Paul McGinley has called Team Europe the ‘most prepared team’ he has ever seen, heading into this year’s Ryder Cup.The 2025 edition gets underway at Bethpage in New York next week, with Europe chasing a first away win since 2012. McGinley served as vice-captain for their last victory on the road, where his team pulled off the ‘Miracle at Medinah’.Now, 13 years later, the Irishman is again hoping to inspire Europe to another continental triumph, in his role as Strategic Adviser to captain Luke Donald.It’s fair to say McGinley has plenty of Ryder Cup winning experience, having captained Europe to victory in at Gleneagles in 2014, setting much of the strategic framework for Europe over the years to come. Since 2019, he has been part of the Ryder Cup Advisory Committee, and was a member of Donald’s backroom staff two years ago for another victorious campaign.In 2023, Europe defeated USA by a score of 161⁄2 to 111⁄2 in Rome.No stone left unturnedA three-time winner as a player too, McGinley was known for his obsessive attention to detail as a captain. But he has revealed one thing sets apart this year’s Team Europe, headlined by the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Justin Rose, from previous groups.Ahead of the continental showdown’s start date on Friday, the strategist lifted the lid on his side’s finishing touches.McGinley said: “This is the most prepared team I’ve ever come across.”We have come at this very differently from any away match we’ve come across before, and we’re investing a lot of money in the preparation of the team and we’ll see where we get to.GettyMcGinley has been on the winning team twice as vice-captain at the Ryder Cup[/caption]GettyLuke Donald has retained 11 of the 12 Team Europe players who won the 2023 Ryder Cup, with Rasmus Hojgaard the only new player[/caption]“The Americans are obviously being paid to play – our players don’t want to be paid, but we are investing more money in this team than we’ve ever done before in terms of preparation.”As part of their extensive preparations, McGinley joined Donald and his team for a two-day practice trip to Bethpage Black this week.They played 27 holes across the two days – nine on Monday and 18 the following day, before spending Tuesday night together in Manhattan, before being given the rest of the week to prepare separately.But that barely tells the whole story, as McGinley revealed some of Team Europe have been out in New York far longer.He explained: “The detail that we’re going to is quite extraordinary, it really is. “Even to the point of our dietitians and our doctors already having been out there in Bethpage over the last six months, meeting with the chef and meeting with the people who are going to be making the food out there, sharing recipe ideas and nutrition. GettyLuke Donald is captaining Europe at a second consecutive Ryder Cup[/caption]“And we’ve got our own gyms, with our own equipment. “The players are going to be used to it [the equipment], they’re going to be fitted into both the locker room and in the clubhouse, as well as in the hotel.”McGinley added: “Our physios have been out as well, too. “They were with us on a trip last week and they’ve got an extra five days to tailor anything that they may need going into next week, and obviously the preparation of going on this trip like this week. “We’ve never done that before for an away match – two and a half days together well in advance of the match is huge away from home.”“We did it going into Rome. It was very successful.”GettyPaul McGinley was vice-captain to Jose Maria Olazarbal for Europe’s last away win in 2012[/caption]‘Can the players perform in a hostile environment?’Another challenge Europe will face is a raucous US crowd.US audiences especially have become more rowdy in recent years as they look to create a hostile atmosphere for the Europeans.And with a passionate fan base at Bethpage Black, this year promises to be a particularly tough trip for Europe.But McGinley revealed this too has been considered, with Donald taking extra care to help his players develop thicker skin.The 58-year-old said: “It’s about performance. Everything is coming here towards performance. “You can have all the vibe, you can have all of the nutrition, you can have all the gym work, the preparation. You can go wherever you want with all the detail.GettyTeam USA were well supported away from home in 2023, and t[/caption]“The bottom line is, can the players perform in a hostile environment? That’s the question.”He went on: “When there’s gonna be a lot of shouting, a lot of roaring, maybe some personal insults thrown at you walking from green to T, can you reset yourself?“Can you drown out that noise and reset yourself, and deliver and perform in that hostile environment? “It’s an environment that golfers are not used to. You take soccer players or rugby players – they’re used to that hostile environment because they play it every second week. We’re not. Golfers are not. “A lot of the work that Luke has done in the last 18 months is preparing mentally the team for what will be a very difficult environment.” Watch every moment of the Ryder Cup exclusively live on Sky Sports and NOW from Friday 26 September. There’s no golf like it.