Paul McGinley says if Team Europe privately believed they’d have a big lead going into the Ryder Cup singles

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The European Ryder Cup team have been totally dominant at Bethpage Black so far this week.

The Ryder Cup quite simply hasn’t been a fair fight at Bethpage Black, with the Europeans clearly far more prepared than the US team.

Keegan Bradley has failed at every hurdle while Luke Donald has passed every single test with flying colors.

Bradley complained about the Ryder Cup setup at Bethpage despite being in charge of exactly how the course was laid out.

That’s just one of many baffling moments involving the US captain this week.

Europe have been far superior to the USA at the Ryder Cup both on the course and off it over the past few days.

Team Europe lead 11.5-4.5 ahead of the 12 singles matches.

But did Donald and his players expect to have such a big lead heading into the singles?

Paul McGinley says if Team Europe believed they’d have a lead going into Ryder Cup singles

The European team is packed out with data experts, experienced old heads and former Ryder Cup captains, Paul McGinley included.

McGinley’s wealth of experience and know-how, as well as his keen interest in data analytics has proven to be a crucial aspect behind Europe’s dominance.

During an appearance on Sky Sports in the UK on Sunday, McGinley was asked by Nick Dougherty whether Team Europe had genuine belief that they would be so dominant at Bethpage.

Dougherty: “I don’t think anyone thought we’d be in this position going into the singles. Did the team expect this, did Luke Donald expect this? Did you expect to be where we are right now?“

McGinley: “This is the seventh team that I’ve been involved in and this is the best prepared team that I have ever seen.

“There’s so much detail that has gone behind the scenes here. It’s not for me to reveal it’s for Luke as captain but the preparation we’ve done as a team collectively behind the scenes to get the players ready for this.

“We knew the environment was going to be hostile, we knew that we needed body armour and the preparation that we’ve done to be able to deal with the crowd is what the most focus has been on.

“That’s the most pleasing aspect is that in the face of unbelievable adversity and a lot of abuse from the crowd, the players have stood up and executed.

“We knew we were well prepared. We really were confident behind the scenes of winning but even in our best expectations, we didn’t think we’d have this lead going into the singles.“

Paul McGinley comments on Bryson DeChambeau controversy at the Ryder Cup

Bryson DeChambeau was involved in a big controversy at the Ryder Cup on Saturday.

After his caddie, Greg Bodine, encroached on Justin Rose’s line when he was reading his putt on the 155th green, emotions spilled over as DeChambeau approached the European talisman and his partner Tommy Fleetwood in a fairly aggressive manner.

All of the caddies became involved in the spat as well as European vice-captain Francesco Molinari.

However, McGinley played down the heated argument.

He said: “This is a flare-up; that’s all it is. It’s a flare-up; tensions are high.

“I think [DeChambeau’s caddie] thought it might have been his putt. He didn’t confront, which was good of him.

“It’s a flare-up. Sometimes it happens in normal tournaments; it’s not covered on TV. I wouldn’t read too much into it. It died down quite quickly.

“By the next hole, they were shaking hands, and it had calmed down a bit. It was a flare-up among men with high testosterone. That’s the bottom line. Tensions are high.”