Collin Morikawa Wants 'Absolute Chaos' with Bethpage Black Ryder Cup Crowds on Day 1

Collin Morikawa believes the U.S. Ryder Cup team can benefit from home field advantage if attendees at Bethpage Black bring more energy while watching the tournament this weekend.

"I'll be honest, I think it's kind of tame so far, Tuesday and Wednesday," Morikawa said at the 28:15 mark of Wednesday's pre-tournament press conference. "I know tomorrow is going to be pretty bad, but I hope Friday is just absolute chaos. I'm all for it."

Morikawa continued, "I think it feeds into who we are, and the American players, and the American team. We want it. We want to use that to our advantage. I think every sport uses their home crowd to their advantage, and just because we don't play in a setting like this... doesn't mean we can't use that to our advantage. I think we really have to tap into that."

"Watching all these kids, I know they want autographs. But come Friday, I hope they go crazy."

The 49th Ryder Cup is set to start Friday in Farmingdale, New York.

The home team has won eight of the last nine editions of the Ryder Cup, which alternates each two years between the United States and Europe.

It was Europe that claimed the last tournament victory on foreign soil after launching the infamous comeback now known as the Miracle at Medinah during the 2012 Ryder Cup in Illinois.

The atmosphere in New York has drawn hype as an even more intimidating stage than usual for European competitors. Bethpage Black is expected to draw crowds of 50,000 people for each of the four days of the event.

Rory McIlroy told reporters earlier this month that the European team had been preparing for the tournament by wearing VR equipment that will "simulate the sights and sounds and noise" of the crowd.

"That's the stuff that we are going to have to deal with. So it's better to try to de-sensitize yourself as much as possible before you get in there," McIlroy said about the VR, per the Associated Press.

European team captain Luke Donald then said during Tuesday media availability the team had introduced these headsets with the hope of helping any rookies who made the final roster for the tournament.

That didn't end up being as necessary as Donald thought, given that Rasmus Hojgaard will enter the tournament as the only European rookie.

"We actually, in the end, have a team that one, has a lot of experience being together, and has played quite a few away Ryder Cups as well," Donald said.

Donald will now hope that experience can help the Europeans block out any outside noise, while Morikawa will hope to see a crowd that can provide more pressure than McIlroy's VR hecklers when the tournament kicks off Friday.