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The Ryder Cup was supposed to be played at Bethpage Black last September, but the pandemic postpone it a year.
But now, golf fans are finally in the regressive account mode until the US team and the European team fight in Long Island.
While the golfers may not necessarily grow to win Ryder Cups (it is the biggest ones that really form a legacy), the emotions come out every two September.
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Luke Donald, captain of the Europe team, lifts the Ryder Cup trophy after the victory with 16 and a half to 11 and a half during the Ryder 2023 Cup in the framework Simone Golf Club on October 1, 2023, in Rome, Italy. (Andrew Redington/Getty images)
But for Luke Donald, captain of the European team, the Ryder Cup has always meant something.
“To be honest, when I was growing, one of my first memories is to see the Ryder Cup in 1987, which was the first time that the European team won on American soil, so it had a great impact on me as a child,” Donald told Pak Gazette Digital in a recent interview.
“Some of my most special memories about golf courses are in Ryder Cups, because you can share it with the boys, it is a very fun week, the atmosphere that creates. People who do not follow golf like to tune the Ryder Cup for what it represents. It is a fierce rival Me, but I really enjoy the experience of doing that and preparing and trying to give the team the best opportunity for success. “
The road team has not won an Ryder Cup since the miracle of the European team in Medinah in 2012, when they exceeded a 10-4 deficit in the Sunday singles (USA. UU. He has not won in the European soil since 1993). In five Ryder glasses since then, the local team has won the Cup, all in a quite convincing way.
The closest matches in that period have been the five -point victories in Europe in 2014 in Gleneagles in Scotland and the 2023 victory in Rome.
Donald knows that “New York is going to be noisy and ready”, but it is his work to fight that.
The Black course of Ryder Cup Trrophy Bethpage State Park Black on June 6, 2016 in Farmingdale, New York. (Gary Kellner/PGA of America)
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“The greatest advantage is the support you get from the local crowd. We see it in all sports. That was a great advantage in Rome, and it will be a disadvantage in New York. And I have to try to find ways to dissipate that,” he said.
The best way to do it, of course, is to build the best possible team. And although Liv Golf has forced its wrinkles in the event, the plan is to have the hero of the 2023 team and the two -time Jon Rahm important champion in Bethpage at the end of this year.
“Jon is a member of the European tour, he is eligible to be chosen, and remains one of our best players. Unless they take off drastically, I hope he is there for us,” he said.
Brooks Koepka was a selection of the captain in 2023, thanks to his victory in the PGA championship and second place in the Masters. He described by little according to the points alone, which is quite impressive, taking into account that the LIV players tried to the US team can only gain points in the specialties.
However, Koepka was the only LIV golfer in the tournament of that year. In fact, Donald became the Captain of Europe after Henrik Stenson was withdrawn from his role by the European tour after his dropout to Liv.
Rory Mcilroy and Jon Rahm of Team Europe celebrate after the victory with 16 and a half to 11 and a half victory after the Sunday singles matches of the Ryder 2023 Cup in the framework Simone Golf Club on October 1, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
LIV players are currently prohibited from the Presidents Cup, which is owned and operated by the PGA Tour.
