Europe 5.5 USA 2.5
Morning fourballs
12.10pm: Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Young 1 up v Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Åberg (7)
12.26pm: Harris English and Collin Morikawa v Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood 2 up (6)
12.42pm: Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay v Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton 2 up (4)
12.58pm: Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler v Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland 1 up (3)
Match 1: A rare bogey by Fitzpatrick and Aberg and USA take advantage as Young takes advantage to put some red on the board. USA 1 up
He then hits a dart at the eighth to three feet! Fitzpatrick responds well though, hitting it to six feet for birdie.
Match 2: A rare mistake by McIlroy on the 6th, who dumps it right in the bunker with a wedge. Shades of the mishit wedge at 13 at Augusta earlier in the year. Still a chance for Fleetwood to get up and down though.
Match 1: Mediocre pitch by Aberg leaves Fitzpatrick with work to do for par at 7.
Some people complaining about Bethpage Black playing too easy this week, considerably easier than even the average punter would play it, never mind set up for US Open conditions.
The result of the set-up seems to have backfired for the Americans so far, traditionally they are stronger in that sort of format but have negated the advantage of premium ball-strikers like Scottie Scheffler in harder conditions.
Match 4: MacIntyre birdies! Drains it at pace from 20 feet. Europe 1 up
Match 2: McIlroy birdie! Incredible stuff, 22 feet straight in at the 5th. Four birdies in a row in foursomes, how can you beat that? Europe 2 up
Match 1: Aberg hits the better of the approaches at the sixth after USA were down the right. Fitzpatrick’s putt was a good one but just slides by.
Match 2: “Hey HackIlroy” Rory hears but still early enough for the heckles with the beer not readily available at 8.20pm local time. Fleetwood hits it middle of the green at the 5th.
Match 3: Great approach by Schauffele at the par 3 3rd to close, Rahm hits a good one too though so Europe has a chance of birdie too... which Hatton makes! Rahm and Hatton are a menace in this format. Cantlay follows them in for a birdie.
Match 2: McIlroy/Fleetwood halve the par 5 with birdies.
Match 2: Best approach at the 2nd by Rahm, hitting from the rough helping the spin. It’s good enough to win the hole as the Americans were in the trees and couldn’t make par. Europe 2 up
Match 1: Young misses the green, Fitzpatrick safely on at the 5th.
Match 4: Henley with a beautiful wedge shot, which spins back to a few feet. MacIntyre does the same but more spin to about 7 of 8 feet. Well holed for the birdie by Hovland, Scheffler does the same for a half.
Match 2: Birdie for Fleetwood! Another one at the 3rd after a brilliant iron to 7 feet by McIlroy. Such a strong pairing they’ve proved to be. Europe 1 up
Match 1: The top match is back to all square as Fitzpatrick chips it stone dead for birdie, Young’s bunker shot is to about 7 or 8 feet and DeChambeau can’t convert. A/S
Match 4: Best European drive of the day by Hovland in the final match. Scheffler hits the fairway too.
Match 2: Fleetwood birdie! Holes from the fringe of the green, what a putt! Match A/S
Match 3: Good shot by Cantlay from the trees to about 20 feet behind the hole. Outshone massively by a stunning wedge shot to a foot by Hatton! They win the hole after Schauffele misses the putt. Europe 1 up
Match 1: Aberg goes to the right of the green in two at the par 5 4th, DeChambeau hits it in the bunker.
Match 3: Wayward drive by Schauffele at the 1st, Rahm also off the fairway on the right.
Match 2: McIlroy and English do the same thing as the first match and spin it off the front at the 2nd.
Match 1: Chip-in by Cameron Young. A man inspired and another birdie. Great effort by Fitzpatrick, but the putt just slips by. Americans up in both of the first two matches. USA 1 up
Match 2: So close! McIlroy’s chip was looking in all the way but lips out, very unlucky. Birdie for English, well holed. USA 1 up
Match 1: Aberg hits the middle of the green at the par 3 3rd. DeChambeau goes over the green but closer in the fringe.
Match 1: Great chip by Fitzpatrick to a few inches from the hole. Young chips it about 5 feet past, but DeChambeau makes it for the half on the 2nd.
Match 2: Fleetwood is 110 yards in the rough, but bounces through to the rough on the other side of the green. Morikawa hit his approach to about 10 feet.
McIlroy launches one but doesn’t cut enough of the corner and goes well down the left into the gallery. English hits it into the right fringe.
Match 1: Aberg from 110 yards spins way back into the fringe with a wedge. DeChambeau does the same, but goes further into the rough on the front.
Not much rough at Bethpage, big-hitting Penge would have been an asset.
Two lovely drives by Young and Fitzpatrick as ‘Fleetwood Mac’ - Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood come out on the tee.
What a shot Cameron Young! Spins it in to a foot of the hole. Hard to match that. Not a bad effort though by Fitzpatrick to 10 feet or so.
Aberg birdies! Massive response by the Swede to tie the first hole. They won’t be intimidated.
They’re off! Aberg hits it well into the rough on the right, not the best start. “USA, USA” and “De-Cham-beau” ring out as Bryson looks to launch one at the first. Right in the middle of the fairway as expected.
Some stats from yesterday:
Best strokes gained from the foursomes -
Matt Fitzpatrick +4.2
Tyrrell Hatton 1.8
Bryson DeChambeau 1.3
Rory McIlroy 1.2
Tommy Fleetwood 0.9
Best strokes gained from the fourballs -
Cameron Young +3.5
Justin Thomas 2.8
Tommy Fleetwood 2.8
Rory McIlroy 2.3
Patrick Cantlay 1.4
If Matt Fitzpatrick replicates the form from yesterday, Europe will be hard to beat in the opening match, but same could be said about Cameron Young.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the second day of the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. It was a day to remember for the Europeans yesterday as they took a three-point lead - 5.5 to 2.5 - but as US captain Keegan Bradley said, it’s only 28 per cent of the total points that have been played for. Expect a big response from the American players today, but the European star players and stalwarts have been in form - Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy have won 5.5 out of a possible 6 points so far. Whereas the American duo of Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau went without a point on the opening day. A strange pick by Bradley to choose Harris English and Collin Morikawa to play Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood again.
Here are the tee times for the foursomes:
12.10pm: Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Young v Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Åberg
12.26pm: Harris English and Collin Morikawa v Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood
12.42pm: Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay v Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton
12.58pm: Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler v Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland
