Tyrrell Hatton has heard Brandt Snedeker’s warning that Team USA could become “a problem” at next year’s Ryder Cup. But the three-time Ryder Cup player did not seem worried. Instead, Hatton calmly praised the strength of the American team while pointing out that Adare Manor is still a year away. Snedeker’s confidence comes after Team USA made a stunning comeback at the Presidents Cup in Medinah. The Americans came back from a 10.5-7.5 deficit on Sunday to win 17-13 and extend their Presidents Cup winning streak to 11. But Hatton’s response showed that Europe is not giving up any ground as both teams look ahead to their next Ryder Cup battle in Ireland.

Asked by Golfweek’s Cameron Jourdan about Snedeker’s bullish comments that the Americans are shaping up to be “a problem” going forward, Hatton gave a measured, unbothered answer. “Yeah, I sat and watched it on Sunday,” Tyrrell Hatton said. “Yeah, obviously there was a lot of red on the board, and yeah, the U.S. Team were unbelievably strong on Sunday, which I think probably everyone expected them to be. But yeah, to just sit on sofa as a neutral and watch it and enjoy it was really fun.” Asked directly whether he expects the same American group to show up again, Hatton added: “Well, still a year away. There will be quite a few of those guys, I would imagine, will be on the team in Adare. The U.S. always have an unbelievably strong team at the Ryder Cup, and Adare will be no different.”

Snedeker’s confidence comes off the back of one of the most dramatic finishes in Presidents Cup history. Snedeker’s side made history on Sunday, picking up 9.5 of the 12 available points. It became the biggest single-day comeback in Presidents Cup history, with Jacob Bridgeman securing the winning point against Min Woo Lee. Jackson Koivun also impressed, beating Si Woo Kim 2&1 in his Presidents Cup debut. Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee called it the greatest Sunday singles performance in the event’s history. 

Snedeker had set the tone for the week well before the comeback unfolded, telling his team bluntly that past American dominance meant nothing heading into Medinah. “Just because these last teams have been successful doesn’t mean we’re going to be successful,” Snedeker said before the matches began. “We have to reset the bar for our team, tell them we have a standard to play to, and we’re 0-0. These 12 guys have accomplished nothing.”

Before the Presidents Cup even began, Snedeker had already made it clear that he did not want his players relying on the U.S. team’s past success. That message was about setting the right mindset for his own team, not a prediction about the Ryder Cup. After the Americans eventually won, however, Snedeker shifted his focus to 2027, saying, “This team is going to be a problem in Ireland.”

Hatton’s response carries extra context given where Europe currently stands. The Europeans, under captain Luke Donald, won the most recent Ryder Cup 15-13 at Bethpage Black in 2025, becoming the first European side to win on American soil since 2012’s “Miracle at Medinah” and securing Donald back-to-back captaincy wins, a feat only Tony Jacklin and Bernard Gallacher had previously managed. That win gives Europe real standing heading into 2027, when the two sides meet again at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland, Europe’s first home Ryder Cup since Marco Simone in 2023, and just the second time Ireland has hosted the event since the K Club in 2006, when Europe won 18.5-9.5.

Tyrrell Hatton, a veteran of three Ryder Cups himself, has built a reputation as one of Europe’s most combative team-event performers, and his response reflects that same competitive instinct, acknowledging the Americans’ obvious strength without conceding any psychological ground. Notably, several of this week’s breakout American performers, including Koivun and Bridgeman, are eligible to feature again at Adare Manor, giving weight to Snedeker’s suggestion that this core group isn’t going anywhere.

With the Presidents Cup now in the rearview mirror, both sides shift attention toward the 2027 Ryder Cup cycle. Snedeker, who has downplayed questions about whether he could be a future Ryder Cup captain himself, said his sole focus remained on Medinah rather than speculation about what comes next. For Tyrrell Hatton and Europe, Sunday’s American rout offers an early data point, one Hatton is clearly choosing to treat as entertainment rather than an early warning sign.