Nick Faldo mock the US Ryder Cup star for Slow Play Live on TV

Often during the Ryder Cup week journalists and TV analysts, their team faithfully influences their coverage. It is part of the pleasure of this unique week in the golf world. But European TV analysts bring their boosterism to a completely different level on the Ryder Cup 2025 at Bethpage Black.

Although Paul McGinley might be the poster child for this problem, Nick Faldo gave the newest example of it on Friday, when he criticized the American player Patrick Cantlay Live on TV at a crucial moment.

Faldo Light Patrick Cantlay for slow game at Ryder Cup

In the golf world, many TV analysts are former golfers and they are directly involved with earlier Ryder Cups. Even if they are not, their loyalty to the country is clear. It is therefore obvious that those prejudices appear in the cover of an event such as the Ryder Cup.

And if it is done well, it can add color and sign to a broadcast. A good example of this was early in the USA broadcast on Friday, where Faldo made a short appearance and kindly chatter with the American analyst Notah Begay III.

It was centered around one point that Faldo grew up repeatedly this week. Around the course at Bethpage there are signs that show the historic Ryder Cup record for both teams, US 27 – Europe 15.

Faldo thinks this is a bit of ‘psychological warfare’ on the part of the Americans, because, as he said to start broadcast on Friday, the score since Great -Britain and Ireland opened the team for the whole of Europe, Europe 11 – US 7.

But Faldo’s most important job On Friday was working on the Sky Sports broadcast. In addition to a colleague -European in the stand, former Scottish Pro Ewen Murray, Faldo showed his bias even more.

And not surprisingly, one of the few American players who gave Team Europe on Friday was his target: Patrick Cantlay.

And it was a crucial moment. Cantlay and Sam Burns were locked up in a tie with Rory McIlroy on the 14th hole in one of the most long -term competitions of the day.

Cantlay had just put his tee shot on the par-3 to a few feet, giving him a difficult but very important Birdie putt. If he got it, the US would go up in a competition they needed. Although Cantlay is known as a slow player, the importance of this putt cannot be overestimated.

But Faldo and Murray did not have it and chose to fool the Ice process of Cantlay while putting his putt in line.

“So Ewen, you started life as a little boy and you grew up from there, you could probably tell us your biography by the time he touches it,” Faldo joked, laugh from Murray.

Then Murray participated and said: “Well, there is enough room for that. I understand how important each shot is. In the course of three days here Rory could have a three -course meal!”

Golfwrx shared the clip on X.com, which you can see below.