The intensity of the Bethpage masses that already affect the Europe’s Ryder Cup strategy

Charlotte, NC -The European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald said that the expected intensity of the crowds in Bethpage would be a factor for the selection of the captain.

“I will definitely give a little more meaning for experience.

A convincing dynamic that hangs above the Ryder Cup, more for Europe than for the USA, is whether the players who have joined LIV Golf can be played.

Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, who have been in the last three European teams, have lodged the sanctions imposed by the DP World Tour, where they have to play at least four starts on this race track to stay members of the tour and consider the Ryder Cup.

A third arbiter is supposed to respond LIV players on fines and suspensions.

When Donald was asked about the status of Rahms and Hatton as possible members of his team on Wednesday, he said: “This is a question for Guy Kinning, who refers to the DP World Tour Commissioner.

“I do not participate in politics. My concentration is to bring the best 12 players to New York, and hopefully everyone is justified. I would love it if they are justified, but I am not involved in this process. I think Guy knows that I have my best 12, but I have not expressed it that way. ‘

Donald said he had “no conversations” about whether the players would be justified.

The US captain Keegan Bradley didn’t seem to be so concerned about the situation and said: “Nobody takes care of what is going on in PGA Tour-Liv. We try to put together the best team.”

One of Donald’s players is Sepp Straka, who was a captain in 2023 and, with his victory at the Truist Championship last week, blocked a place in the top six.

Straka is a rare Austrian player who plays on the PGA tour. He said the answer from his home country was “really amazing”.

“Austria has grown as a golfand since my little child,” he said on Wednesday. But they are definitely golf crazy and it’s great to see the support that I get from Austria.

“Every week there is someone from Austria in the crowd that concerns me, or I get news from friends. It’s really cool to see the support of Austria. ”

Donald praised Straka and said: “He was selected for a certain reason in 2003. He is somehow proven that he deserves to be seen as one of the best European players. Only cool, calm, collected, is not too much of things, very consistent game, big putter.

“We saw that on Sunday. He just did something that he knows.

Rory McIlroy spoke on Wednesday on Wednesday why he didn’t talk to Bryson Dechambeau when she played together in the last round of the champions what Dechameau brought to light after the tournament.

“I don’t know what he was expecting,” said Mcilroy. “We try to win the masters. I will not try to be his best buddy out there. Look, everyone approaches the game in different ways. I concentrated on myself and what I had to do. That was really everything it was.

“It was nothing against him … I just had the feeling that I had to do that to get the best out of me that day. ”