{"id":168438,"date":"2025-09-25T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/168438\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:18:10","slug":"ryder-cup-2025-live-first-pairings-to-be-announced-after-donald-hits-out-at-team-usa-players-getting-paid-and-rory-mcilroy-responds-to-bryson-dechambeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/168438\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup 2025 live: First pairings to be announced after Donald hits out at Team USA players getting paid and Rory McIlroy responds to Bryson DeChambeau"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Fitzpatrick is here<\/p>\n

After a bit of a delay, Fitzpatrick has sat down ahead of his fourth Ryder Cup. <\/p>\n

\u201cBeing with Team Europe\u201d is his answer to what he looks forward to most ahead of the tournament. <\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 13:39<\/p>\n

<\/a>Fitzpatrick next up<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick third up. The 31-year-old is currently ranked 29th, but enters the tournament having finished in the top eight at the PGA Championship and The Open this year. <\/p>\n

His career-defining moment came when he won the US Open in 2022. <\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 13:27<\/p>\n

<\/a>MacIntyre: ‘We’re on one mission’<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I learned i can compete at the top level of golf,\u201d says the Scot regarding his first Ryder Cup appearance last time out. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are little things I feel I can improve. I think the last two seasons on the PGA Tour have helped me massively. Let the fun begin!\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

He brushes off a question regarding Trump\u2019s attendance, calling him \u201cjust another spectator\u201d as he evades an in-depth answer. <\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 13:26<\/p>\n

<\/a>McIlroy ‘potentially the greatest European golfer of all time’<\/p>\n

\u201cEgos go out the window when you enter that European team room,\u201d says MacIntyre. \u201cIt feels like we\u2019ve got a better bond\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s potentially the greatest European golfer of all time,\u201d he says on Rory McIlroy. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just play golf, the crowd is here to watch at the end of the day. I must say at the opening ceremony there were a lot of European fans! <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is what it is, if we do our jobs well we\u2019ll be happy. We can\u2019t control them, I can control me. We can control what happens in our group,\u201d he says, before adding that it\u2019s \u201cpart of the game\u201d. <\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 13:24<\/p>\n

<\/a>Hovland: ‘I think aggressiveness is probably going to be a good strategy’<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great player and he\u2019s had an amazing year this year,\u201d says Hovland on a potential partnership with Bob MacIntyre. Nevertheless, he doesn\u2019t want to give too much away. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think aggressiveness is probably going to be a good strategy. Play like you\u2019re going to birdie every hole,\u201d he adds on the technique for this week. <\/p>\n

\u201cRome had a lot of holes you could easily win by par, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to be the case this week\u201d. <\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 13:17<\/p>\n

<\/a>Hovland: ‘You’ve got to stick to your game’ <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019ll be some comments here and there, they won\u2019t come close to the thoughts I have in my own head!\u201d says Hovland on the potential for the crowd to jeer European players. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll try and make a few birdies, that seems to do the trick,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n

When asked about McIlroy\u2019s influence on the team, he says: \u201cHow long we got? He\u2019s a great player, very skilled, experienced, but he carries a lot of weight in the team room. He brings out the best of everyone in there.\u201d <\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 13:13<\/p>\n

<\/a>Bob MacIntyre to come after Holland<\/p>\n

After Hovland, Robert MacIntyre is up next. The Scot is currently ranked ninth in the PGA rankings. <\/p>\n

He finished second at the US Open this season, and has two tour wins to his name. <\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 13:05<\/p>\n

<\/a>Viktor Hovland to come <\/p>\n

Hovland will be the first player interviewed today. <\/p>\n

The 28-year-old came third in this year\u2019s US Open, with his best ever major finish coming at the PGA Championship in 2023, where he tied second. <\/p>\n

He has seven PGA Tour wins to his name, and is ranked 12th in the PGA rankings at present. <\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 12:56<\/p>\n

<\/a>Media schedule<\/p>\n

A reminder that the first interviews of the day start at 8am EDT (1pm BST). <\/p>\n

Viktor Hovland of Team Europe will be first up, followed by a further seven of his teammates including Bob MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm.<\/p>\n

The full schedule for the European interviews is below (the US interviews haven\u2019t been confirmed yet):<\/p>\n

8am EDT (1pm BST) – Viktor Hovland 8.15am EDT (1.15pm BST) – Robert MacIntyre 8.30am EDT (1.30pm BST) – Matt Fitzpatrick 8.45am EDT (1.45pm BST) – Rory McIlroy 9am EDT (2pm BST) – Shane Lowry 9.15am EDT (2.15pm BST) – Sepp Straka 9.30am EDT (2.30pm BST) – Tyrrell Hatton 9.45am EDT (2.45pm BST) – Jon Rahm <\/p>\n

Chris Wilson25 September 2025 12:50<\/p>\n

<\/a>Inside Bethpage Black, aka The Beast, the notorious New York course hosting the Ryder Cup<\/p>\n

About a year ago, Luke Donald<\/a> flew into New York<\/a> with his right-hand man, Edoardo Molinari, to suss out the next Ryder Cup<\/a> course. Word quickly got out that the European captain was in town, so by the time the pair walked to the first tee the next day for their reconnaissance of Bethpage Black<\/a>, a pack of around two dozen grinning locals were waiting to greet them.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the first tee, from England!\u201d shouted one, to much laughter. New Yorkers tend not to need microphones. \u201cThe former world No 1, captain of Team Europe<\/a>, LUUUUUKE DONALD!\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the gentlest taste of what is to come: as if Donald needed reminding, the home fans won\u2019t be shy when the Ryder Cup begins on Friday<\/a>, on a golf course 45 minutes outside Manhattan. Add in a steady stream of beer, some deep-seated sporting tribalism and an edge of jingoism \u2013 Donald Trump will arrive on the opening day \u2013 multiplied across thousands of fans, and you start to paint a picture of what awaits Team Europe.<\/p>\n

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