling that that changed a little bit, right? We got paired together. We have similar interests. Uh, both at the time we’re playing Call of Duty. We were the only two on the team I think had ever played. So, uh, we had some shared interests in that sense and played golf at the same intensity. So, that’s when we got paired together for the first time and had a great time on the golf course. Did really well with that great birdie from Tur 18 to tie the match, right? Uh, so I think that’s when it all started and then going into Rome. That week is when I think our friendship really started sharing those for some matches with him and then obviously the last two years. Uh, uh, I mean, he’s he’s a heck of a guy to be on. Uh, I think he gets wildly misunderstood on the golf course. Uh, he’s one of the funniest people you’ll ever meet off the golf course who is not afraid to make fun of himself. Obviously, he competes the way he does and I fully understand the way he competes because our thought process is very much similar. Uh, but the more I get to know him, the more of a better person he truly is. And you see that in in many different ways than just being around the boy is just the way, you know, the way he treats the people around him, the way he treats his wife. He’s he’s a great human being. And also, we got his version of the uh postseason celebration. Can we get yours? The whole version if you don’t mind. How much did he say? Did he say the whole story on Wworth? Like the entire thing? What happened at night? Everything he Oh, do you need my version of him or my version of mine? Cuz it was your version of yourself. I don’t I don’t drink a lot, but luckily I have a bigger tank to put it in. So uh yeah we uh the main thing is obviously he had just found out he was qualified for the Ryder Cup which being in live is extremely difficult. What he did is is outstanding and I understand why he was the the pride he felt why he wanted to celebrate and plus being the end of the season for us. But the problem was the amount of things we mixed because I’m not going to get into amount. I’m sure he did, but between wine, gin and tonic, amordo sour, one margarita for some reason, and then this strawberry lemonade vodka thing that we don’t know what it was. The bartender was very creative. That was just a little bit too much. Yeah. None of us were feeling good on Monday, but he was definitely feeling the worst. Thanks Allan on one. John, how have you seen Rory’s role evolve across the different writer cups? So I think in Paris he’s definitely one of those names, right? I mean it is Rory Maroy. It’s one of the greatest players we have in the world and there’s still that level of presence from the other guys, right? But I think as the RDER Cups go on, especially in Rome, I think in Rome it shifted. Uh whistling unfortunately it wasn’t the week for him. He wasn’t playing his best golf and when you’re playing bad is half is very hard to still be there that way. Um but when he comes to Rome, he was he was him, right? He was he’s the biggest name we have in Europe. He’s the better player we have in Europe. And he’s definitely the biggest presence. And that’s that’s his role now, right? So he’s he’s gone from obviously being an incredible good player to a great Rica player to now being the I would say the cornerstone the team Europe needs. So it’s uh it’s special to have him there. It’s special to be around. He’s a heck of a superstar and my respect for him and his game only grows the more time I spend with him. Two, uh John, you’re an an emotional player. Um, how much will this week be about controlling those emotions on the course? And is there a way to prepare for that other than VR goggles or um all those things? I don’t think they were created if those VR goggles to what we’re hitting here this week. So far, what we’ve heard in practice rounds, uh, the good thing about this week is New York fans are so passionate and luckily for me, that’s something I can relate to, right? It’s in both ways is really really fun. But they have the ability to he to be incredibly creative which we can all appreciate, right? We’ve always we’ve all been in a home game trying to say some things about the away team, right? But some of them people here come up with some things that I, you know, I would have never in a million years come up with. Uh and it’s a lot of fun to be to be a part of. they they understand sports and in a in a weird sense from what I’ve experienced in New York is when you’re playing good and you’re performing well, they also respect that, right? So, uh it’s it’s a joy to play in front of them and no matter what I’m looking forward to it because it’s going to be special. It’s it’s you can’t get you can mentally get ready for it if you’ve been a part of an away Ryder Cup. If not, you’re going to find out on the first day how you react. Right over here, Cameron John, I’m curious strategy off the first TE this week. I know a couple of the American players have been taking driver and kind of going straight at the green. Is that in the game plan at all for for you personally or maybe has that been discussed about what to do off the first te depending on conditions? Depends on the wind. uh downwind. Maybe not in the morning, but if we get if it gets straight down wind can get fairly close and the rough isn’t so high that you can makes you think about having to hit the fairway, right? So, you can afford to miss the fairway, be so close to the green, and then just have a good chance of hitting it close. So, if it’s into the win, it’s a driver regardless. And downwind most likely will be a driver. Yeah, I don’t think I’ve thought of of a different club to be fair. Yeah, I don’t know if I can get to the green though. It’s uh it’s I would need a little bit of firmness on the far waist for me to maybe reach. I don’t think I have the the carry that maybe Bryson or Cam Young or Rory may have. 13. John, talking about the fans getting creative with the heckling. Um I saw it reported that someone shouted something about the weight loss drug as Empic at you the other day. I don’t know if you I was Oh, yeah. First first shot on the practice rounds. Yeah, I I don’t know exactly what he said, but I’m see I think what he said was what did he say? Obviously, he said, “Hey, Ram.” He either say, “Where’s the Osmpeic or when’s Osmpeic?” Somethingic. I just don’t know what word exactly. It was funny. I mean, the the heckling in general, you think it’s on the right side of good taste that there’s no issue with it? So far, it’s been it’s been really The humor has been there. It’s been really funny. Obviously, I can imagine tomorrow things might turn a little bit, but there’s always a few funny ones and not only towards me, towards everybody. Uh, I’m not going to say what they said, but yesterday on 17, me and Shari had a good laugh at something someone said in the crowd. So, it’s again, people can be really creative nowadays. Thanks for your time, John. We appreciate it. Thank you.