The 43rd Ryder Cup starts Friday morning at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin where Team USA will have a significant home-course advantage as most fans at the event will be American fans rooting on a team that will be trying to win the Cup for the first time since 2016.
So with that in mind Team Europe tried its best on Wednesday to win over some fans by wearing cheeseheads to the first tee of their practice rounds. They also wore Green Bay Packers colors to show their respect for the local football team.
It was a nice touch that the fans surrounding the first tee really liked but don’t be fooled by this, USA fans, we still must root for the red, white, and blue this weekend. Don’t fall for this sly move! Don’t let this team win you over! They are too good at this Ryder Cup stuff already! Don’t let them get into your heads or even worse… your hearts!
Cheeseheads with green & yellow on the first tee in Wisconsin.#TeamEurope knows what they're doing. pic.twitter.com/wEbWByzRTI
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 22, 2021
Rory McIlroy and the Euro team wore cheeseheads to the first tee, signed them and threw them to fans.#RyderCup pic.twitter.com/gryVwbvn6t
— Mike Sherry (@MikeSherry14) September 22, 2021
Paddy Harrington said even though he's a Pats fan, he's now a Packers fan for life after the Packers provided the European Ryder Cup a bunch of cheesehead hats and worked with them throughout the whole process….
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) September 22, 2021
AGAIN: DON’T FALL FOR THIS, USA FANS!
(It was a nice and fun thing for them to do but still, I see what they were really doing there!)
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