US Ryder Cup vice-captain with hilarious tale: "Boys, I think we're f-----!"
Kevin Kisner has revealed why he believed the United States Ryder Cup team were doomed from the first session of the 2025 contest at Bethpage Black.
Kevin Kisner has revealed an eyebrow-raising story from inside the ropes at the 2025 Ryder Cup.
Kisner, 42, was selected as one of Keegan Bradley's five vice-captains for the bust-up against Europe at Bethpage Black in New York last September.
As we know, Europe held on to clinch a stunning 15-13 away victory in the Big Apple despite ferocious final day fightback from the United States in the Sunday singles.
But according to Kisner, he believed they were toast on Friday morning before the first session even concluded.
"Boys, I think we're f---ed," he told the leadership group on the radio.
The message came through after England's Tommy Fleetwood and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy made birdie on the sixth hole to take a 4Up lead over Harris English and Collin Morikawa.
So why was Kisner so pessimistic?
He revealed all during an appearance on the most recent edition of the ForePlay podcast.
"I'm on the first or second group on [Friday] morning and we get to six at Bethpage," he said.
"We're playing Tommy and Rory. Six is the little short hole down the hill, you can't see your drive.
"You have to hit the ball pretty far left off the tee and Tommy stands up there and laces this ball obviously going in the rough as soon as he hits it.
"As soon as he touches it, Rory goes, 'Great shot!' I'm like, 'Isn't that in the right rough?'
"We go down over the hill and I'm standing at the top of the hill watching and Rory's got 80 yards from the right rough to the front pin and he lands it to a foot and it doesn't move and we lose the hole.
"I got on the radio and went, 'Boys, I think we're f---ed. These guys are perfectly hitting it in the rough on these short holes to take the spin off.'"
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The inquest into the defeat was particularly brutal for Bradley.
He admitted to his mistakes, particularly in setting up the course so easy.
Kisner didn't criticise Bradley for the decision and insisted that they "had the stats" to prove why they did what they did.
"But in hindsight I would rather have lost going down with typical Bethpage," he added.
Still, Kisner admitted that - for the most part - the US team were thoroughly outplayed.
"They obviously outputted the hell out of us," said Kisner. "They played incredible.
"If you go back and run the simulations of what we expected to happen, we did exactly what we expected.
"We played like we should have. If you run all the simulations we win at that point but they were like +18 SG putting. You can't beat them."
