Team Europe golfer Justin Rose celebrates after making a putt on the 15th green during the final day of the 44th Ryder Cup golf competition at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.

Justin Rose is skeptical of how the U.S. Ryder Cup team has chosen to build camaraderie ahead of the 2025 competition next week.

Rose was speaking at one of his Rose Ladies Series events earlier this month when he was asked about the U.S. team ahead of the biennial bout, which begins next week at Bethpage Black, where Team Europe is spending a couple days this week for practice rounds.

The 45-year-old, who is making his seventh Ryder Cup appearance, believes the Europeans have a more organic way of team building, something he looks at as an advantage.

"I think the U.S. team have definitely bonded a lot more in recent years, and I think that they do have pockets of good friendships," Rose said.

"But I think the Americans have gotten a little bit… they think being a great team is about being best mates. I really don't think that's what being a great team is. Being a great team is having a kind of a real good theme and having an identity that has come from players before you, and you all buy into that vision.

"You don't have to be having the greatest time in the world to do that. Although, inevitably, we do have a great time doing that."I think America have tried too hard to become a team, whereas Europe is a bit more natural and organic, and I think it comes from deeper roots in a way."

The Europeans dominated from the start in Rome, winning 16½ to 11½ at Marco Simone. Even after the dominating performance in Europe, Rose was talking about how united the team was.

"We are united by a culture and we are united by a generation of players that have come before us," he said in 2023. "This is our time. Luke has been very clear on that message, this is our time to shine, not because this is our stage, we are just taking care of it because of the amazing role models that we've had before us that have shown us how to do it.

"There's a really strong culture on the European Team. A good pairing on the European Team doesn't mean playing with your best mate. You know, it means about representing something bigger than yourself, and I feel like that's, for me, what being a European Ryder Cup player is all about."

Ten of the 12 members of Team USA played in the PGA Tour's Procore Championship last week, while all but one of Team Europe's players competed in the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour.

Next week, Team Europe will look to win on foreign soil for the first time in 13 years. The U.S. leads the all-time series, 27-15-2, although Europe has won eight of the past 11 competitions, dating back to 2002.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Justin Rose says U.S. team is 'trying too hard' to build camaraderie ahead of Ryder Cup

Reporting by Cameron Jourdan, Golfweek / Golfweek

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