The Individuals are heading to Rome.
Three weeks from Friday, the primary tee shot shall be struck at Marco Simone Golf Membership, the location of the forty fourth Ryder Cup.
However loads of American gamers have little to no expertise of taking part in this golf course. The DP World Tour’s Italian Open is held at this venue annually, however the subject contains of largely European or DP World Tour gamers.
Therefore why Captain Zach Johnson is bringing his crew to Rome for a complicated scouting journey.
In a social media publish from the official Ryder Cup USA account, footage confirmed Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Johnson, and Brooks Koepka strolling down a jetway to board a aircraft.
Moreover, that very same account posted a video of an airport suitcase carrying a Staff USA hat on Thursday night. The video then panned to the flight data, which depicted a departure for Rome at 6 p.m.
Usually, when flying to Europe from the US, flights take off within the night, so that they arrive on European soil early the next day native time, because of the time change.
So the Individuals arrived on Friday morning.
They’ll doubtless get some apply on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, earlier than returning to the States early subsequent week. They will even share meals, have conferences, and spend time with each other, thus strengthening the bond of the crew. Maybe they are going to create the pairings that may comprise the opening two days of the competitors, too.
However in contrast to the Europeans, the 12 Individuals is not going to play in a event with each other forward of the Ryder Cup. All of Staff Europe is taking part in within the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth subsequent week.
Whereas the Europeans are in England for the BMW, Justin Thomas and Homa are scheduled to play on the Fortinet Championship in Napa Valley. Homa is a two-time defending champion.
The Individuals are the defending champions of the Ryder Cup, having gained at Whistling Straits in 2021. They hope to go back-to-back, too, and in the event that they do, it could be the primary time since 1991 and 1993 that the Individuals win consecutive cups. 1993 was additionally the final time Staff USA gained on European soil.
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