Rasmus Hojgaard says he has had a “rough” few days after Europe’s Ryder Cup victory as he prepares for the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi.
Hojgaard tees it up on the Nation Membership of Jackson on Thursday because the Dane instantly reacquaints himself with American galleries after the Bethpage Black crowds gave Luke Donald’s crew – and Rory McIlroy particularly – a tricky time in New York.
The 24-year-old misplaced his two matches there – a 6&5 foursomes thrashing alongside Ludwig Åberg on the opening day and a slim one-hole singles defeat to Ben Griffin – and mentioned he had by no means skilled such a “stressful and pressure situation”.
“The energy level is not very high,” mentioned Hojgaard, ranked 58th on the earth and 87th within the FedExCup standings on the PGA Tour.
“The previous few days it has been fairly tough, however it was all price it. Regardless of the final result would have been final week, I used to be nonetheless going to tee it up this week.
“Just had to prepare myself that the energy level might be a little lower than it would be normally. But certainly I’m still going to prepare myself as well as I can.”
Hojgaard is a five-time winner on the DP World Tour along with his largest victory coming on the 2024 Irish Open, the place he beat residence favorite McIlroy by one shot.
He makes no secret that securing his PGA Tour card for 2026 and returning to the world’s high 50 stay high priorities “so next year’s schedule looks a bit better”.
Hojgaard added: “The Ryder Cup is simply as soon as each two years, so you set every little thing into being part of that.
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“Once you leave the whole team there, it’s not going to feel so different because you go into what is normal for you again.
“I believe for a lot of the guys that had been there final week, it was a very completely different surroundings, and particularly for me.
“I’ve never experienced such a stressful and pressure situation as that.
“Placing final week was clearly a very powerful factor with how the course was arrange.
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“You could see that the European team stats-wise, especially the first two days, outperformed the US team in putting because tee to green it was very similar.
“That is the place I most likely underperformed somewhat bit, and there is another issues that I can take a look at and attempt to enhance extra.”
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