Padraig Harrington explains why his team chose to pay tribute to the Green Bay Packers and their 'cheesehead' fans on the first tee at the Ryder Cup
Europe's Ryder Cup players launched a charm offensive ahead of their practice rounds at Whistling Straits on Wednesday as they adopted the team colours of the Green Bay Packers and threw 'cheesehead' souvenirs into the crowd.
The European players wore predominantly white tops with green and yellow stripes in tribute to the NFL's Packers, who are based an hour north of the course in Green Bay.
They also donned foam 'cheeseheads' - the nickname for Packers fans which derives from a Dutch word used by residents of Illinois to insult people from Wisconsin - before giving them away to fans in the grandstand surrounding the first tee - although Ian Poulter did have some problems!