Bradley and Donald expecting the New York crowd to live up to expectation

Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald are expecting the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York to live up to all the hype and for the home fans to do what they do best when the United States welcomes Europe to Long Island.

The opposing Ryder Cup captains were in Long Island in New York for a press event with less than a year to go before their respective sides lock horns.

But according to Bradley, that’s providing that the American side lives up to their end of the bargain and give the fans something to cheer about.

“It’s definitely going to be an intense environment for both teams,” he said. “New York is an incredible place to play but they expect you to win and win your matches, win your game, win your whatever. We know we have to go out there and perform for the fans to be behind us.

But we’re looking forward to the challenge is of what it is to play a Ryder Cup at Bethpage, the fun it’s going to be, the loud cheers, the excitement.

“I definitely think the Ryder Cup, in particular, accentuates a certain type of player and especially at Bethpage, you have to be ready for that intense atmosphere.”

The last Ryder Cup to be held in the United States was at Wisconsin’s Whistling Straits in 2021, and due to travel restrictions in place, the European supporters in attendance were few and far between.

The away side will have considerably more support at Bethpage, but will still be drastically outnumbered. But to Luke Donald, that’s part of the magic of the Ryder Cup and he knows that the shoe was on the other foot in 2023 at Marco Simone.