FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Justin Rose should know as well as any European the challenge of trying to win a Ryder Cup away from home before a hostile crowd. It wasn't until his third Ryder Cup that he got to experience the comforts of home.

This is an experienced European team, and that starts with Rose. At age 45, he is the oldest player for Team Europe whose first Ryder Cup was in 2008. All but two players for Europe were out of secondary school by then.

“Elder statesman, as I've been called,” Rose said Wednesday.

He is playing in his seventh Ryder Cup. Rory McIlroy has played one more than Rose. Both are integral parts of a European team that can lead inside the rope, neither of them thinking they are more important than any of the other 10 players. That's what makes Europe tick.

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