 Good morning everyone. I'm the PGA of America's Julius Mason. I'd like to thank you very much for joining us today at whistling straights For a Ryder Cup captain's news conference as you get settled in Please sit back relax and enjoy the history tradition Excitement and drama that is the Ryder Cup the 43rd edition of golf's greatest team event is only one year away now Ladies and gentlemen, and it will be played September 25 to 27 in 2020 So let's get to it and meet the captain's first He is a three-time major champion and has won 15 times on the European tour and on 15 other occasions Around the world, please welcome from Dublin, Ireland, Padreck Harrington Next he is a 12-time winner on the PGA tour and five-time winner on the PGA tour champions Including two majors, please welcome from Madison, Wisconsin, Steve Strikker Captain Harrington, let's go ahead and begin with you. Good early morning and welcome to whistling straights here in Kohler, Wisconsin The last time these two teams gathered it was almost exactly one year ago today just outside Paris at Ligolf National where Europe beat Team USA 17 and a half to 10 and a half In a nutshell What worked and can you talk about the challenges that captain might face playing in a way match Versus a home match. So you really want me to give you all the answers of what worked. We have about plenty of time for that You know it was We had a good team. There's no doubt about it. Thomas is a good captain. He was blessed with Probably one of the better the best teams we've had in terms of world rankings There was a lot of quality in the team They came together very well Obviously we lost on Friday morning 3-1, which was a big setback to us, but we had Some nice balance in that team We stuck to our guns and we came through on Friday afternoon, which was which huge for our team, you know That Friday afternoon session obviously You know, it's tough to lose one session 3-1, but to come back in the afternoon just get instilled the confidence to go on with with the plan I think Paris National No doubt suited the European game Stu suit our style of play So yeah, you know after getting the advantage back home advantage It carried on from there as you can see I'm really trying to avoid anything that actually gives away What exactly happened behind the scenes? But yeah, it was I've got to say, you know, it was it was really a quality team and Home match versus in a way match. Oh, I think There's a substantial difference. It's I would advocate even too much of a difference between home and away Clearly in Europe we get to set the golf course up and we set it up Every way we can to suit our players and in the States, we've seen that as well You know where the golf course are set up to be most advantageous for the home team I think It's obviously not going to happen probably in my lifetime But 40 50 years sit down the road when the right of cup is still going along It will probably be it probably be best to have a neutral setup where there is no Setting up a golf course as we did in Europe. So that was very tight off the tee and it made it a real difficult You know where par was a good score Whereas if you went back to Hazel team, it was more of a birdie fest Which you know suit that the statisticians have got involved and tell us what suits each team. So Yeah, possibly down the road. It's going to be a it's going to be more of a neutral setup Thankfully here at wisdom straights. This is a much more natural golf course So I'm I'm interested to see down the road what what Steve has in store But it doesn't look like you could do a lot with this golf course It's just a as much as it was obviously designed and built there It looks like it's just in a natural setting all its life and and it's going to present its way even the weather could Could be very Changeable the week of the ride a cup next year So in many ways, this is a golf course that is is just going to test the players on its own merits Captain Stryker the US team didn't get the results you wanted in Paris And on top of that the US has only won three of the last ten rider cups. Does it concern you that? History really isn't on your side Yeah, it does concern us and and But to Pottery's point there. They they had a great team this last time in Paris. They they outplayed us We had a difficult time with the golf course And yeah, you know the the the last few rider cups haven't gone really the way That we have liked but you know for us, it's all about you know for me. Anyways, it's about moving forward and This next team is probably going to be the first time these 12 individuals You know, we'll probably have some new guys on the team. It'll be the first time these 12 individuals will be together So it's you know for me, it's about moving forward learning from the past a little bit taken some of the things that We haven't done so well in And then trying to apply that to this next time and next year and and it's about playing better you know bottom line is they they they played great and they outplayed us and and You know, we're gonna have to come and be ready and Make the putts that we need to and hit the key shots down the stretch that we need to hit to come out on top Very good. Patrick, you've played on six rudder cup teams and you were a vice captain Three times wearing your vice captain cap. What were you able to take away from from Paris and from? Thomas's captaincy You learn a lot more as a vice captain than you do as a player player. It's startling how I Suppose insular we are as players. We it's all about getting your own game ready to do what you need to do And I'm as professional golfers were self-managed. So it really is all about us as we go along When you become a vice captain you start seeing a lot more and because of that you obviously clearly learn a lot more What's the demands of of the players and how to? Fit them together and manage all the different personalities in a team. So, yeah, the vice captains For me, that's that's where you learn the most It's nice nice to being a player and all that but it's and I suppose when you're a player You see different styles of captaincy that you like and you don't like and what I had six different captains and They all had different. I had a couple of captains who were very much time around the shoulder You know encouraging you and believing in you. I I'd I remember with a I remember with Bernard Langer, which he sat there at the The evening meeting after the first day's play and he's nearly the first words out at the at the Meeting was and it was at a boardroom table as well And he turns around says now we'll have nobody laying up into the hazard on number five tomorrow I was the only one who had laid up into the hazard that day So yeah, Bernard was at Bernard would be on the tease telling you what clubs to hit into the par 3s and things like that So just there's so many different styles of captaincy. You do see that and I don't believe I'm going to be one or the other. I hopefully would be a mixture of most But then as vice-captain you tend to learn a lot about the the tactics that go in behind that and it is difficult to Steve would know this from be from being there as well. It's incredibly difficult to put a team out as You know mid-morning late morning on Friday When the guys have only played maybe 14 holes a golf and you have to put a team out for the afternoon And sometimes you put players out who end up losing their morning match and sometimes you drop players who've won the morning match and and clearly you get second-guest on your team selection, but You know oftentimes people don't realize those teams have to beside it And there's so many factors that go into it that Literally being the vice-captain you do get to sit there and be part of that decision-making And that's really what I believe that's going to help me the most has been a cap to be a captain Thank you. Similarly Steve. You are a three-time rider a cupper and a three-time vice-captain like Podrick You've seen what it looks like Wearing a vice-captain's cap as a winner and a loser Is there a big difference between the captaincy and the vice-captaincy in your mind? Yeah I think Podrick nailed it all on the head. It's you'll learn a lot You know, let's just put it that way you you get the behind-the-scenes look at at What it takes to to lead a team and you watch these captains and you you pick out your Favorite things or your least favorite things about every captain you see what works with players and you it kind of shapes you as a captain I think and Yeah, you learn a lot and you learn how much there is and what goes into it and It's much easier Being a player because you can you can just worry about yourself worry about your game And and get ready for the team and get ready for your partner But when it becomes time to make some of these decisions like you said when you when you got to put a team out In the afternoon, you know, you can see all the assistant captains and the captains You know literally running to a corner to try to figure it out to try to make sure that you're gonna do the right thing so It's it's an interesting job. It's a fun job and You know, we look forward to it and and but you do you learn a lot as you go along Patrick you played in all three PGA championships here at Whistling Street, so you're very familiar with this venue Can you talk about what you think it might shape up as as a writer-cut venue? I Think it'd be a great venue for the writer-cup. I think it's a dramatic golf course And you know, we need that in the writer-cup the writer-cup's probably the most exciting golf event You know in the game One of the biggest sporting events, but certainly the most exciting in golf and you know, you needed dramatic golf course that lends itself to Spectacular play as well as some disastrous play You know, that's what match play is about and this is the three PGA's I played Mostly I remember is the variability of the golf course you Weather-wise You know change the direction of wind can this you know Massively change how a whole plays moving a tee box forward or back and change the whole character of holes So yeah, it's an ideal match play golf course. I think people will enjoy Watching match play on this course. I think it's it will really does Lend itself to that exciting play Steve Americans are 0 for 3 at PGA championships at Whistling Strait's Do the whispers about Whistling Strait's favoring the European team cause you any concern at all You're sure bringing up a lot of negatives here, Julius You know I got yeah, yeah, it concerns us when we look out and and I don't know if you brought this weather today or Or what but hopefully we have nice nice sunny 75 degree days next next year at this time But yeah, you know you when you look out here it feels it has the feel of Does it not over there in Ireland does it it looks like an Irish day? Yeah, yeah But I the whole setting you know next to Lake Michigan. It looks like We could be overseas somewhere for sure, but It looks like an Irish summer stay out there But it's yeah, it concerns us and You know we'll It's a great venue. We're gonna have an unbelievable Support crowd here The the atmosphere should be much like hazel teen or even more so the the Wisconsin people You know from what I understand are Very excited to have this event here there It's gonna be it's gonna be an exciting time here and you know the courses is is Beautiful, it's it's our one of our best courses in the state of Wisconsin and they have the Kohler people here Herbs a friend of mine David and Nina and Just to to be able to play it here is really a special treat for all of us and The state is gonna show up big time and we're gonna have the crowd on our side So hopefully that'll deter from what what it really looks like it, you know out there as far as a Irish setting, but You know, it's we're looking forward to it. Thank you Patrick take a look at this slide which reflects European-born winners over the last year Some names are familiar to us some are not but could you take a look at that and tell us what brings a smile to your face? Shay Larry for sure Look Clearly we've a nice array of players winning there just some young players coming through and I think Steve Said about his own team There does feel like there's a changing at a guard coming in some ways There's there's a lot of young players that I have to get to know coming through I Do like the fact on the right-hand side of the slide We have a solid base there that to work off and you'd expect most of those guys to be in the team but there will be You know three or four five rookies in the team new guys fresh faces That's just the the world of golf what's coming through and there, you know As I always say the nine guys who qualified for my team It doesn't matter who they are if they've qualified they've played well enough to be there They deserve to be there They're they're the nine best form informed players and we can work around those nine guys They're they're the ones I want in the team so Doesn't really matter once you get those nine guys They are going to be the nine best players we have at that stage So, you know you would like to fill it with the big the old experience guys there on the right-hand side But you're you're comfortable with the younger guys also coming into the team So speaking of your team you're only two weeks into the European points standings as you can see on this next screen popping up here Any thoughts any surprises as you look at this The surprises I'm looking at and I have looked at it You know I told myself just don't look at the points like it's it's a full year away And as vice captain again the experience you get as vice captain you start to get involved in the Looking at players and what the captain is feeling and during the course of the the last three months You pick a new team every week if you're looking at so This is very early doors. Yes. I have looked at it I said I wouldn't and I will continue to look at it and people will continue to remind me of it But you know as I said if any of these players and you know like Victor Perez there is a young guy just starting off He's right up there if he qualifies If he holds on to that position for the the next 12 months, he really deserves to be there That's a that's going to be a quality performance because the pressure is on him So I'm happy with any rookie who makes it into my team You know they're the ones especially at this stage if they if they do it for a full year It means they have the experience of handling the pressure and you're going to be Looking forward to that type of player making the team But the fact of the matter is when you you know we have statisticians and they tell us who's got what chance of making the team and It's it's amazing. It's a pretty slim chance for most people in the end of the day because only nine people qualify automatically So even even for good players, it's you know for a lot of good players It's it's down to you know, maybe a one and twenty chance of one and ten chance of making the team. So This will change over time But I'm comfortable with a few rookies making my team for sure. Thank you Steve same question as you can see here's a list of winners over the past year from us born players I'm kind of guessing you like the way the majors played out this year Yeah, you know again, it's it's so early in the deal We were a year away, you know 11 months away from making our picks and the guys finalized on the team and But yeah, you got some great great younger players that have starting to prove themselves like a Patrick Cantley and You know watching Cameron champ do what he did this last week was really impressive down the stretch that last hole and Yeah, you know, you know, we're gonna have the the mainstays. I'm sure as well, you know the Dustin Johnson's the Kepka You know Ricky Fowler Xander Schoffley, you know who's been playing really well. So Again, you just keep looking at it, you know, you look at it I get those emails from you on a weekly basis to show me the The point system and and how everybody's playing and but I I love watching golf. I love watching the guys Compete and so I I'll keep a good eye on everybody and see how they're playing and to Potteryx point, you know if they make in make it in the top eight they deserve to be there and then it's up to us to to To pick those last four guys and and here you see that list there, too, you know, Tony Fee now pulling up the eighth spot and Gary Woodland had a great year web Simpson's been really steady and You know, obviously Tiger's been right in there and and coming off of knee surgery So, you know anticipation for him to play well and keep keep coming back is is all interesting for all of us to watch and see how he does and You know Kisner another good match play guy, so there's a lot of good names on that list and Justin Thomas down there you expect him and Patrick Reed. I mean you look up and down that list There's a lot of a lot of great names there with a lot of experience that we'd love to have on the team Steve Pottery, thank you very much ladies and gentlemen We're happy to go to Q&A right now if you do have a question Please raise your hand high and wave down a couple of wireless microphones that are floating around out there If we can get a microphone over here in the aisle Ready go Steve just can you talk about the broader implications of hosting this event here in, Wisconsin? Even outside of golf is a great Wisconsin native what what it means to to you as a native here and to this state to be able To host an event to this magnitude. Yeah, I mean it first started off as major championships, right? You know, we've had the PGA here three times We had the US open over at Aaron Hills and and this is the ultimate here to have Really the ultimate Event in the game of golf To be here at whistling straights in, Wisconsin You know, it's just really from everybody I talked to the anticipation the excitement level is through the roof And and it's no different for me either, you know, I'm very excited to to have this opportunity to To be here in my home state to try to help this team and lead this team to to try to win that cup back and Yeah, it's a great treat for all of us and I know the colder people Will will treat us unbelievably they already have and we look forward to To being here and getting in the ball rolling, you know, it'll be here before we know it, but we're all We're all super excited Question over here This question is for Patrick. I think one of the first big decisions you had to make was how many captain's picks Your team would have and you chose to go down from four to three which in theory Could prevent you from taking some veteran when you make your picks The way Thomas did in Paris. I was just curious to hear the logic behind that choice The logic is basically You anybody you pick is under pressure more pressure more stress than a player who is qualified So I wanted The way I looked at it is the ninth guy How often would you skip the ninth guy in the rankings and pick four people after him? Not very often it's not something that you would probably Do you'd normally pick the ninth guy and why pick him and put them under pressure? Why not just let him qualify into the team let him feel like he's There on his own merits. No second guessing no judging That would be my thought on it Question might over here, please if both of you could talk to being your rookie Experiences when you were first on a team and what that is like and what you can bring to rookies who are going to be on this Team because obviously both of these teams are going to have some rookies on them Steve you want to hit that first? Yeah, my rookie experience was at Valhalla 2008 Paul Azinger was the captain We went on to win there. It was it was a great experience Paul did a wonderful job You know I learned a lot from You know looking back at it today. I learned a lot from what he did there and You know he came up with a system that we we've bought into and and He was a really good captain the players the fans Responded to the fans there that week the the crowds there of a hollow were unbelievable and Yeah, it's a nerve-wracking time. I'm sure you're your rookie time on the Ryder Cup too is is It's a nervous time. You don't know what to expect. You don't you're playing for your country You know probably the most nervous I've ever been playing the game of golf was when you're you're playing that that first Ryder Cup So you you remember it you look back at it at during the time you're like how why do I want to do this? You know it's not it's so nerve-wracking that it's not fun But after it's done and and after it's all over with you're like that was fun you know it's it's you know it drives you to make that team again and keeps you going to want to be on these teams Yeah, my rookie experience be 99 in Brookline Still goes down as probably the most electrifying week. I've ever had in the golf course. I can't it was just so exciting The the atmosphere the buzz of it. It was quite a contentious one in Brookline, but it was in Boston So I had a lot of Irish support. So It was fantastic for me. I I only just qualified in the previous two weeks by finish the second and second the whole of put to get into it I was playing great Just everything about that Ryder Cup about a result was was just spectacular. I actually on the Sunday I beat Mark Amira and it looked like I'd won the Ryder Cup at that stage because Posey was five up or something like that. So once we had that point in the back, which I kind of I wasn't obviously Following the leaderboards. I assumed that so I Literally I did an interview on the back of a gene thinking I got the winning point and I Maybe five minutes later and it was literally five minutes later I'm sitting just about to sit down or like does sat down on the 17 green when Justin Leonard hold that poor and It was all taken away. So the highs and lows were exceptional. You'd never see it in any other Event like it and that's why we love the Ryder Cup. I think that's why people Not just golf fans love the Ryder Cup. I think that's why sports fans love the Ryder Cup. It's it's dramatic It's citing it. It goes the ebbs and flows in it There's just nothing quite like if you get the route for your home country your home continent Really, it's it's spectacular. And you know once you play one, you'd never want to miss out in another one And and I had some great experiences afterwards And you know, we'd a lovely Ryder Cup in 2006 when we won in Ireland because it was in my home stage a bit Like Steve going this year, you know, I Like the Irish one was really nice because we won we won comfortably in the end of the day I prefer the ones that are tight and there's a bit more excitement in it. And so Well, I think you find every time you play a Ryder Cup as it throws up something They're a match I can exciting. It really is it never ceases to keep giving Very good question Steve we're used to you being pretty stoic on the golf course right over here Steve You're we're used to you being pretty stoic on the golf course, but on the hype video We saw a couple of fist pumps there out of you. Will we see that guy again? Who is that guy? I Think I pulled a hamstring on one of those I don't know if I can do that again anymore, but you know, I don't know, you know, this this this event It brings out some crazy emotions, you know in you and as a player and even as an assistant captain When I've been a part of some of these teams so yeah, it's hard to say especially here in my home state and and But you know, I try to keep it under the radar and low-key, but you never know but it we're sure looking forward to it It's it's the eight or nine months since they announced me as captain is flown by and I'm sure this next year We'll fly by too and we'll be here before we know it Very good question over here, please Steve yeah, you as you just said it's been about eight months since they announced you in Milwaukee Can you tell us what the first eight months have been like? What have you done to sort of start the preparations for next year and maybe Padre can address that as well since he's been named Yeah, it's it's it's not it hasn't been too overwhelming to start with you know a lot of little things, you know Designing bags, you know looking at clothes. We come we've come up here a couple of times It's just the constant, you know thinking about it really which is which is really cool it would need for me is trying to come up with ways to Make sure that I have everything ready, you know and and have the team engaged and You know you just try to think about every little thing that you can do and and make it a special week for these players Because it is a special week. It's it's a week out of the year that if you make the team it's It it means a lot, you know, you build some great relationships during the week the team camaraderie is Is unbelievable. It's just one of those weeks that you want to be a part of and you want to make sure that I Do everything that I can do to make sure that those guys have a great week So You know, it's just the constant thinking about it and now, you know, we're a year out and now it becomes more about You know, who's who who we looking at to play, you know, what what what's the team going to look like? But yeah, it's been fun constantly trying to think about it and take things from other captains other other assistant captains talk to a ton of people I've been just gathering a lot of information and Going from there Patrick. Yeah, I quite a bit of administration stuff over the last Number of months just like Steve golf bags clothing I've come in here to look at the team rooms the bedrooms pick You'd be amazed the detail that goes in behind the scenes of the little details Keeps you pretty busy Kind of have to manage that if you're if I'm still playing so you kind of have to manage your time well I kind of have the feeling now that we kind of turn a corner Soon that obviously a lot of the administration stuff needs to be done a year in advance You know when it comes to designing clothes and making the clothes they need time From now on it. I would think it's going to turn more to My time with the team my time getting you know getting to know the players and understanding what's going on So it would be much more I'm hoping from now on and be much more of the of what people perceived of the captain's job is of just you know Watching his players getting an understanding getting a feel for What my captain see how I want my captain see what I want it to be like and and you know from now on it's Going to get more into the into the The real Ryder Cup stuff the stuff that I would be certainly more interested in and the stuff that I'm you know Will hopefully make me a better captain when it comes around today the event in a year's time Thank you front row here Both of you guys have talked about the golf course Steve. I think it's no secret that you'd like to take some of the things that Hazel team and bring them here. How do you do that on this course because it's so different than his team? Yeah, good question Gary. It's it's Yeah You know, there's no real tricks, you know I mean they know how we like to set up the golf courses and we know how they like to set up the golf courses and You know, I'm sure what he's got envisioned in his mind Is going to be the way it's going to be and and I know the next time when we go We go where do we go the next time wrong? Yeah, and I'm sure it'll be much like Paris. So Yeah, there's no real tricks here, you know It's not going to be eight on the stimp meter like it was in Paris. It's It's not going to be as high as rough as it was in Paris But you know, it's there's no there's no real tricks, you know And but it is a little bit more of a challenge here to Potteryx point earlier that you know It's a link style course, but I don't know if this is a true link style course, you know A lot of this is still played through the air here You know some of the link style that I've played over on over the years overseas is that you know You really bounce the ball up you roll it up You can flight it down low and and here I think it's a little bit more in the air than it is over overseas personally thinking but Yeah, we'll We'll see how it goes Didn't give much steady Martin in the back over here, please When you were talking earlier about your mainstays in the team you didn't mention either Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods Was that a case of you possibly hinting subconsciously that they may have a different role here rather than the playing role? No, I think I mentioned Tiger Phil. I know I didn't mention but not not by It's just that I Went over my head. I guess but No, not at all. I think they both are very capable of making the team You know Tiger probably will make his own team this year and the president's cup. He's he's played well again and It doesn't surprise me either one of those guys were to make this team next year and It looks like Phil is building up his calves and and getting thinner and hitting more bombs So it anything's possible with Phil and and Tiger. We know what kind of player and competitor he is so No, I didn't mean to leave anybody out But it it Like I said, it wouldn't surprise me if either one of those guys and we welcome that as as a team They are both unbelievable in the team room They're they're obviously played on a number of teams and have had so much Experience but to leave any of those guys out would be would be hard to do just because of what they mean And what they have meant to these teams over the years Question over here, please. Yeah, this question is for Podrick What are the in your experience? What are the challenges of being the visiting captain and maybe what about your personality? Kind of suits you for for putting together a team to come to the United States. I suppose It's a different challenge to being a home captain. There's no doubt when you're the home captain you a Lot of your captaincy is setting up the golf course And the challenge that everybody's going to get you get to make a lot of choices when you're the home captain as the way captain you were presented with a lot of presented with certain options that the only option so Mostly about my captaincy will be just managing my team The nine players and then the three captains picks When I have that team, it's putting them together in the right format for four Simpson four ball It's hopefully managing their expectations during the week For what they're going to see and what they're going to you know, how the event will You know how it will The ebbs and flows of the event and and you know That'll probably be more with rookies than the senior players. They've been here before they've seen it before but even then I'd be the sort of person I'd be more of the Bernard Langer style of captaincy than the warm and fuzzy In Wuznam style of captaincy or Sam Tarn so I wouldn't be the guy I will try and be the guy to put the arm around the shoulder But I would definitely be more on the Bernard Langer style of being practical And and try and be organized and give the guys as much help as I can You know outside of that I Just like Steve said you try and pick up from all the captains over the years the good and the bad and and try and develop the good and and and There won't be too much. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel here. There's not going to be too many I don't have new ideas that are going to come in and Revolutionize how we captain a team or a European team. It's going to try and be more the same and present You know with all the options to my players so that they they're in the best possible position to play there They're their their own game and their best game Question over here, please Question for both. I'm wondering if you can take a trip down memory lane and think about the first rider cup you remember as kids Maybe the first one you watched or the first big moment that you can remember Steve Excuse me Yeah, I guess the one that really sticks out in my mind is is The winning putt of Davis love and where was that at when he raises arms? Belfry 93 what year 93? I'm sure I watched him before then but that one just really Sticks out in my memory you know being in a way match and a tight match and You know just an iconic really kind of Picture when he made that winning putt and raised his arms and you could you know knowing knowing Davis now You know what that what that meant and what that feels like so? You know, I still remember that and still look at it And it's in a lot of our team rooms pictures and all that throughout the years So it's probably the one that sticks in my mind the most I think for me personally I grew up as an amateur playing we used to play our winter series of golf a lot in a golf course called royal Dublin Which is the home of Christian Connor senior? So he had at that stage it played the most rider cups and ride a cup history. I think it was nine and his golf bags are Obviously in the memorabilia Cabinets and things there so I grew up with the rider cup being very much in the forefront of golf in Ireland And then obviously Christian Connor junior hit that two iron in 85 would probably be the first shot I probably saw shots before that but 85 would have been that was the one for me Against Fred couples then quickly followed by Amy Darcy and another Irish pro hole in the putt in Muirfield village Holds like a six footer down. Well, maybe a four footer down the hill and 18 at Muirfield like a man would not have been The most beautiful putter to hold a putt like that in the rider cup Phillip Wharton then winning the 95 Hole and you know had to Took two down the last so there was a lot of really being a great Irish heritage in in the rider cup And that's something that I would have been brought up with and so those are those are the standout memories for me Question. Yeah, this is for Steve over the last few rider cups. There's been some Evaluation I guess of the American team and their ability to play match play as compared to the proficiency of the European team As a coach, especially with the young guys where as you're approaching this What would you do to work with their mindset to move to match play versus stroke play that they're used to week after week? Yeah, and I don't I don't know if we're weak in that department. I think you know the The Europeans have outplayed us the last the last few times We we get a lot of practice at it You know we play a president's cup every other year and we play this event We also have the World Golf Championship match play event You know, maybe if anything, you know, we've been looking into stats as well You know, I mean we we do the same thing as the European side and it's you know We gave a lot of holes away in in France By making something other than par We made is almost as many birdies if I remember right during that week in France but we just gave so many holes away and and In making different numbers, you know, so it could be our style of play You know there are guys on the on the US side are our aggressive players. They they make a lot of birdies Usually the guys that make the team are leading the the birdie average for the year, you know They're they're just aggressive players and you know, sometimes in match play It's okay to back down and and try to make a par and and that showed in France You know that if we could have just made some parts that it could have been a different match But that's easier said than done to you know, France was a tough setup Of course is very demanding very difficult. Our guys didn't have any experience on that golf course. So Yeah, so I think if anything, you know the message for our guys will be you know, you Sometimes, you know backing off and making pars and making making the other team earn it is is a good thing and wear them out a little bit, but Yeah, it's I don't It's a tough question. It's you got a whole putt, you know bottom line as you make more putts than the other team You're gonna win but Hopefully we can do that Thank you questions Questions from media twice Padraig Steve, thank you very much for joining us