{"id":436891,"date":"2025-09-25T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=436891"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:15:54","slug":"collin-morikawa-urges-bethpage-fans-to-create-absolute-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/collin-morikawa-urges-bethpage-fans-to-create-absolute-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Morikawa Urges Bethpage Fans To Create \u201cAbsolute Chaos\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collin Morikawa<\/a> called for the crowd at Bethpage to cause \u201cabsolute chaos\u201d for Team Europe when the Ryder Cup<\/a> tees off on Friday. Morikawa was on the U.S. team that suffered a heavy loss at the hands of the Europeans in Rome two years ago, and the 28-year-old insists that the U.S. team is eager to reclaim the title.<\/p>\n

Morikawa Wants To Use \u201cChaos\u201d To America\u2019s Advantage<\/h3>\n

Luke Donald and his European side trained with Virtual Reality headsets<\/a> to mimic Bethpage\u2019s hostile atmosphere, but the U.S. Ryder Cup team found the current practice rounds at Bethpage Black far calmer than they expected. Morikawa admitted that it has been a quiet build-up to the Ryder Cup tee-off on Friday but hopes to see a change before then.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere has been relatively calm during the first three days at the People\u2019s Country Club. Most fans have gathered around the 15th to 18th holes, which has left much of the course almost empty. This could be attributed to it being only practice rounds. Although there were concerns that the crowds might get out of hand, nothing of the sort has happened and the crowd has been \u201ctame\u201d so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll be honest, I think it’s kind of tame so far,\u201d Morikawa said in his pre-tournament press conference<\/a>. \u201cTuesday and Wednesday, I know tomorrow is going to be pretty bad (weather) but I hope Friday is just absolute chaos. I’m all for it. I think it feeds into who we are and the American players and the American team. We want it. Like, we want to use that to our advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morikawa Wants Home Crowd To \u201cGo Crazy\u201d<\/h3>\n

The two-time major winner\u2019s demand to turn up the noise came after Europe star Tommy Fleetwood<\/a> said that the crowds at Bethpage Black have been underwhelming so far. Morikawa will be playing his third Ryder Cup and wants the team to use the home crowd to their advantage. Almost 50,000 fans, including U.S. President Donald Trump, will pack Bethpage on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Sep 27, 2023; Rome, ITA; Team USA golfer Collin Morikawa adjusts his hat during a press conference for the Ryder Cup golf competition at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI think every sport uses their home crowd to their advantage,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201c…I think we really need to tap into that so I hope they come strong\u2026come Friday, I hope they go crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old is looking to put things right in this year\u2019s Ryder Cup after losing 11\u00bd – 16\u00bd to Luke Donald\u2019s European side at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome two years ago. Morikawa admitted the defeat was especially tough to take, calling it the first team loss he had experienced since his junior and amateur days, and said leaving Rome with that result left a \u201csour taste.\u201d<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Peter Casey-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Collin Morikawa called for the crowd at Bethpage to cause \u201cabsolute chaos\u201d for Team Europe when the Ryder Cup tees off on Friday. Morikawa was on the U.S. team that suffered a heavy loss at the hands of the Europeans in Rome two years ago, and the 28-year-old insists that the U.S. team is eager […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":436895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[119,241,8187,234,186],"class_list":["post-436891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-pga","tag-collin-morikawa","tag-donald-trump","tag-luke-donald","tag-ryder-cup","tag-tommy-fleetwood"],"modified_by":"Ajayi Segun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436891"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436896,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436891\/revisions\/436896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}