Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has cranked up the emotion in the team room this week by bringing his players to tears but it is all part of the plan to get his stars ready to regain the trophy from the United States.<\/p>\n

The tactic of having messages from family relayed in meetings during the build-up has been well used in the past by both sides and the Americans will have undoubtedly done the same at Marco Simone.<\/p>\n

And while the videos tug at the heartstrings, they are used as a tool to help boost confidence and reinforce the reasons for their presence in Rome this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an emotional week and even some of the stuff that\u2019s happened already this week would get you quite emotional,\u201d said Irishman Shane Lowry, who famously said after the defeat in Whistling Straits two years ago he had cried then \u2013 but not for his 2019 Open win or the birth of his first child.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s videos that are played in the team rooms in the evenings, motivational videos and it just kind of hits home a little bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to elaborate much further than that, but Luke and his team have done a great job already this week on Monday and Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n

World number three Jon Rahm did, however, expand a little further on what they have been viewing behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how much of that they\u2019re going to post, so that\u2019s kind of personal for us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s very few players not shedding a few tears yesterday afternoon. I can say that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of family-related (content) and the reason why all of us are here. If you guys (the media) were to watch it, it would make you feel a lot of the same emotions we felt.\u201d<\/p>\n

While family are leant on heavily for such contributions, the players often seek out reassurance and advice from other sources and Rahm did not think twice about taking counsel from his good friend and record Ryder Cup points scorer Sergio Garcia.<\/p>\n

His fellow Spaniard is ineligible to play having resigned his European Tour membership following his move to LIV Golf and despite Rahm campaigning for his inclusion, only a couple of weeks ago calling his omission \u201cstupid\u201d and even Garcia himself trying to negotiate a way in, there was no way back for the 43-year-old.<\/p>\n

But that has not stopped Rahm consulting his countryman \u2013 and former Ryder Cup talisman Ian Poulter who was not considered for the same reasons \u2013 as late as Monday.<\/p>\n

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