Archive September 29, 2025

The final score was undoubtedly impacted by America’s comeback on the final day, but it also revealed how far behind Europe is in their Ryder Cup efforts.

In a situation where they had nothing to lose, Keegan Bradley’s team showed that they had heart and ability abundantly by thoroughly dominating the final singles.

However, Europe had already won the 45th Ryder Cup before that session teed off, in essence.

Yes, it was tense and Luke Donald’s line-up only managed to win 15-13, but they had already done enough on the opening two days to make it happen.

The captains’ opening speeches immediately echoed the contrast. Bradley had a passion for Ryder Cup, while Donald was focused solely on the collective effort.

It was based on the emotions that were uncovered in the Full Swing documentary on Netflix. From there, he emerged as a surprising captaincy candidate.

He was also the focus of the lead-up. He wouldn’t play, wouldn’t he? Unnecessary distractions were made while Donald and his team of statisticians and strategists devised the most effective strategy for defeating America in their own backyard.

With his infamous speech at last year’s Presidents Cup, Bradley claimed that the US would “kick Europe’s]expletive asses,” which was a glorious motivation.

That was immediately written on the team-room wall in Europe.

More importantly, the participants were aware of the course setup’s limitations and had the ability to make adjustments. Bradley’s approach to the greens’ short, rough, and slick putting surfaces hasn’t changed much.

And it disastrously hurt his team. He said, “We made an effort to set the course so that our team could benefit.” It’s obvious that this wasn’t the wise choice.

I made a mistake with the course setup, I must admit. I should have heeded my gut feeling a little more.

“For whatever reason, that wasn’t the best course to take.” Without rain, the greens were as soft as I’ve ever seen them. They never really firmed up, especially in this country, where it can get quite firm.

Even though neither of Kevin Kisner nor Gary Woodland have any experience competing in the Ryder Cup, Bradley chose vice-captains Kevin Kisner and Gary Woodland.

Paul McGinley, the director of strategy, Thomas Bjorn, and Jose Maria Olazabal, the winning skipper, made up the lineup. Francesco Molinari and Alex Noren are both in close communication with the top players.

Edoardo, the other Molinari, is an expert at statistical analysis. Instead of relying on incomplete statistics that might be made, he compiles his own extensive data.

The Italian, who played in the victory in 2010, has a track record of identifying which partnerships will succeed and which won’t.

Europe won 6-2 in the foursomes, where the home team has traditionally been dominant. By the Saturday night, they had a record lead of 1112-4112, and the players were aware of this throughout.

After Europe’s fifth away victory, Robert MacIntyre declared, “We’re a big band of brothers. We’ve said it from the beginning.”

It’s a special feeling to do it again, but it was very special to do it when we were somewhat rejected and in the same manner as we did it before.

Europe was prepared to handle the crowds’ hostility. It was total carnage out there, but MacIntyre claimed that it improved the way things were handled.

We play for one another, to put it another way. We take any action. Look, Luke pointed out that I was a foursome player. I am a foursome player.

“I don’t argue or inquire as to whether I can play fourball.” I follow what is instructed. And I believe that the entire team does the same.

You ask “how high?” when Luke tells you to jump. That’s the only way we are aware as Europeans.

You listened to the coaches, the players in charge, and you followed instructions when you were a team sports player growing up.

And everyone in there follows our instructions, from Rory McIlroy to Jon Rahm, to everyone else.

Professional golfers are the embodiment of their sport, working as their own bosses all the time. They don’t like having people arrange them for them to go by.

Europe has long known this and developed the culture MacIntyre, a veteran of many glittering team rooms, has portrayed to extract the most from these characters.

The final score was undoubtedly impacted by America’s comeback on the final day, but it also revealed how far behind Europe is in their Ryder Cup efforts.

In a situation where they had nothing to lose, Keegan Bradley’s team showed that they had heart and ability abundantly by thoroughly dominating the final singles.

However, Europe had already won the 45th Ryder Cup before that session teed off, in essence.

Yes, it was tense and Luke Donald’s line-up only managed to win 15-13, but they had already done enough on the opening two days to make it happen.

The captains’ opening speeches immediately echoed the contrast. Bradley had a passion for Ryder Cup, while Donald was focused solely on the collective effort.

It was based on the emotions that were uncovered in the Full Swing documentary on Netflix. From there, he emerged as a surprising captaincy candidate.

He was also the focus of the lead-up. He wouldn’t play, wouldn’t he? Unnecessary distractions were made while Donald and his team of statisticians and strategists devised the most effective strategy for defeating America in their own backyard.

With his infamous speech at last year’s Presidents Cup, Bradley claimed that the US would “kick Europe’s]expletive asses,” which was a glorious motivation.

That was immediately written on the team-room wall in Europe.

More importantly, the participants were aware of the course setup’s limitations and had the ability to make adjustments. Bradley’s approach to the greens’ short, rough, and slick putting surfaces hasn’t changed much.

And it disastrously hurt his team. He said, “We made an effort to set the course so that our team could benefit.” It’s obvious that this wasn’t the wise choice.

I made a mistake with the course setup, I must admit. I should have heeded my gut feeling a little more.

“For whatever reason, that wasn’t the best course to take.” Without rain, the greens were as soft as I’ve ever seen them. They never really firmed up, especially in this country, where it can get quite firm.

Even though neither of Kevin Kisner nor Gary Woodland have any experience competing in the Ryder Cup, Bradley chose vice-captains Kevin Kisner and Gary Woodland.

Paul McGinley, the director of strategy, Thomas Bjorn, and Jose Maria Olazabal, the winning skipper, made up the lineup. Francesco Molinari and Alex Noren are both in close communication with the top players.

Edoardo, the other Molinari, is an expert at statistical analysis. Instead of relying on incomplete statistics that might be made, he compiles his own extensive data.

The Italian, who played in the victory in 2010, has a track record of identifying which partnerships will succeed and which won’t.

Europe won 6-2 in the foursomes, where the home team has traditionally been dominant. By the Saturday night, they had a record lead of 1112-4112, and the players were aware of this throughout.

After Europe’s fifth away victory, Robert MacIntyre declared, “We’re a big band of brothers. We’ve said it from the beginning.”

It’s a special feeling to do it again, but it was very special to do it when we were somewhat rejected and in the same manner as we did it before.

Europe was prepared to handle the crowds’ hostility. It was total carnage out there, but MacIntyre claimed that it improved the way things were handled.

We play for one another, to put it another way. We take any action. Look, Luke pointed out that I was a foursome player. I am a foursome player.

“I don’t argue or inquire as to whether I can play fourball.” I follow what is instructed. And I believe that the entire team does the same.

You ask “how high?” when Luke tells you to jump. That’s the only way we are aware as Europeans.

You listened to the coaches, the players in charge, and you followed instructions when you were a team sports player growing up.

And everyone in there follows our instructions, from Rory McIlroy to Jon Rahm, to everyone else.

Professional golfers are the embodiment of their sport, working as their own bosses all the time. They don’t like having people arrange them for them to go by.

Europe has long known this and developed the culture MacIntyre, a veteran of many glittering team rooms, has portrayed to extract the most from these characters.

Former Wales international Alex Cuthbert claims that Wing Louis Rees-Zammit is ready to rejoin the team this autumn.

Rees-Zammit, who left his rugby union to pursue an American football career, made a try-scoring return to the Gallagher Prem in his first league game since December 2023.

With their fifth and final try against Leicester 42-24 on Sunday at Ashton Gate, the 24-year-old returned and wrapped up a strong all-around performance.

Rees-Zammit needs to be given some time to adjust to rugby, according to former Wales wing Shane Williams.

Cuthbert is of the opinion that Steve Tandy, who is a native of Cardiff, can immediately re-sign him for the national team for the autumn internationals in November.

Rees-Zammit, according to Cuthbert, is succeeding despite having to play in the NFL.

Cuthbert said, “He will only gain from returning to rugby.”

He has spent time working in a high-level environment, and he is well-versed in the game.

He said, “The game has not greatly changed because he hasn’t played rugby his entire life and has only been away for 18 months.”

He appears to have gained more knowledge and skill. He used to be fairly laid-back, but he now seems much more committed.

He has probably discovered a new perspective on the game as a result.

Rees-Zammit has a trait that his Welsh rivals don’t, according to James Hook, the former Wales flyhalf.

Hook said, “He has that X-factor, that point of difference.”

You can see some of the tries he’s scored both before and after returning.

“To be fair, the back three of Wales haven’t done a lot with people like Tom Rogers, Blair Murray, and Ellis Mee, but Zammit is a little bit different, with that a little bit of class.”

Rees-Zammit played 80 minutes against Leicester, according to Bristol rugby director Pat Lam.

He is improving day by day, and what I liked most about his performance in the Leicester game was how well he physically handled the contact, Lam said.

He will have a lot of confidence because he did not find it easy.

I wasn’t sure how quickly his transition from a new team, our playstyle, and his return to rugby fitness would go. He deserves my respect.

At the age of 38, Steven Fletcher made the announcement that he would stop playing football.

The forward made 33 appearances for Scotland and most recently helped Wrexham to two successive championship promotions.

Fletcher was linked with a return to Easter Road this summer after beginning his career at Hibernian.

Before making his way back to Scotland with Dundee United in 2022 and joining Wrexham, he moved south to Burnley in 2009 and played for Wolves, Sunderland, Marseille, Sheffield Wednesday, and Stoke City.

He scored 189 goals in 749 club appearances. He found the net ten times at the senior level on a global level.

Although this game has been my life since I was a boy, he explained on Instagram that it was the right time to wrap up this chapter.

“When I look back, I only feel pride and gratitude.” Thank you to all of my supporters who helped me along the way. Your support and enthusiasm was wonderful.

One of my greatest achievements was also putting on the Scotland shirt.