THE RYDER CUP

September 25, 2021

Bryson DeChambeau

Scottie Scheffler

Whistling Straits

Press Conference

Saturday Afternoon Four-balls

JOHN DEVER: We are back here at the 43rd Ryder Cup.

Q. Well-played out there. Scottie, that might have been a little risky move with the chest pump with Bryson or did you feel confident with that?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: What do you weigh?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: 225 right now.

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: He's only got 20 pounds on me.

Q. You guys obviously sat during foursomes, you're watching your team out there, knowing you're going to play a fourball, how does that motivate you or how does that sort of set your mindset as you get ready to play in fourball?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: We knew pretty early in the week that we were going to sit Friday morning. We had some good foursomes pairings that the captain and all the vice captains liked. They proved themselves pretty good the first day, so I don't think there was any really thought to substituting in just how good everybody was playing, and so for us, we had a routine that worked the day before, we played good golf yesterday afternoon.

Unfortunately we only had a half-point but going into today, Bryson slept in, got some rest and we just got ready to go this afternoon.

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Yeah, we felt comfortable with best-ball all day. I don't know what else to say.

Q. From a standpoint of team momentum with a lead in the end, how big was 2-2 this afternoon versus going down 3-1?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Personally I thought we could have gone 4-0. But getting 2-2 and just staying in the same place, the lead that we have created is huge. We haven't had this good of an opportunity in a long time and hopefully we can get the job done tomorrow. We've got to focus like it's 0-0 again and try to get every point we can.

Q. Job not yet done. What is the mindset now? Expand on that.

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Again, Captain has told us that it's about a flat, level playing field and you have to go out and get every point you can get and fight for every point you can get and every shot you can hit. There are obviously a lot of players on the other side, and we have to make sure we are hitting and executing the right shots at the right time to make sure we give ourselves the best chance to win.

We have the best players in the world and they have got a lot of the best players in the world too but I would say from the standpoint of average ranking, I think we're pretty solid and we just have to play our game tomorrow.

Q. You're both familiar with the history of this competition. How significant that you guys are now 11-5 as opposed to 10-6?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: It's just a big momentum swing from our match going 1-down and going into 14 and the potential of it being 10-6 again like it was at Medinah for us to be able to flip that match was huge and to be able to win the last match on Saturday was good momentum as well.

Like Bryson said, go out tomorrow, everything is a level playing field. I think we have a lot of guys on this team that really hate losing, and so individual matches tomorrow, I think guys are going to be fired up and ready to play. Hopefully finish this thing off.

Q. Early in the match you seemed frustrated that you weren't given a short putt and that has happened several times in several matches. Is there friction between the two teams in regards to conceding putts?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: I think I understand their point of view. Sometimes really early on in the match it's like they are trying to see what -- you know, how your putting is in the beginning. I understand that.

But I know, for me, it was 2 1/2 feet. It was nothing. It was straight up the hill. It's one of those things that for me I felt like it probably should have been given just as a courtesy but it wasn't, and I knocked it in the hole and kind of made a funny gesture just in good jesting and that got me a little heated up for the rest of the round.

Q. From afar it seems like there's a lightness about you that I personally haven't seen, again, from afar. Do you feel like you're having fun and when was the last time you had this much fun on the golf course?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Well it's fun and stressful. I'm trying to definitely have as much fun as I can. Obviously having Scottie by myself has made it a little easier in certain situations which is awesome and he always keeps it light and he's been a big testament to that this week, playing with him and having that good-minded spirit around all the time.