(CNN) -- Pressure is inescapable in the cauldron of Ryder Cup competition -- pressure and ping pong. The intense rivalry played out on the course between the world's top players from Europe and the United States in golf's ultimate team test is only half the story. Away from the heat of battle on the greens and fairways, there is a wiff-waff war raging in the American team room, one Rickie Fowler can't wait to get stuck into. "Once the Ryder Cup actually starts it's just fun from there -- very intense," Fowler tells CNN's Living Golf show. "I enjoy the off-course too -- just being in the team room, spending time as a team, hanging out, playing ping pong!
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Rickie Fowler says 2014 Ryder Cup is one United States "need" to win
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Fowler finished in the top five of all four major championships in 2014
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The 25-year-old enjoys pressure and playing ping pong with U.S. teammates
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Californian made his Ryder Cup debut in 2010 at Celtic Manor in Wales
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