"You can get them to say whatever you want them to say. So you can go as close to the bone as you like. Donald's attention to detail is well known but this is a striking move. Europe have not won on American soil since 2012. We are doing everything we can to best prepare ourselves for what it is going to feel like on Friday week, McIlroy said. But nothing can really prepare you until you're actually in that."
"You can wear all the VR headsets you want and do all the different things we've been trying to do to get ourselves ready but once the first tee comes on Friday it's real and we just have to deal with whatever's given. Pressed on precisely what messages came through his headset, McIlroy replied: You don't want to know. Not for publication."
Europe provided players with virtual reality headsets that play hostile, abusive crowd noise to simulate the expected atmosphere at Bethpage. The headsets were distributed during a team gathering to replicate name-calling and intense crowd attention and to desensitise players before arrival. The simulation can be customised to include highly provocative messages to approximate the most extreme crowd behaviour. Preparations include multiple training methods, but full adaptation can only occur once competition begins. Europe has not won on American soil since 2012, increasing urgency around thorough preparation for the Ryder Cup environment.
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