Former triple Ryder Cup star Paul Casey declared the ‘charm offensive’ that helped Europe to success in Detroit eight years ago won’t work in Chicago.

Casey made his Ryder Cup debut in the 2004 European Team captained by Germany’s Bernhard Langer.

Paul Casey says the European ‘Charm Offensive’ won’t work in Medinah. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)

Langer’s team then proceeded to inflict the then biggest defeat on the USA side since Europe replaced GB & I in 1979 for the biannual event.

But while Langer’s men went out of their way to ‘charm’ the Oakland Hills patrons, Casey said the 2012 European Team will be on their lonesome.

“We were brilliantly led in Detroit by Bernhard Langer and he was 10 out of 10 as a captain, and he just made everyone feel secure,” said Casey after posting a three under par 67 on day one of the KLM Open.

“But this charm offensive started when we agreed to do a job of signing nearly every autograph as we could and get as many American fans on our side as we could.

“We signed anything we could from hats, tickets, flags and people’s shirts, and we laughed and joked with the crowds.

“Thomas Levet even did a little trickery with his golf clubs, all to get the crowd on our side.

“Monty was playing a practice round and couldn’t putt over a hill so he got this fellow in the crowd, who had been shouting out at him, to have a go and that brought the house down.

“But then assisting us in that regard was the fact that Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson), who were also No. 1 and No. 2 in the world at the time, hardly went out onto the golf course during the practice rounds.

“Then when they did it was like what happens at PGA Tour events as they weren’t signing until after the rounds.

“The American fans became so frustrated and they would say to us:  ‘You Europeans are so nice as you’re signing all these autographs’,” said Casey.

“They would then say: ‘We are going to start cheering for Europe’.

“But Langer just got everything right and we were assisted by a lot of mistakes from the American Team in not embracing the crowd.”

Casey returned to the States four years later in the haplessly (leave word in, please) led Nick Faldo side but found themselves facing a fired-up American crowd to be on the receiving end of a five point loss.

“Paul Azinger got it right at Valhalla in 2008 because he studied the mistakes that were made four years earlier in Detroit,” he said.

“He got the fans right behind the team from day one.  He had block parties down town and that all helped in getting the American 100% behind their team.

“And you can be assured Davis Love will have done his homework and he will certainly have the Chicago fans on his side, and we all know how big they are into sport in Chicago.

“So now this year it’s going to be a battle who plays the better golf given so many of the Europeans are more well known to the Americans since we were in Detroit eight years ago.

“Before you could have gained a psychological point having the crowd on your side.”