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Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy during the Saturday Foursomes. Alamy Stock Photo
noses in front
Europe lead USA by five at Ryder Cup after Saturday's Foursomes
Europe have extended their advantage in New York.
Europe 8.5
USA 3.5
(After Saturday’s Foursomes)
EUROPE HAVE SEIZED a commanding 8.5-3.5 lead after Saturday’s morning foursomes matches at the 45th Ryder Cup.
After carrying a 5.5-2.5 lead from Friday’s opening matches at Bethpage Black, Europe used clutch putting and impressive shotmaking to seize control with another 3-1 win in the first Saturday session.
Americans Bryson DeChambeau and Cam Young defeated England’s Matt Fitzpatrick and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg 4&2 in Saturday’s first match.
World number two Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood responded by beating Americans Harris English and Collin Morikawa 3&2.
Spain’s Jon Rahm and England’s Tyrrell Hatton outfought Americans Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay 3&2, Rahm improving to 3-0 this week and 8-0 since 2018 in Cup pairs matches.
In the final match, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and Norway’s Viktor Hovland edged top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and third-ranked Russell Henley 1-up.
Written by AFP and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won’t find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women’s sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here.
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