European pro golfers are wearing virtual reality headsets as part of their training programme. Not to improve their swing, but to help them learn to block out the hollers and chants of what's expected to be a pretty fiery crowd at the next Ryder Cup in the US.
Next week, pro golfers from across Europe and the United States will duke it out for the Ryder Cup. The international golfing tournament has been won by the Europe team in seven out of the previous 10 times, though the Europeans have failed to win on US soil since 2012. The next Ryder Cup will take place at the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York. So, the pressure is on.
"It is just to simulate the sights and sounds and noise. That’s the stuff that we are going to have to deal with," he continued (via The Guardian).
When pressed on the insults were programmed into the headset, McIlroy said: "You don’t want to know. Not for publication."
"But nothing can really prepare you until you’re actually in that," McIlroy explains. "You can wear all the VR headsets you want and do all the different things we’ve been trying to do to get ourselves ready but once the first tee comes on Friday it’s real and we just have to deal with whatever’s given."
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