Strafan, Eire – Rory McIlroy is able to comply with the tennis star’s lead on the Ryder Cup held this month after watching Novak Djokovic deal with a raucous crowd throughout his victory on the US Open.
The hostile and partisan crowd is ready to greet Beth Web page Black’s McIlroy and European groups for the September 26-28 match because the Individuals try to regain the Cup two years after shedding in Rome.
Djokovic needed to take care of the same setting throughout the US Open Quarter Finals match towards dwelling favorite Taylor Fritz.
McIlroy preferred what he noticed from Djokovic, who gave European golfers a motivating speech within the group room earlier than his 2023 Ryder Cup victory.
“He was nice to deal with it,” McIlroy mentioned Wednesday on the Irish Open. “He needed to take care of that for the remainder of his life whether or not he was taking part in towards the Individuals in New York or towards Roger (Federer) or Rafa (Nadal).
“He got here and talked a bit about one thing like that final time in Rome. So perhaps we’ll take a leaf from his e book and channel that power the correct approach. However once more, all we will do is management our reactions and our emotions about it.
The Rome expertise ought to assist with Beth Web page for the European group – confirmed on Monday – exhibiting one change in two years, with Rasmus Hodgegard mechanically changing into the one rookie on the 12-man roster.
McIlroy used Robert Macintrye, a Rome rookie and now an everyday contender for PGA Tour occasions.
“They’ve a really sturdy group,” McIlroy mentioned of the Individuals. “They will have a reasonably loud crowd on their aspect, and on golf programs the place a lot of them know fairly nicely from earlier tournaments.
“So do not make any errors. We all know we’re towards it, we all know that we do high-quality work in our fingers, however we love the group that Luke has gathered.”
