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Luke Donald had gladiators in the cultured city of Rome. ‌

Near the mean streets of New York, he’s now going to need street fighters. ‌

Not quite Bill The Butcher or Amsterdam Vallon material. It is golf, after all. ‌

But, given this environment, it’s going to feel like guts and gore in comparison to the norm for this often-gentile game.

This is Our Time. And This is Our Place. That’s the motto for Donald this week.

For his Ryder Cup team to follow those four who have gone before in 1987, 1995, 2004 and 2012 and won in the States. ‌

Rory McIlroy set it up in Italy by saying his team were coming here to win, yet that statement was boomed from the safety of a celebratory press conference room.

Fast forward two years and that comfy seat on home soil is going

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