FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Europe's star power at the Ryder Cup goes beyond the golfers on the course, now that Gianfranco Zola is manning one of its carts.

The former Chelsea soccer star from Italy is driving vice captain Francesco Molinari around Bethpage Black this week, perhaps able to offer some of his experiences from playing in major international competitions.

Justin Rose, who is a Chelsea fan from England, didn't know Zola would be with the Europeans until bumping into him at the team's hotel.

“I was just saying out there, I meet a lot of really cool people in my life through the game of golf. But I was like: ‘Whoa! Wow! Hey, Gianfranco!’ I was starstruck, which is amazing," Rose said.

Rose has become a bigger soccer fan in recent years thanks to his 16-year-old son. So he acknowledg

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