Overview

• Practice is underway on Long Island ahead of Friday’s start, with Europe returning 11 of 12 players from the 2023 win and only Rasmus Hojgaard debuting.
• Luke Donald’s team used virtual-reality headsets with simulated heckling to prepare for a hostile first-tee atmosphere that players expect in New York.
• President Donald Trump is expected at Friday’s opening session, a presence U.S. players including Scottie Scheffler say could energize the already partisan galleries.
• Organisers have altered Bethpage Black for match play, moving the first tee for a massive grandstand, shortening rough and widening some fairways, with the famous warning sign relocated to Rockefeller Center.
• For the first time the PGA of America will pay the U.S. team up to $500,000 per player, including a $300,000 charity allocation, while Europe declined payment; the opening ceremony timing was moved to avoid forecast severe weather.