The record 19-9 defeat by the United States at Whistling Straits was a humbling experience.
Team Europe’s Matt Fitzpatrick, Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton are ready for the Ryder Cup
They all have their own way of describing what is driving them this week at Marco Simone in Rome but it all points in the same direction.“Ultimately deep down you want to get some revenge. We have a fantastic team and we will be trying our best to make that happen,” Hatton told rydercup.com. Fitzpatrick may be a major champion, having won last year’s US Open, but in terms of the Ryder Cup he has yet to land a punch having lost all five matches he has played in over two editions.“Whistling Straits was disappointing… I think it is some motivation,” he said.
“I’ll be honest, if you look at the way the team compared to the US team nine months ago you’d think, ‘OK, there’s a bit of a gap here’ but I feel the closer we have got to this week the more it has looked in our favour. “I don’t mind being vulnerable, it’s a very natural human thing to do and I’d say Whistling Straits was probably one of the most vulnerable times of my career,” said McIlroy, who professed his love for his team-mates in an emotional outpouring on the 16th green.
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