{"id":292075,"date":"2023-09-25T17:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=292075"},"modified":"2023-09-25T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:34:32","slug":"exclusive-team-europe-to-deploy-slower-greens-at-the-ryder-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/golf\/exclusive-team-europe-to-deploy-slower-greens-at-the-ryder-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Team Europe to deploy SLOWER greens at the Ryder Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>EXCLUSIVE: Team Europe deploy SLOWER greens at the Ryder Cup as Luke Donald&#8217;s side look to gain home advantage<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Team Europe have deployed slower greens at the Ryder Cup in Rome this week\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The greens are slower than what Zach Johnson&#8217;s team are used to stateside<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>The greens will be notably slower than those at the Masters and at the US Open<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Europe have seemingly deployed slower greens at the Ryder Cup in Rome in a bid to utilise home advantage and throw the Americans off their game.<\/p>\n<p>With a number of the US team practising at Marco Simone on Monday, ahead of Friday\u2019s opening foursomes session, elements of their set-up confirmed to Mail Sport that the putting surfaces are not as lightning quick as those they are more familiar with Stateside.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a recurring ploy over the history of the Cup, where the home team calls the shots on course configuration.<\/p>\n<p>One prominent member of the US delegation estimated the green speeds here at 10 on the Stimpmeter \u2013 a device used to measure the rollout of a putt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the time the competitive action begins, it is understood they will at around 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/17\/75817737-12558747-image-a-16_1695659663385.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Team Europe are hoping to utilise their home advantage at this year&#8217;s Ryder Cup by deploying slower greens than what the US Team will be used to in America\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/17\/75817327-12558747-image-a-1_1695659364190.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Americans have been practising at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome this week, with reports saying that the greens are rolling at 11 on the stimpmeter<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/17\/75817731-12558747-image-a-3_1695659394986.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>For the Masters and US Open the greens normally run at speeds upwards of 13 on the stimpmeter\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That will still be on the slower side of what the leading professionals prefer in the biggest tournaments across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>For the Masters, US Open, The Players Championship and US PGA Championship, the green speeds can often roll upwards of 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It will have been done on purpose and that\u2019s fine,\u2019 said one of the US support staff. \u2018It\u2019s part of home advantage.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Another feature of the 7,300-yard course here in Rome will be the fiendish rough and narrowed fairways, which has been based on the debatable theory that it will favour European accuracy off the tee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/17\/75817845-12558747-image-a-17_1695659798269.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald (pictured) will be hoping the course plays to his sides favour this week in Rome\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12558747\/Team-Europe-deploy-SLOWER-greens-Ryder-Cup-Luke-Donalds-look-gain-home-advantage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Team Europe deploy SLOWER greens at the Ryder Cup as Luke Donald&#8217;s side look to gain home advantage Team Europe have deployed slower greens at the Ryder Cup in Rome this week\u00a0\u00a0 The greens are slower than what Zach Johnson&#8217;s team&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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