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The Bryson DeChambeau dilemma: How will Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley utilize United States' X-factor? 

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Before the automatic qualifying window closed and all the bubbles popped, United States Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley made it clear that Bryson DeChambeau was going to be a member of his team at Bethpage Black -- no matter what transpired over the remainder of the summer. While the two-time U.S. Open champion was inside the top six that automatically qualify at that time, with some additional tournaments on the schedule for his PGA Tour counterparts, he was hardly guaranteed a spot purely on points.

Bradley ensured DeChambeau knew he was on steady ground with the American side.

"Bryson is going to be a very important piece to us winning the Ryder Cup," the captain said.

In his last chance to watch DeChambeau at The Open Championship, Bradley provided assurance that he would see the big-hitting right hander in a couple months' time. He left personal notes in lockers at Royal Portrush that aimed to light a fire in the bellies of those who would be donning the red, white and blue in New York.

"This year's no joke," DeChambeau said at The Open. "We're tired of it. We're tired of losing."

For DeChambeau, this year's Ryder Cup marks a return to the competition after failing to make the team in 2023. Consider his belly fired up as, that summer, he was passed over despite a significant run at the PGA Championship and a win at LIV Golf Greenbrier where he signed for a final-round 58. One week before the United States fell to Europe in Rome, DeChambeau won LIV Golf Chicago.

DeChambeau's omission by then-captain Zach Johnson came following a 2021 Ryder Cup in which he teamed with Scottie Scheffler, the latter of whom was a winless PGA Tour player making his event debut at the time. The two won 1.5 out of 2 possible points in their four-ball matches as DeChambeau served as a pseudo sherpa, tacking on another full point by himself in Sunday singles.

That version of Scheffler is long gone, of course. Now the world No. 1 and four times a major champion, Scheffler sticking a peg in the ground alongside DeChambeau no longer makes sense unless Bradley were to stack two of his best players together -- a risky choice that is unlikely to occur.

DeChambeu (5-1) sits only behind Schefler (2-1) as the projected top American points scorer, according to Caesars Sportsbook.

With DeChambeau out of frame, Scheffler has starred alongside Russell Henley in foursomes (1-1-0 in the Presidents Cup) and good friend Sam Burns in fourball where the strategy for pairings is not quite as complex. 

Bradley understands how to pair his best player, but the calculation gets much more difficult when factoring in DeChambeau. While it may sound hyperbolic, Bradley's determination how to best involve the 31-year-old may be one on which the result of the Ryder Cup rests.

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"I think foursomes is obviously the tougher format to pair because there's so many more factors," Bradley said at the Procore Championship. "There's the golf ball. You really want to match up the personalities with foursomes because it is a way tougher format. … But foursomes we have some history in some of the pairings."

As Bradley mentioned ahead of the United States' final tune-up, there are a handful of avenues down which he could send DeChambeau in foursomes -- based on equipment, personality or statistical fit. If he can put all three together, Bradley may well find a winner at the end of the road.

Making the DeChambeau decision even more important is that foursomes will be the opening session Friday and Saturday morning. Europe went 7-1 in foursomes in 2023, and the U.S. went 6-2 in foursomes at Whistling Straits two years prior. A fast start is required to win the Ryder Cup, and DeChambeau is likely to be featured in foursomes despite going 0-2-0 in his career with Mickelson and Woods as partners in 2018.

Based on equipment (i.e. the golf ball), DeChambeau would draw Cameron Young. Another adopter of a Titleist prototype dubbed the Pro V1x Double Dot, Young won the Wyndham Championship the first week he put the custom performance option in play. A partnership with Young would take out a massive variable and allow both players to feel at home standing over the ball. 

However, Young's statistical profile is not too dissimilar from that of DeChambeau. In the simplest form, both players are long drivers and quality putters. Iron play can come and go, while around-the-green struggles have been known to pop up. They could not be more different from a personality perspective, which may actually serve as beneficial for DeChambeau depending how amped up he gets.

That's where Justin Thomas could factor in. Among the 11 other players on Team USA, who is not only able to take on the circus that follows DeChambeau but thrive within it? Thomas may be the only man for the job. If you want to hit the nitrous and roar off the starting line, DeChambeau and Thomas begins to make some sense as a pairing.

Statistically, their long-term skillsets are complementary. Thomas is lethal with wedges in hand and a magician around the green, which pairs well with DeChambeau's strengths, and even more importantly, his weaknesses. The same goes for Thomas, who has not been at his best with the driver in 2025. 

The equipment would not be a perfect match, but Thomas does play the Pro V1x and needs of a foursomes partner given Jordan Spieth's absence from the competition.

Ultimately, Bradley's DeChambeau dilemma will not be settled until the announcement is made Wednesday evening. Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are presumed partners, as are Scheffler and Henley, but when DeChambeau's name gets dropped, there will be a moment of uncertainty until the second is finally revealed.

With fourball, Bradley can give DeChambeau some more leash. Ben Griffin had expressed to CBS Sports this summer his desire to play with DeChambeau, which would likely occur in fourball if it were to at all. Griffin is someone who seems to enjoy the spotlight and would give DeChambeau another opportunity to shepherd around a rookie like he did back in 2021. The same rings true for another rookie in J.J. Spaun.

No matter the decision, it will hold substantial weight for the United States and its prospects of winning back the Ryder Cup. A proper partner could unlock DeChambeau's fullest capabilities in both playing formats, and in doing so, unleash the Americans' full potential.

"He's been incredible," Bradley said of DeChambeau in the lead up to the Ryder Cup. "He's been more than willing to go above and beyond for this team. I think it's a testament to what a good teammate Bryson is. I think it's actually really cool to see … it's easy for the guys to come play here and come to dinner. Bryson's got to get on a plane, he's got to come to these meetings, and I think it's a great thing, shows the commitment in that Bryson has for the team. 

"He's going to be a huge asset for us. Obviously, from the standpoint of how good of a player he is, but also he's fun to be around. He's great to the younger guys. It's fun for us to see Bryson in an atmosphere outside the golf course as well."

 

 

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Ryder Cup week hasn’t begun yet, but the heat is already rising for the highly anticipated battle at Bethpage Black. Two of the Ryder Cup’s biggest stars — Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau — are trading blows ahead of the event.

McIlroy, the European team veteran, was the latest to get in on the act. In a new Guardian interview conducted in August at East Lake, McIlroy hit back at American star DeChambeau’s plan to “chirp in the ear” of the reigning Masters champ at Bethpage.

Here’s what you need to know.

Rory dismisses Bryson’s Ryder Cup plan to ‘chirp’ him
With the 2025 Ryder Cup days away, the Guardian’s Ewen Murray published an exclusive interview with McIlroy. But the interview itself is not new. Murray sat down with McIlroy in the East Lake locker room during the 2025 Tour Championship to get his thoughts on his Masters win and, of course, the upcoming Ryder Cup.

Amid the interview, Murray brought up DeChambeau’s recent comments. At the “Happy Gilmore 2” premiere in New York City this July, People asked DeChambeau about McIlroy and the Ryder Cup.

His response could be considered one of the first shots fired of what is expected to be a tense Ryder Cup.

“I’ll be chirping in [McIlroy’s] ear this time. Now, if we go up against each other, I mean, you can be sure of it,” DeChambeau said.

When Murray asked McIlroy what he thought of DeChambeau’s plan for him at Bethpage, McIlroy dismissed it with his own jab at the two-time U.S. Open champion.

“I think the only way he gets attention is by mentioning other people. That is basically what I think of that. To get attention he will mention me or Scottie [Scheffler] or others,” McIlroy told the Guardian.

The two players’ existing rivalry likely influenced the tone of their comments. Off the course, McIlroy and DeChambeau have been on opposite ends of the PGA Tour-LIV Golf feud.

On the course, DeChambeau stole the 2024 U.S. Open from McIlroy’s grasp, and McIlroy returned the favor this April at Augusta with his historic Masters victory. Bryson played with Rory in the final round and finished T5. After the tournament, DeChambeau claimed McIlroy “didn’t talk to me all day.”

But their Ryder Cup histories have barely intersected. DeChambeau has played in two Ryder Cups, in 2018 and 2021. Though McIlroy also played in both of those events, they have never faced each other in a match.

At the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, DeChambeau didn’t make the U.S. team.

McIlroy: It’s ‘inevitable’ Ryder Cup fans will ‘get to us’
There has been much hand-wringing recently about how the New York fans will behave during the three days of Ryder Cup play at Bethpage Black.

While no one knows what will happen, both the American and European players seem to agree that it will be a loud, hostile environment for the away team. Add to that the fact that the last Ryder Cup featured a near-brawl between the players, and you have the makings of a volatile golf event.

In his Guardian interview, McIlroy revealed he thinks it’s “inevitable” that “something will happen” at this year’s Ryder Cup.

This New York Ryder Cup will be crazy. Question is, how crazy?
“I think it’s inevitable something is going to happen in New York. It might not involve me but it is inevitable that something will happen, whether like in Rome last time or something else,” McIlroy said.

He continued: “I just think when you go into that environment and you are there for five or six days and the crowd are on you for eight hours, so many days in a row… it is inevitable it will get to someone or get to us as a group at some point. We are just going to have to do a really good job of managing that, having each other’s backs and protecting each other.”

But McIlroy also sounded confident of his team’s chances of spoiling DeChambeau and the U.S. team’s party next week by winning an away Ryder Cup. That confidence comes from the “continuity” he sees on the European team from their victorious 2023 squad.

“If I compare it to the last two away Ryder Cups that I have played, I would say we are in a way better spot,” McIlroy said. “I still believe we are the underdogs but I feel more confident than I was in 2016 and 2021 that we can pull it off.”

The Ryder Cup action begins next Friday, September 26, at the Black Course on Long Island.

 

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Trying to increase pressure...      As Saban says -- "RAT POISON"

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Luke Donald has cranked up the heat on the United States Ryder Cup team by claiming the home crowd at Bethpage from Friday may be more likely to turn on Keegan Bradley and his players because they are being paid to take on Europe. In what is a highly controversial move, Bradley and his 12-man side will each collect $500,000 (£370,000) – $300,000 of which must be directed towards charity, with the rest labelled a stipend – while the European contingent continue to perform at the Ryder Cup for free. Added to the mix is the fact that tickets start at $750 per tournament day.

Much has been made of likely antipathy from the New York audience towards Donald and his players as Europe look to retain the trophy they won in Rome two years ago. However, the Englishman believes USA could find themselves under intense gallery pressure if Europe gain an upper hand. “That could happen,” said Donald. “We all know how high the ticket prices are, and it’s going to be an expensive trip out for a family of four. If the US players are getting paid a stipend, or whatever it is, and they aren’t performing, the New Yorkers could make them know about it.”

Donald, who also led Europe in 2023, seems comfortable that the visitors have avoided the cash element despite the Ryder Cup escalating as a commercial entity. “I wanted to get ahead of this when I first heard about it last year and looked like it was likely going to happen,” Donald said of the USA team being paid. “I reached out to all the 12 guys from Rome to see how they felt. Their voices are important. Everyone was like: ‘We haven’t even considered playing for money for that event.’

“We just don’t see that. We understand what it represents. We have a great purpose and that’s really enough for us. We understand that the money raised goes to help the European Tour Group and the grassroots. We talk a lot about this, we are here to inspire the next generation. So this money is going to good things. It will hopefully help future Ryder Cup players become great players. I think our purpose, why we play the Ryder Cup, is pretty strong and that’s enough for that week.

“It speaks to what the Ryder Cup means to these guys. A couple of hundred thousand dollars to these guys isn’t a lot of money in the grand scheme of things. Those weeks of the Ryder Cup, they are the best weeks. There’s so much more to them. We certainly don’t need any motivation or monetary rewards to get us up.”

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The victorious European team in Rome in 2023. Photograph: Marco Iacobucci/Shutterstock

Donald’s level of grit is often underplayed. The 47-year-old is softly spoken but lacks nothing in competitive steel. “There’s plenty of anger and a chip on my shoulder underneath,” he said. “I want to win. When I was No 1 in the world, I would look at any slight towards me and use that as motivation.

“I certainly could have easily walked away a couple years ago after a great job in Rome and people were pleased. This is a great challenge. To have this opportunity, to push yourself to try to do something that’s very difficult to do, that’s pretty motivating for me. Hopefully we can do it.”

By Sunday night Donald could become the first European captain since Tony Jacklin to win home and away Ryder Cups. Recent records suggest he faces an uphill task, with the Europeans without a win on US soil since 2012, but the captain is keen to accentuate positives. Donald’s 10 ½ points from 15 matches when a player stands out as an exceptional modern day return and was a key part of the Miracle of Medinah 13 years ago. Donald will be assisted in New York by Thomas Bjørn, José María Olazábal, Alex Norén and the Molinari brothers, Edoardo and Francesco.

“I think not even just me but you look at the vice-captains,” Donald said. “Between playing, vice-captains, captaining, we have been part of 35 Ryder Cups, the six of us, and we have won 29 of those, 83%. It’s pretty good. I think our team has a lot of confidence in those guys. We have a lot of history. That’s something to really feel confident about.

“We obviously have to make some changes from the last couple [in the US] because those weren’t very good. Between myself and the other vice captains that’s kind of been our thinking, how do we make it a little bit closer and that’s what we’ve been working on.”

 

 

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Euros being particularly cunty in the build to this Ryder.  Rory can’t help himself insufferable cunt that he is but I’m a bit surprised by some of the others.  

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Today USA practice round...

There were not many surprises in the way Bradley grouped his three groups of four players for the only full practice round they play this week.

Justin Thomas and Cameron Young were together, as they were in the Procore Championship two weeks ago in Napa, California. Ben Griffin, one of four Ryder Cup rookies, was with Bryson DeChambeau, who was not in Napa because he's with LIV Golf and thus ineligible for PGA Tour play.

Scottie Scheffler was with Russell Henley — they formed a tough partnership in the Presidents Cup last year at Royal Montreal — along with U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun and Harris English.

The final group had Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, partners for most team matches over the last six years, along with Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa, who won a fourballs match in Marco Simone at the last Ryder Cup.

Schauffele and DeChambeau have gone about a month since last competing. DeChambeau finished the LIV season on Aug. 24, and Schauffele missed the Procore Championship while at home with a newborn son.  

 

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A Team United: U.S. Ryder Cup Team Shares a New York Moment They’ll Remember for a Lifetime

 

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Chamblee seems butthurt on DeChambeau. 

We all get that he doesn't approve of LIV and may or may not be familiar with how social media works but he just can't seem to help himself from being an ass. 

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16 hours ago, alincoln said:

Euros being particularly cunty in the build to this Ryder.  Rory can’t help himself insufferable cunt that he is but I’m a bit surprised by some of the others.  

so much this.  dude is as fake as a 3 dollar bill.

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20 minutes ago, orange dream said:

Chamblee seems butthurt on DeChambeau. 

We all get that he doesn't approve of LIV and may or may not be familiar with how social media works but he just can't seem to help himself from being an ass. 

those who can't play, teach. those who can't teach, commentate.

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1 hour ago, orange dream said:

Chamblee seems butthurt on DeChambeau. 

We all get that he doesn't approve of LIV and may or may not be familiar with how social media works but he just can't seem to help himself from being an ass. 

I watched that and watched McGinley back DeC.  Fuck Brandel.  quote I saw was, "Brandel has so much sand in his vagina, he could make glass"

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4 hours ago, orange dream said:

Chamblee seems butthurt on DeChambeau. 

We all get that he doesn't approve of LIV and may or may not be familiar with how social media works but he just can't seem to help himself from being an ass. 

Yeah, Chamblee is often a real "ass" 🙄

Not a good look for a former Longhorn golfer...

Chamblee was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Speech Communication and was a first-team All-American in his junior year and twice a second-team All-American.  

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Ryder Cup 2025: Where should I post up at Bethpage? A scientific ranking of the best spectator holes

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — I'm going to start with something annoying here—to get the readers on my side early—which is that the Ryder Cup is very fun to watch if you're a spoiled media member like me who can get inside the ropes and follow specific matches from start to finish. But if you're a civilian with a ticket? You really, really need a game plan. It's probably the hardest event in the world to navigate if you want to see actual golf. There are fewer matches—just four per session until Sunday—and massive crowds of large drunken people who will make it hard for you to see a player hit a shot. The good news is that the atmosphere is awesome, but the bad news is pretty much everything else.

There's only one solution: You gotta post up. You have to pick a spot and stay there, because if you try to wander and get lucky, you'll see almost nothing and realize with a sinking sense of dread that you spent $6,000 to get bodied by a fat sweaty shirtless guy wearing Viking horns and a stars-and-stripes thong.
 
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I'm here to help. I've crunched the numbers, studied Bethpage Black and am prepared to present a comprehensive ranking of the best places to sit at the actual course. First, though, I have a few pieces of generic advice:

A: Be at a green. The only exception here is if you're heading to the first tee for the atmosphere. Watching tee shots from the grandstand or approaches from the fairway is going to be massively anticlimactic. At the green, you can see the approach shots land and players win holes by making putts (or lose them by gagging). It's the most electric part of the course, and the rankings below refer to having a spot by the green. I refuse to even rank tees and fairways; if you end up there, something has gone horribly wrong.

B: Be by a TV screen. Even with the best seat in the house, you'll maybe get to see 45 minutes of live golf, and half the fun is going to be following the action everywhere else on the course with all the fans around you.

😄 😄 If you're in it to get hammered, be close to both a booze vendor and a bathroom. (I shouldn't have to tell you this.)

😧😧 Get there early or you'll be boxed out. You can't just decide at 10 a.m. that you want to go sit in the grandstand on 18.

OK, now we're ready. What follows is a ranking of every spectator hole at Bethpage, starting with the worst and working toward the best. Study up, and if you want to be like me, you can reference this video, which has some good flyovers, yardages and some nice hearty stats.

10. 12th Green (Par 4, 496 yards)

This one's a bit of a novelty, because frankly, Ryder Cup courses have not been particularly challenging in the recent past, and we're not used to seeing these types of holes that would make even a USGA official salivate. This is the second-hardest hole on the course, and there will be something grimly fascinating about watching guys try to grind out a 4, especially in the singles session. (This might be the first time we see two teams say "good good" on the tee.) We're flying a little bit blind in terms of whether a U.S. Open-style beast of a hole will be any fun in match play, and while I think the medium-hard holes could end up a little boring, there's a sort of car-crash quality that might make it compelling. You should get a bonus view of 5 green, too, but not much else.

 
9. 2nd Green (Par 4, 389 yards)

Don't let the short length fool you—this one doglegs hard enough to the left that only a true psychopath would try to cut the "corner." Maybe Bryson DeChambeau is the psycho we need, but most guys will take less club and try to stay in the fairway. After that, though, they'll still have a nice little wedge into the green, and though the hole loses points for being early in the round, it should yield a few birdies. Not a bad spectator option, in a pinch. The reason I have it rated among the worst of the grandstands is because while you'll get to see every group, it's in that tough spot where the excitement of the first hole has worn off, but you're nowhere near the dramatic parts of the match. However, sitting here should also give you a nice view of No. 3, a nasty little par-3 with a thin, long green that averages roughly 45 feet deep. At the 2009 U.S. Open it was the hardest par 3 on the course and had the highest three-putt percentage anywhere.

8. 15th Green (Par 4, 477 yards)

Here we have a comically hard hole, the hardest Bethpage Black has to offer, where you're completely screwed if you missed the fairway and almost half the field in a stroke-play event will make bogey. How does that translate to match play? I've seen some takes that hard holes in general aren't as fun at a Ryder Cup—you want a drivable par 4 or a weird par 3—and I think I mostly agree. Blow-ups are fascinating in stroke play, but can be anticlimactic in match play. Still, the team strategy here will be fascinating, and coming late in the layout, it will be dramatic as hell. You might even see a match end here—17 of 140 have done so since 2014—and only 10 percent of matches will have ended before, so you'll see almost every player. The downside is that based on the location on the course, you're not going to be able to see much else.

 

7. 13th Green (Par 5, 608 yards)

At first glance, this one appears to be one of the toughies that violates a few key principles of what makes a good match-play hole—it's long as can be, the tee shot is maybe the hardest on the course, and the second shot will average around 285 yards. BUT! Think about what it's like to watch this one from the green. Not only will you get to see a few players try to bomb it on from a mile away, but when players lay up, you'll get to see those fun short approaches that flirt with the hole. It's going to be a pretty neat theater, very late in the game, and despite the length it's not impervious to birdies. If anything, I've probably underrated it here, because you should also be able to see a bit of No. 14, one of my beloved par 3s.

6. 1st Green (Par 4, 397 yards)

You may think the first green is a little early in the match to be worthwhile, but it seems like wild things happen there routinely—I'm thinking of Viktor Hovland's chip-in in the second match in Rome, among others—and the tension is so unbearably high as the players hit the course that it's truly great theater. This hole in particular skews slightly easy by Bethpage standards, so you'll see some birdie looks, and winning the first is always more critical than you'd think in match play. This will be a highly underrated spot, particularly because you should get a solid view of the par-3 17th later in the day, but it will fill up fast as fans spill over from the full first-tee grandstand.

5. 11th Green (Par 4, 435 yards)

 
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At some point, you should ask yourself why you're at Bethpage—is it to see as much golf as possible or to see dramatic golf? Because if it's the former, I've heard the inside scoop that the 11th green grandstand is as good as it gets. It's a bit of a hike from the clubhouse, but that's relative, and it probably means if you get there early you won't have quite as much competition for the seats. So why is it so good? Well, not only do you get to see this short par 4, but you'll also have views of 10 tee, 12 tee, 9 green and 7 fairway. A view of two greens is, by itself, almost worth the price of admission. You're also going to get to see every match on the course here, because, fun historical fact, the 11th hole is the only hole before No. 14 where a match has actually ended in the last decade. In related news, it is also the only hole that has made Scottie Scheffler cry.

 
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4. 1st Tee and 18th Green (Par 4, 397 yards; Par 4, 411 yards)

 
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This is the biggest structure on the course, and for good reason—the first tee and the last hole are two of the top attractions. So why is it only fourth in my rankings? Well, let's start with the first tee. I had my mind blown there at Gleneagles, the first Ryder Cup abroad I ever attended, but since then I've been just slightly underwhelmed a little more each time. If you're not a spoiled princeling like me, you'll probably love it, but this is just a cynic's warning that it's become a little more produced and a little less organic with time. If this was just a group of golf nuts going insane as the sun rose over Bethpage and again in the half-drunken early afternoon, I'd say go crazy. But considering that your spectating experience is over pretty quickly and all you're seeing is tee shots (very easy ones, no less), it would be irresponsible of me not to offer at least a small warning.

 

HOWEVER, you do get a second bang for your buck with the 18th green. The downside here is obvious—you're not going to see every match. You're not even going to see half of them, in fact, because since 1983 only 38.7 percent of matches have made it to 18, a number that has gone down to 31 percent since 2014. But here's the thing—the matches you do see are going to be awesome. Just think about 2023 alone, where if you sat on 18 you would have seen Rahm's dramatic tie against Scheffler, Rose's putt where he pointed at his teammates, and Cantlay draining a clutch putt late Saturday just before Joe LaCava danced a tango on Rory's line. You won't see every moment here, but you will see the best moments. It’s a true risk-reward choice.

3. 14th Green (Par 3, 161 yards)

 
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This is almost the best of everything, to me. You can tell by now I have a bad case of par-3 favoritism, because you can see the player teeing off, the ball in the air, the landing and all the ensuing putts. You're probably also going to see every single match—since 2014, only one match out of 140 has finished before the 14th hole. It's the absolute sweet spot for seeing a dramatic part of the match, not missing out on any player and getting the thrill of a par 3. This one is better than most, because it's one of the easiest holes on the course and will produce a lot of birdie looks. If I had a ticket at Bethpage, this would be my spot. However, I can't rank it first in good faith because of the fact that it's a little bit isolated on the grounds, and you'll probably be feeling a little FOMO as the matches move on.

2. 17th Tee (Par 3, 179 yards)

I know I said you should be by a green, but the cool thing here is that at 17, you're going to get a very good view of 16 green. If I were attending a U.S. Open at Bethpage, and I could only watch a single hole, I'd probably pick 16. It's a complete beast, with less than half the field typically finding a green in regulation, it has a couple wild octopus-tentacle bunkers by the green and on the heels of 15, it's a hilariously brutal two-hole stretch with the added difficulty of Ryder Cup pressure. Historically at Ryder Cups, 16 is a tremendous combination of different factors; 77 percent of all matches have reached the 16th since 2014, and also, 32 of them have ended here. And then, of course, you get to watch players tee off on 17, and a good pair of binoculars will make sure the action on the green is viewable too.

1. 17th Green (Par 3, 179 yards)

 
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It's nearly perfect. A long, tough par 3 that will lead to serious blunders but also incredible sand shots. The drama will be out of this world—in the last five Cups, 32 of 140 matches have ended on 17, so you'll have a front-row seat to GLORY and DESPAIR. Sure, you'll miss the 40-45 percent of the matches that end earlier, which is kind of a bummer, but the trade-off is you’ve got an amazing chance to witness something iconic. Add in the viewable 16th green, and a faraway sight line to 18 green (if you're in the right spot), and this is, quite simply, the best place to see something you'll never forget.

 

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