Shane Lowry, defending champion starting this Thursday at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworthserved as spokesperson in front of the media and explained in detail what the European Ryder Cup team (All of them, 12 players by Luke Donald) within Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, just outside Rome.
Lowry, one of Donald’s six picks, spoke first about the field. “The rough is pretty dense, without a doubt. You have to be in the fairway and hit the greens. Yes, the rough is brutal, but it’s no different than what you’d see at a US Open. If you miss the fairway, it’s going to be very interesting. I lost the ball, so I’m pretty happy. There was a group that lost some… But well, it also has to do with the fact that it’s a field that you don’t know and you try things. The vice-captains try to get the golf course ready for us. If you hit a good drive and a second shot down the fairway, you’re not going to have a problem, that’s what golf is about. That’s the way I see it. Of course, if we don’t play well, we won’t win.” , said the Irishman first.
Lowry emphasized that the experience of spending 24 hours with the team in Italy was very beneficial. “It’s incredible. It’s a very, very important exercise, and well, you’ll see in about three weeks. I think, especially for the younger ones, it’s very, very cool. That everyone is participated and felt that “The Ryder Cup is about to begin. When you come directly into tournament week at your first Ryder, you come in on Wednesday or Thursday and feel like time has flown by and you haven’t learned anything. It’s very useful,” said the 2019 British Open winner.
Lowry also emphasized the team dinner. “We had a team meeting. We did a lot of things that we didn’t have to do in two weeks. Any time you can save during Ryder Cup week is necessary, so yes, it was a worthwhile exercise. The old guys told stories and the rookies listened and talked. It was great. Everyone talked. It was an incredible few hours together. The truth is there wasn’t much to talk about on the golf course ,” he added.
Finally, Lowry revealed that he played with Marco Simone Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre and Sepp Straka and he remembered again what the Ryder Cup means to him (he first played at Whistling Straits, in Wisconsin, in 2021). “I’ve told guys, I think the way I look at it is that you never know when it’s going to be your last Ryder, so you want to make the most of it. That’s how I see it.” And as for the United States, he assured that they have a good team, but there will be a fight. “The Americans are very good, and a different team than they have been for a long time. They will be very difficult to beat, and we know it, but we are also confident that we are a young and very good team, and that we will be very difficult to beat. If you look at Vincent Norrman’s success on Sunday in the Irish Open, he will probably be on future European Ryder Cup teams. I think European golf is better than people have been talking about in the last couple of years, ” Lowry concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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