Pádraig Harrington believes the course at Adare Manor will be more of a challenge for players than was the case at Bethpage Black when the Ryder Cup returns to Ireland in 2027, while adding that the Co Limerick venue is likely to be more of a "pleasant experience" for all.
The morning after Europe retained the famous trophy in New York, with Shane Lowry holing the clinching putt, thoughts are already turning to the next staging of the biennial event.
Indeed, after a weekend where Lowry and Rory McIlroy were at the receiving end of much verbal abuse from a section of the home support and McIlroy's wife Erica was hit by a drink thrown by an American fan, Lowry, in looking forward to Adare, said: "It'd be a little bit nicer than playing here. I know that!".
Harrington, speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, said he "wasn't surprised" at the abusive behaviour directed towards the European players, but added that the team "were well prepared for it".
The Dubliner, who made six Ryder Cup appearances as a player and captained the side in 2021, described a sport where spectators can get up close and personal, therefore enabling any nasty comments and remarks to be heard by those on the course.
"One thing with golf which is remarkably different to all other sports is that you get very close to the action," said the three-time major winner.
"If you go to a golf tournament you can stand to within six feet of a player and you can follow that player for five hours. It's not that you can get close once, you can get close so many times. We're much closer to fans and spectators which is to the benefit of our sport but in this situation it obviously isn't. If you have a fan up in the stadium, you can't hear him.
"On a golf course you can have a rowdy fan follow you for a whole round; you can have somebody using a squeaky toy on your back swing.
"We would be very happy to play with a rock band on the side of the green making noise. No problem! It would make it easier for us. We don't like quiet believe it or not but we are brought up with a strong ethic in golf that you don't break the rules."
Harrington, while accepting that such raucous fans are "few and far between" and that "it is not a growing problem in golf", was nevertheless surprised that Rory McIlroy was the recipient of so much abuse, particularly on Saturday.
"At the end of the day, pretty much most Americans love Rory McIlroy," he remarked.
"He's very popular over there and on another day, they'd have been fans cheering him on. I think he and Shane dealt with it well. They bit back but they also hit great shots."
In looking ahead to Adare, Harrington feels it "will be second to none" and for him an overall different experience to that of 2006 when he played on the successful European team at the K Club.
"The K Club was not my favourite Ryder Cup because everything went so nice that week," was his honest assessment.
"A lot of the US fans that travelled had Irish heritage so it was nearly like having two home sets of fans. There was an edge missing. We won easily but I wanted it to be a great Ryder Cup and it was...but it didn't have the bite. I lost in Brookline (1999) and there was ferocious bite in that match."
A tougher examination two years on is awaiting the players who will tee up at the JP McManus-owned parkland course in Adare, with Harrington saying: "I think the golf course in Adare will be a bit more dramatic and exciting for matchplay. There are some spectacular holes, particularly at the end, in Adare that will lead to players making mistakes, dramatic mistakes. They can hit it in the water on 15, 16 and 18.
"There will be a lot more drama with a backdrop so beautiful. It will look so good on TV and will likely be one of the more pleasant Ryder Cups to be at."
