Xander Schauffele and his U.S. teammates knew they would be getting questions this week as practice kicked off for the Ryder Cup. The American team will be paid this week for the first time in the event’s 98-year history. Team Europe has won 8 of the last 11 Ryder Cup competitions since 2002, including the most recent match in Rome in 2023. “I’m not concerned about what Europe does or what they think,” Bradley said. “I’m concerned about what my team is doing… we copied a lot of what the Presidents Cup does.