"We are doing everything we can to best prepare ourselves for what it is going to feel,"
"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."
The 2025 Ryder Cup will begin Friday with the first match at 7:10 a.m., and captains Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald will announce pairings Thursday afternoon. The U.S. aims to regain the Cup on home soil at Bethpage Black. Home-course advantage has favored host teams in the past five Ryder Cups, and crowd noise and intensity are expected to be extreme. European players have used virtual reality training to prepare for hostile crowds, while questions remain about whether jeering will cross the line and how emotional players will respond under pressure.
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