Shane Lowry Insists Team Europe will be ‘prepared' for raucous Ryder Cup crowd at Bethpage Black in New York
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Shane Lowry says Luke Donald will prepare Team Europe for everything and anything as they head to New York in September
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Shane Lowry says Team Europe will be ready for the passionate crowd at Bethpage Black
And the task at hand for the holders of the famous trophy will be all the more challenging as they look to retain it on US soil.
Tempers have flared on and off the course in recent years at the famous match - something
The New York crowd are renowned for their patriotic passion, and the European players are expecting a boisterous atmosphere on foreign soil.
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But he insists they will be prepared for everything and anything come Friday, September 26.
When asked about how European players may handle the away crowd, the Clara native insisted that their skipper will have them ready.
He said: 'Yeah, we've talked about it... there's no doubt we've talked about it.
'But it's still ongoing, and you have to figure out a way to deal with certain stuff.
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'It might not be as bad as they say - people say it will be bad, but we'll see.
'I think if you're prepared for something, you'll deal with it okay; I think when something happens and you're not prepared for it, that's when it gets hard...
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'But we'll be prepared — Luke Donald will prepare his team very well - and we'll be ready to go.'
2019 Open champion Lowry is excited about the task at hand - although the Irishman has not yet qualified, it is expected he would be selected by skipper Luke Donald if he fails to qualify automatically in the standings.
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One person who won't attending is Xander Schauffele's father, the Team USA player's father
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