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PARIS, France – Your hands are moist, your outstretched arms are ready, you are standing on the first tee, nervous in abundance.
Well, it's going to be like that and you hope they have not eaten spaghetti. When Jon Rahm will appear before 10,000 fans on the first tee on Friday morning, he will have listened to Eminem to place him in the hottest shooting area.
All you need to know about the 2018 edition of the Ryder Cup as we prepare for the biennial being held this year at the Golf National de Paris.
Tiger Woods will be paired with Patrick Reed on the first day of the Ryder Cup.
The Ryder Cup puts players to the test so that a regular tour stop – or even a major – does not. So who is ready for the challenge? Who is not? We look at both lists and evaluate them.
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In preparation for the tee shot at the Ryder Cup, recruits and veterans speculated and evoked the pressure. In short, it is like nothing else.
Veterans
Tiger Woods, United States
"My first Ryder Cup, I remember going out [to play foursomes] with Mark O 'Meara – he was the veteran, so he says, "The way the golf course gets put up, you should start [odd-numbered holes]& # 39 ;.
And I said, "Well, I'm a bit like the others. "
"And he said," No, no, no. The chances are good for you and for the way it's going for us. "
"And I said," No, I love the guys. Why do you want to appear? Because you have to hit the first tee shot? "
"And then he says," No, you hit the first tee shot. "He's the vet, so I listened, I hit an iron, I found him in the fairway and phew, everything was fine. "
Ian Poulter, Europe
"Over the years, I've tried to explain to a number of people what it's like to kick off and how the body feels when you walk down, and as a player played in many majors now, it's different [from those]. Walking up to the first tee at Augusta, walking up to the first tee at St. Andrews, walking up to the first tee of the Ryder Cup is also different. It's very difficult to explain. "
Justin Rose, Europe
"You never feel comfortable with that, I do not think you can really walk up to that first start on Friday and go," yes, it feels good "or" it seems normal to me ".
"You feel alive, I think that José Maria Olazábal gave us a little souvenir for a year, and it says:" All men die but not all men live. "I think what he meant by that was feeling that adrenaline, that emotion, I think that's all.
Rory McIlroy, Europe
"When I started my first Ryder Cup, I did not know what it was, I always thought it was, you know, this team event that does not matter in the big game of things. Individual Titles and All This Once I got to that first start on Friday morning, I thought, "Oh, it's a little different from what I expected."
"I was very nervous, you try to put your ball on this tee and you have to get it over there several times."
Webb Simpson, United States
So, the story [to an infamous pop-up on the first shot at Gleneagles in 2014, which travelled 205 yards], why it's even funnier for me, but it was a photo I had in my bag all year. It was the fifth time I had done it. I lost a little concentration and I went a little too high and I did it several times that year. Usually, it goes straight down, you go straight ahead and hit the fairway.
I'm going to say – Justin Rose might not admit it – but he had a 3-wood outlet, and I looked at it and passed it to the pilot because the driver is a lot bigger. So maybe my shot touched it.
"[Celtic Manor in 2010] was probably one of the most nervous that I have ever been on a t-shirt. I was glad that I hit a driver. It would not have been a fun move with anything else. There are so many fans around cheers and songs. It was very impressive, especially with my first Ryder Cup. "
Brooks Koepka, United States
"The Ryder Cup really looks like a sporting event, a football game, a basketball game, it does not matter, it's noisy and people are not afraid to boo." It's fun It was the coolest experience, the coolest thing I've ever done while playing golf in an atmosphere like that. "
The recruits
Justin Thomas, United States
"The stories I've heard in the past tell me I can not do anything to get ready for the first tee shot I've heard several stories of guys getting into the first tee saying," I can not pull the trigger, you have to take it [the first shot]. & # 39; "
Tommy Fleetwood, Europe
"The first thing I've described since the Ryder Cup became a goal is this first tee-off, which was central to my concerns and when I thought of the Ryder Cup in Paris. in particular, I've thought of this first tee shot – what will it look like, but nothing prepares you for the real thing. "
Thorbjorn Olesen, Europe
"I will definitely be very nervous, there is no doubt, I will try to just kiss the moment and do my best." I like to be nervous, I think it's a great feeling to have, so I'm impatient when I'm on this first tee. "
& # 39; It & # 39; tribune
This platform is huge. I made sure that I looked back and checked today, and it is gigantic. I've only seen galleries like the NFL stadiums in the United States.
Justin Thomas, United States
It's like we have three huge buildings around the first tee this week.
Ian Poulter, Europe
"When I think back to 2004 [his first Ryder Cup]the booth is nothing like what we have today. It will be a special moment on Friday, and it will be very interesting to watch. "
Rory McIlroy, Europe
"It's a huge stand." Playing a trick yesterday, there was hardly anyone there, and I still get goosebumps watching and thinking that on Friday, it'll be packed. "
Patrick Reed, United States
"When I saw this for the first time [grandstand] on the first tee, I looked up and felt that I was looking up. It is always fun to come abroad and hear all the little strokes and mischievous songs they have made.
"I can not wait to see the entire gallery filled and see what this dynamic looks like, with so many people around the first tee."
Tiger Woods, United States
"In Wales [Celtic Manor in 2010], for some reason, I do not know what it was acoustic, but [the fans] were so close to each other that it was reverberant. It was so strong. You could hear it on the green, right next to the first tee, but when you're on the first tee, you can really feel it. It was fun to be part of. I liked it.
"I think this week will be exactly like that, but I think the decibels will be a bit higher."
Paul Casey, Europe
"We had a little tasting of this first tee [in practise rounds]. It was really noisy. Then, when we came out of the tee, a hundred meters away, we realized that it was [only] about 5 percent full!
"The guys will be extremely nervous about this first game, with probably just 10,000 people singing and singing, and yet it will be spectacular from the start – it's the nature of the Ryder Cup."
Alex Noren, Europe
"It's amazing to come in. At the French Open, it's already a good atmosphere around this first tee, and [in practice] you felt a little what it could be, but it was not so crowded in the current stand, there was a lot of people around the start. "
The dilemma of club selection
This [first] The starting shot is as difficult as we probably played all season. That adds to that. It will be very cold, so I will probably hit the driver, which is a good thing – a bigger head, better.
Bubba Watson, United States
I was told that I could not get the crowd up, because it's an iron. It's much easier when it's a driver, but this hole, it's a different golf course, a different configuration. I do not want to stop trying to shoot a ball from the tee and grease it 20 meters from the fairway. They [his teammates] I said I can not do it this time.
Tyrell Hatton, Europe
"Obviously, it's very cold in the morning, and at the Open de France, we normally hit like an iron or something similar because it was pretty firm, so we'll see. I'll be very surprised if it's more than that. "
Justin Rose, Europe
"This is the most incredible first shot I've ever seen, and this year it's a long flat iron, you normally play the pilot and hope for the best, but you may have to hit a good old iron there. "
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