Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nThe American spectators attempts to put the Europeans off their game only backfired, however, with a European team consult also revealing another key aspect of the biennial event that has galvanised the visitors.<\/p>\n
The numbers behind Europe\u2019s dominant opening two days are also simply mind-blowing, and with just 2.5 more points required to retain the Cup, the contest may be all but over.<\/p>\n
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Here are the biggest talking points from day two of the Ryder Cup!<\/p>\n
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27: Rory McIlroy of Team Europe and teammates acknowledges the crowd of Team Europe fans at the 18th hole green after winning three of four matches against the United Sduring the Saturday afternoon four-balls matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 27, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. Andrew Redington\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by Andrew Redington \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
\u2018WAS JUST TERRIBLE\u2019: RORY OVERCOMES CROWD \u2018GAUNTLET\u2019<\/p>\n
Former professional turned analyst Brandel Chamblee revealed on Live from the Ryder Cup, that he had never seen anything like the fan behaviour on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
State troopers had to be called to separate the players from the fans as Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, in particular, were relentlessly abused by patrons.<\/p>\n
But the pair of good friends stuck together to overcome the hostility, and claim their first victory together as a pair in the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
It was a performance that will go down in the event\u2019s folklore, and Chamblee believes that the focus should be more on the incredible efforts of the Irish duo than the disgusting behaviour of vocal spectators.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more profane the fans got, the more insane the quality of play of Europe got,\u201d Chamblee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got give Europe a lot of credit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey back away and for the most part, they\u2019ve not been agitating the crowd further by overreacting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey back away. They regroup and take care of business.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Rory has received the brunt of it, and he\u2019s getting the brunt of it because he\u2019s their best player.\u201d<\/p>\n
Europe’s Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy react after their match win on the 18th hole at Bethpage Black golf course during the Ryder Cup golf tournament, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)Source: AP<\/p>\n
Aside from when McIlroy told patrons to \u201cshut the f*** up\u201d during his morning foursomes match with Tommy Fleetwood, and when Lowry had to be held back from approaching a spectator, the Europeans did an impressive job of staying restrained.<\/p>\n
McIlroy and Lowry took their chances to let out some big celebrations after sinking crucial putts, and the former also pointed to the scoreboard at one stage, but they maintained their composure when it mattered.<\/p>\n
Abuse was often hurled during a European player\u2019s backswing or in their putting stroke, but the visitors prepared for dealing with such unsportsmanlike actions by wearing virtual reality headsets and having to hear abuse as they played a shot.<\/p>\n
But that could never have fully prepared them for the real thing, especially for McIlroy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean the best player is certainly going to get the most,\u201d former European Ryder Cup captain McGinley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was ready for this, mentally ready for this.<\/p>\n
\u201cWatch the evolution of Rory McIlroy as a Ryder Cup player on top of being a grand slam winner is phenomenal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is one of the toughest days he\u2019ll have ever had on a golf course.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe abuse was very personal. You saw his dad in the background.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe abuse that Rory was getting was just terrible.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I bet you that in 25 years time when he and Shane are sitting down, and having a beer, they will remember with fondness this day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey came through it. They walked the gauntlet and they won.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a day they will never ever forget in their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Europe’s Rory McIlroy celebrates after a putt on the 14th hole at Bethpage Black golf course during the Ryder Cup golf tournament, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)Source: AP<\/p>\n
In their respective press conferences, team captains Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley did their best to remain diplomatic when asked about the crowd behaviour.<\/p>\n
European skipper Donald said it cross the line at times, saying \u201cwhat I consider crossing the line is personal insults and making sounds when they are trying to hit on their backswings or very close to when they are trying to go into their routines\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat did happen a little bit,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s happened at other Ryder Cups, too. It\u2019s something we prepared for, and I can see, I think, how well they have dealt with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bradley, meanwhile, pinned the blame on his team for the crowd\u2019s poor behaviour, and said things got \u201cpretty violent\u201d in Rome two years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, I thought the fans were passionate. I mean, their home team is getting beat bad. You know, they are passionate fans,\u201d Bradley said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t at Rome, but I heard a lot of stories that Rome was pretty violent as well. But the fans of New York from what I have seen have been pretty good. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re always going to have a few people that cross the line, and that\u2019s unfortunate. I was happy to see our players trying to quiet down some people that were like that. <\/p>\n
\u201cPart of it our fault. We are not playing up to the standards that they want to see, and they are angry, and they should be.\u201d<\/p>\n
United States captain Keegan Bradley watches on the 13th hole at Bethpage Black golf course during the Ryder Cup golf tournament, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)Source: AP<\/p>\n
\u2018IT UNITED US\u2019: PRIZE MONEY ROW INSPIRES EUROPE<\/p>\n
Overcoming the hostilities is not the only thing that has brought the European team together this week.<\/p>\n
One of the big talking points of the build up to this Ryder Cup was the issue of whether or not players should be paid.<\/p>\n
The European stance has been clear that the event is purely about the honour of representing the continent, while the Americans opted to have players paid for the first time this year.<\/p>\n
The payment controversy hit boiling point in Rome when Patrick Cantlay allegedly did not wear his team hat in protest, he later denied that claim.<\/p>\n
If it was Cantlay\u2019s intention, it worked as US players will receive US$500,000 this week – US$300,000 of which must go to charity, while players can do as they please with the remaining US$200,000.<\/p>\n
In the past, US players received a US$200,000 payment that had to go to a charity of their choosing.<\/p>\n
Sticking to their principles has been a theme Luke Donald has ran with for the European team, and adviser Paul McGinley said the European stance is an important ode to the former players, who are not as well off as the modern day players. <\/p>\n
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27: Captain Luke Donald of Team Europe acknowledges the crowd on the first tee during the Saturday afternoon four-balls matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 27, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Andrew Redington\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\ufeff\u201cYou\u2019ve got to build a story for your team to rally behind, and the money thing, it certainly united us. It didn\u2019t divide us,\u201d McGinley said on Live from the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt united us and it was also good for our soul as a team.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, people might say that\u2019s airy fairy, it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe soul of a team and feeling like you are on the right side of things is a very important psychological place to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I really feel that Luke galvanised the team based around money.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel very strongly about this, that this is not about getting paid.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should not be about getting paid. It is sacrosanct as an event because there\u2019s so much money running around the game at the moment, and this is not a hill to die on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s loads of other ways of making money in professional golf.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re representing so many people: our families, our countries, our continent.<\/p>\n
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 15: (Top L-R) Vice-captain Alex Noren, vice-captain Edoardo Molinari, vice-captain Francesco Molinari, Ludvig Aberg, Sepp Straka, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Rasmus Hojgaard, vice-captain Jose Maria Olazabal, and vice captain Thomas Bjorn (Bottom L-R) Team adviser Paul McGinley, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick, team captain Luke Donald, Tommy Fleetwood, and Viktor Hovland of Team Europe sit for the official team photo ahead of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 15, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. Andrew Redington\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by Andrew Redington \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all honouring the players that we have come behind.<\/p>\n
\u201cBelieve me, in Europe we don\u2019t have a very lucrative pension scheme the way that American players have.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of ex-American players, when they retire, they inherit a pension scheme from the PGA Tour, a non-contributing one by the way, that they didn\u2019t put into, that is very lucrative depending on how successful they were.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnybody that has spent a long time on Tour, there is a fairly lucrative pension fund.<\/p>\n
\u201cI play on the legends tour over in Europe. I play with ex-Ryder Cup players, and I\u2019m not going to mention any names, I\u2019m not saying they live on the bread line.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut they live a very, very humble existence because they don\u2019t have a whole lot of money.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have a pension fund in Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have the wealth of America.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re ex-Ryder Cup players, who played with the same passion as these current players play with, so we felt it would be wrong to be taking money in the modern game where there\u2018s so much money coming to the modern players and to our team in other ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis wasn\u2019t a hill to die on and I think that united us as one.\u201d<\/p>\n
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27: (L-R) Captain Luke Donald and vice captain Edoardo Molinari of Team Europe shake hands on the 18th hole after the Saturday afternoon four-balls matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 27, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
TIGER-LIKE EUROPEAN PERFORMANCE<\/p>\n
On the actual golf course, the Europeans have been the ones to put their money where their mouths are.<\/p>\n
They have won six or eight foursomes matches, and also claimed 5.5 points in four-ball to dominate every session so far.<\/p>\n
They are the just the second team to win each of the first four sessions, and will no doubt have their eye on matching the European team of 2006\u2019s effort of winning all five sessions.<\/p>\n
Luke Donald\u2019s men became the first team to win three sessions in an away Ryder Cup on Saturday, and they continued to dominate the alternative shot format, having picked up seven points in Rome.<\/p>\n
It was utter dominance, led by Tommy Fleetwood, who has claimed a perfect four points.<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy (3.5), Jon Rahm (3) and Tyrell Hatton (3) have also been outstanding contributors.<\/p>\n
Brandel Chamblee believes the Europeans have been head and shoulders above their rivals, just like prime Tiger Woods.<\/p>\n
Europe’s Jon Rahm celebrates after a putt on the ninth hole at Bethpage Black golf course during the Ryder Cup golf tournament, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)Source: AP<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we saw today was the absolute finest performance we\u2019ve seen from a team,\u201d Chamblee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually think the European team\u2019s performance is the equivalent of what Tiger Woods did in 2000, literally, at the US Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cTiger Woods was, of course, 12-under par and Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez were at three-over.<\/p>\n
\u201cWould you say Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez played poorly that week? Absolutely not.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey played great. It was just we saw something that was unprecedented.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we saw yesterday, what we saw today, is unprecedented.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only do they have the largest lead ever, they\u2019re doing it on foreign soil.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat they did yesterday, was they did dominate,\u201d Chamblee added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe United States came back with a foursomes performance that was equal to what Europe did yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the best foursomes performances I\u2019ve ever seen from any team ever, but what Europe did was they upped their game even over yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday, Europe was 16-under par in the foursomes. I\u2019d never heard of that. Never seen that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis morning, the USA was 16-under par in the foursomes. It was just that Europe was 22-under.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the afternoon in best ball, Europe was 34-under. The USA was 31-under.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know they feel bad, but they played their hearts out today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we saw was an absolutely inspired team in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27: Tommy Fleetwood of Team Europe and Bryson DeChambeau of Team United States exchange words as they walk to the 16th hole during the Saturday afternoon four-balls matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 27, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. Harry How\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by Harry How \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
\u2018I DIDN\u2019T SEE THAT LEVEL\u2019: EURO GREAT\u2019S REVEAL<\/p>\n
Victorious European Ryder Cup captain in 2014 and current team adviser Paul McGinley let his guard down somewhat on Saturday evening, and revealed some behind the scenes insights into this stunning European performance.<\/p>\n
On Live from the Ryder Cup, McGinley did not go into too much detail, but shared how Europe have been data-driven throughout the event. <\/p>\n
The Americans on the other hand ignored the numbers by sending out Collin Morikawa and Harris English together in foursomes twice, the data suggested that of the 132 possible combinations Keegan Bradley could have gone for, they were the least optimal, and unsurprisingly they lost 5&4 and 3&2 to Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. <\/p>\n
The Europeans meanwhile landed on their pairings through statistics and experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cData has become such an important part in leading us to decisions, and leading us to pairings,\u201d McGinley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt became very clear, very early on that rookies don\u2019t perform on the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat we needed an experienced team.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, we had the qualification process that had to be transparent, that didn\u2019t exclude anyone from making it, but it was certainly heavily weighted towards guys with experience coming back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got 11 of the 12 players (from Rome) back.<\/p>\n
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27: Tommy Fleetwood of Team Europe smiles on the 18th green after the Saturday afternoon four-balls matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 27, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. Richard Heathcote\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by Richard HEATHCOTE \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
\u201cEduardo Molinari put that qualification process in place, and he was very, very fair.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also had a rookie who made it from the DP World Tour, and we also had a LIV guy who made it from the DP World Tour because he was banned on the PGA Tour and couldn\u2019t make any points.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it was very fair and equitable, and we had 11 of 12 guys returning.<\/p>\n
\u201cComing on the road to America with experience was clear, data led us in that direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other first thing we did was put back in place a captain who\u2019d been there before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite all that preparation, McGinley is still surprised by the Europeans boasting a seven-point lead heading into the final day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew we were good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew we were well prepared.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew if we didn\u2019t win, we\u2019d come close.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s not jump ahead until it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I didn\u2019t know is that we\u2019d be so far ahead, as we are now, and have played as well as we have for four sessions in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t see that level. <\/p>\n
\u201cI knew it would be better than good, but I didn\u2019t see extraordinary, and what we\u2019ve seen is extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The poor behaviour of the US crowd was the talk of the day as Europe opened up the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[113214,113216,2620,33062,113187,2095,113207,1206,64,63,108977,113211,38616,84979,113224,113184,113219,2057,113186,113200,113199,113217,113197,51331,113193,113215,87239,108975,113188,113185,6921,2105,755,9262,29991,29981,45900,2328,113196,6920,113209,113198,113183,113221,51335,113181,6937,113182,113222,113205,113220,1025,2041,2067,113189,9231,113191,41938,113201,21396,113194,113223,113202,113203,113192,113206,10898,6924,3576,756,113210,113218,1656,3595,85,7663,113190,113204,113213,73132,113195,113212,9244,42347,2614,113208],"class_list":["post-174128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-actual-golf-course","tag-afternoon-four-balls","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-alex-noren","tag-alternative-shot-format","tag-america","tag-american-spectators","tag-andrew-redington","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brandel-chamblee","tag-bread-line","tag-collin-morikawa","tag-crowd-behaviour","tag-edoardo-molinari","tag-eduardo-molinari","tag-ernie-els","tag-europe","tag-european-fans","tag-european-performance","tag-european-player","tag-european-skipper","tag-european-stance","tag-european-team","tag-ex-american-players","tag-exchange-words","tag-fan-behaviour","tag-farmingdale","tag-foursomes-matches","tag-foursomes-performances","tag-francesco-molinari","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-golf","tag-golf-course","tag-golf-tournament","tag-grand-slam-winner","tag-home-team","tag-italy","tag-jose-maria-olazabal","tag-justin-rose","tag-key-aspect","tag-legends-tour","tag-lucrative-pension","tag-lucrative-pension-fund","tag-luke-donald","tag-match-win","tag-matt-fitzpatrick","tag-miguel-angel-jimenez","tag-modern-day-players","tag-money-row","tag-money-thing","tag-new-york","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-official-team-photo","tag-paul-mcginley","tag-payment-controversy","tag-pension-fund","tag-pension-scheme","tag-prize-money","tag-prize-money-row","tag-putting-stroke","tag-qualification-process","tag-real-thing","tag-reality-headsets","tag-respective-press-conferences","tag-richard-heathcote","tag-robert-macintyre","tag-rome","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-scenes-insights","tag-seven-point-lead-heading","tag-shane-lowry","tag-southern-europe","tag-sports","tag-talking-points","tag-team-adviser","tag-team-adviser-paul","tag-team-captains","tag-team-europe","tag-team-hat","tag-thomas-bjorn","tag-tiger-woods","tag-tommy-fleetwood","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-vice-captain-thomas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}