Two years ago, Team USA made a mistake, and Europe took advantage of it. In 2023, at Marco Simone in Rome, the Americans arrived unprepared. Out of the 12 players on the U.S. team, only three had played competitive golf in the two weeks leading up to the Ryder Cup. In contrast, all 12 Europeans teed it up at the 2023 BMW PGA Championship and made the cut. And ultimately, the results proved the lack of prep as the Europeans hammered the Americans 16.5–11.5. “I think a lot of us just weren’t prepared,” Wyndham Clark said after the loss. But this year, they didn’t make the same mistake.
Captain Keegan Bradley decided that his team would be gathering in Napa for the Procore Championship as a team-building opportunity and to shake off any rust from the post-Tour Championship break befor