Xander Schauffele is Bringing a New Perspective to Bethpage Black ｜ 2025 Ryder Cup

We welcome our first kid. His name's Victor. He's a little boy. He's been pretty good so far. I'd say I'm definitely sleeping more than Maya right now. I feel pretty different being a dad now. It's pretty fresh, just over two weeks. I think Maya and I both feel different, different sense of responsibility, and it's been fun to do this whole thing with her. What do we got here? Oh, that's awesome. Mama will be very happy to put this on him. He'll be rocking this shortly. It was nice to take a little bit of time off. It kind of came at a good time. A healthy break, a couple weeks, been back at it and trying to get the game as sharp and as fresh as possible. Representing the United States of America, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Shoffley. PC and I, we're good buddies, become really close over the past few years. We've been beat. We've won good matches, close matches. We've gotten smoked in some matches, but through thick and thin, we've had a lot of fun. I think we just see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, and the way we play golf is pretty similar. It kind of overlaps into the same lens when we're playing alternate shot, which is key. With his bunker shot as Luke Donald, carried it way too far. Now, tricky downhiller. Come on, get in the hole. Get in. Oh, there you go. You beauty. It's weird to say Russell Henley's a rookie, top player in the world. Been playing unbelievable golf for the entire year. JJ Spahn, fresh US Open champ. Ben Griffin, multiple winner on tour this year. Loads of confidence coming through the kid. Cam Young, I don't think he's finished outside the top 10 in his last six starts. You talk about good form and confidence, I think our rookies are providing a lot of that on our team. They're tied. They're not. Shetler nails one at 15. You're in the marble. You know that Thanos, when he flicks his fingers, he says, I'm inevitable. That's how I feel about Scott. Thank goodness he's on our team. He's playing really well. It'll be an honor to play alongside him. So now it's my honor and my pleasure to announce the 2025 PGA Rider Cup captain, Keegan Bradley. Keegan's been awesome. Moving to Florida, I've definitely played a lot more golf with him leading into this whole thing. I think he takes sort of all these challenges face on, which I respect a lot. I think all our guys respect him. And if you aren't motivated to play, I'd be shocked. He fires you up and makes you want to run through a wall. And a sharply lengthy birdie try. Yeah, the cantly wedge really spun on a fence bump. You kind of wear all emotions with your team, which is something that I'm not really used to. Usually you're just by yourself. Everyone on tour is by themselves. They have their own individual team. I think sharing the highs and lows, it's my favorite thing of all Rider Cups. Bethpage is pretty windy, actually. When we played, pretty tough conditions. It was a piece of a property. I think it's going to be set up a little bit different for the Rider Cup, a little bit more fan friendly. New York fans are tough. So if you play bad golf in front of them, even if you're from the USA, they're not going to be super fired up. It'll be an honor to play in front of them. It'll be exciting to try and get them going as soon as possible and get them on our side and cheering for us hard. I think they want birdies and a lot of action, which is what they're going to get at the Rider Cup. Expecting the course to be in great shape and the fans to be rocking in New York. The fans are very passionate. They're loud. They like to have a presence. There's such a thing as a full man. We're hoping that they're going to be that for us. I'm just happy we're the home side.