Ryder Cup trash discuss begins early as Xander Schauffele mocks Rory McIlroy

Xander Schauffele has obtained the trash discuss going early forward of this 12 months’s Ryder Cup after claiming it took ‘nothing particular’ to thrash Team Europe two years in the past. Team USA’s 19-9 victory was the biggest successful margin within the Ryder Cup since 1967 with Steve Stricker fielding a younger group.

Schauffele was one in all a number of gamers making their Ryder Cup debuts for Team USA and he ended up serving to his nation decide up three factors. His solely blip got here in Sunday’s singles as he misplaced to Rory McIlroy, though Team USA’s victory was already a formality at that time having held a commanding 11-5 lead in a single day.

Despite McIlroy successful his singles match in opposition to Schauffele, the Northern Irishman was diminished to tears as he felt he had let the staff down on the primary two days of the competitors. Team Europe will probably be gunning for revenge this 12 months with Luke Donald’s group trying proceed their sturdy report on residence soil.

The United States have not received the Ryder Cup in Europe since 1993 after they mounted a powerful comeback on the Sunday’s singles. But confidence is clearly at an all-time excessive within the US camp as gamers put together for the forty fourth Ryder Cup in Italy.

When requested what it was going to take to finish USA’s wretched report in Europe, Schauffele confidently advised Sports Illustrated: “Nothing special. It may sound weird, but we didn’t do anything special at Whistling Straits.

“All the boys who have been there are conscious of that, and now we have fairly just a few repeat guys on the staff. We’ll stick behind our stats, our staff leaders and our captains and go do our factor.