Luke Donald knows that NBA legend Michael Jordan will likely don Team USA attire this weekend at Bethpage, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t influenced Donald — and by extension the Team Europe group he’s captaining again — previously.

When Donald neared the end of his collegiate career at Northwestern in the early 2000s, he played golf with Jordan in Chicago.

They’ve remained friends since and reside near each other in Florida. And as Donald watched the “Last Dance” documentary in 2020, he observed that Jordan “was never going to do anything he didn’t ask his teammates to do” while also learning about the importance of a team setting from Jordan. 3

“You can be a team of champions but not a championship team,” Donald said. “You always need the people around you. You’re always stronge

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