{"id":391191,"date":"2025-09-02T06:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391191\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:20:22","slug":"the-key-change-behind-europes-ryder-cup-quest-at-bethpage-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391191\/","title":{"rendered":"The key change behind Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup quest at Bethpage Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luke Donald<\/a> is ready to reinvent Europe<\/a>\u2019s approach to defend the Ryder Cup 2025 at Bethpage Black<\/a> and tackle the hostile environment produced by the American fans.<\/p>\n

Europe\u2019s captain, who inspired a comprehensive beatdown of Team USA<\/a> in Rome<\/a> two years ago, completed his 12-strong team for this month\u2019s reverse match in New York<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And after Jon Rahm<\/a>, Shane Lowry<\/a>, Viktor Hovland<\/a>, Ludvig Aberg<\/a>, Matt Fitzpatrick<\/a> and Sepp Straka joined automatic qualifiers Rory McIlroy<\/a>, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood<\/a>, Justin Rose<\/a>, Rasmus Hojgaard and Tyrrell Hatton<\/a>, Donald revealed a glimpse of his mindset as he attempts to mastermind a first away win in the competition since \u201cThe Miracle of Medinah\u201d in 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking at it as an overall strategy for what\u2019s required at Bethpage,\u201d the former world No 1 said. \u201cI think for me, looking at Rome and how well it went is one thing, but tackling an away Ryder Cup is different.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I wanted to up the communication, obviously not just for the 12 that make it, I didn\u2019t know who they were, but the communication amongst a group of players that I thought was going to be on that Ryder Cup team or have chances to be on the Ryder Cup team, and just talking a lot about the environment that we\u2019re going to face.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, again, I think the more you can talk about it, the more you can get it in their heads, the more they can start to prepare and be ready for that environment. Upped communication, especially about the environment.<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

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Luke Donald with the Ryder Cup trophy in front of the twelve names selected for Team Europe (Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then, also, these are the greatest kind of days of our lives. We really unbelievably enjoy the weeks of Ryder Cups. They are so different. And so for me, as fun and as good as Rome was, I want to make this an even better experience for them. So think of new ways for them to really enjoy the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cauldron of Bethpage Black will present a genuine test against Keegan Bradley\u2019s formidable team, which includes world No 1 Scottie Scheffler.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/p>\n

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Donald speaks with Sky Sports presenter Nick Dougherty during the announcement of the European Ryder Cup captain\u2019s picks (Getty)<\/p>\n

And Jon Rahm<\/a> maintained composure will be vital to overcoming a hungry United States<\/a> team desperate for revenge after a 16.5-11.5 loss at Marco Simone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie and say that I\u2019ve been perfect with handling my emotions with the crowds in the past,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cBut I think the more I\u2019ve experienced, not only in the Ryder Cup, but in regular events, as well, not the easier it gets, but the better I understand how to handle things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the fact that it\u2019s a team event, knowing that I\u2019m going to have the home crowd against me, feeling that, it\u2019s what happens in any other sport, right, in Europe, the US and every country in the world when you\u2019re playing rivals and you go in an away game, the crowd is going to be against you… I think just understanding that I know that\u2019s going to happen and I know I\u2019m going to hear a lot of things that I don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n

\"Jon<\/p>\n

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Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy revel in Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup victory at Marco Simone Golf Club two years ago (Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cBut as part of this sport, right, I feel like the Ryder Cup, when it comes to certain things, is one of those times where you do feel similar to some world stages. You think of a final of a Champions League; if somebody were to be able to host it in their home country, there would be a very big disparity on the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to base myself on that, knowing that, OK, starting, 95 per cent of the fans out there want me to lose, and they are going to try their hardest to cheer against us and say things we don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the same time, there are some creative people out there that are fun and if you can use some of the funny things they say \u2013 though they can be hurtful \u2013 in a good way, you can almost use that energy to help you out. So I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shane Lowry<\/a>, playing in his third Ryder Cup, claimed that home advantage may not be as significant as many expect, especially considering the limited number of European fans able to travel during the Covid pandemic in the USA\u2019s last home Ryder Cup in 2021.<\/p>\n

\"Sepp<\/p>\n

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Sepp Straka embraces teammate Shane Lowry in celebration on the 18th green in Rome (Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhistling Straits was a bit of an outlier where there were pretty much next to no European fans,\u201d Lowry pointed out. \u201cI think I was asking somebody only the other day, on average, how many European fans turn up to an away Ryder Cup, and they were saying something along the lines of 15 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re still talking about 6,000, 7,000, 8,000 people a day will be cheering for you. So there will be pockets of European support that we will have and we will definitely need.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be a bit different, and obviously, I feel like I\u2019m a different player than I was in 2021, a lot more mature, and obviously got two Ryder Cups under my belt now. I feel like we\u2019ll be as prepared a team as ever was going to an away Ryder Cup. A lot of confidence comes from preparation, so the next few weeks, with all the work that\u2019s going to go into it, I think that will build confidence week by week in the team and in your fellow teammates that we can actually pull this off.\u201d<\/p>\n

European team for the 2025 Ryder Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Rory McIlroy <\/li>\n
  2. Bob MacIntyre <\/li>\n
  3. Tommy Fleetwood <\/li>\n
  4. Justin Rose <\/li>\n
  5. Rasmus Hojgaard <\/li>\n
  6. Tyrrell Hatton <\/li>\n
  7. Shane Lowry <\/li>\n
  8. Jon Rahm <\/li>\n
  9. Sepp Straka <\/li>\n
  10. Viktor Hovland <\/li>\n
  11. Ludvig Aberg <\/li>\n
  12. Matt Fitzpatrick <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    American team for the 2025 Ryder Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Scottie Scheffler <\/li>\n
    2. JJ Spaun <\/li>\n
    3. Xander Schauffele <\/li>\n
    4. Russell Henley <\/li>\n
    5. Harris English <\/li>\n
    6. Bryson DeChambeau <\/li>\n
    7. Justin Thomas <\/li>\n
    8. Collin Morikawa <\/li>\n
    9. Ben Griffin <\/li>\n
    10. Sam Burns <\/li>\n
    11. Patrick Cantlay <\/li>\n
    12. Cameron Young <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-391191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115133259784751984","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}