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Mark shlbach
Farmingdale, NY – Europe’s biggest stars showed – and the US team did not do on the early day of the 45th Rider Cup on Friday, which is why America would have to get out of another big hole in the last two days in Bethpage Black.
European stars Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McLeroy And John Rahm Did not lose a match in the first two sessions, while Scotty chefler And Bryson decombo A point failed to earn, so that European could take a lead of 5.5–2.5.
Foursoms (Alternanet-shot) match after leaving 3–1 on Friday morning, Europeans won two and tied one of the four-chants in the afternoon.
“Incredible days,” captain of European team Luke Donald Said. “It was very big for us to win this morning, and we all know how important it is to land for a good start. We know how strong the Fourations of America were. Friends grinded to win the session again this afternoon. It is another tick in our box, and I am very happy where we are.”
If McLoy had not missed the attempt of a barely 11-foot Birds on the 18th hole of the final four-ball match, then the deficit would have been worse for the Americans. Mcilroy and Ireland Shane lori Half with the match Patrick Cantley And Sam BurnsWhich also missed out on the attempt of 11-foot Birds at 18.
“We have played 25 percent marks,” US captain Kegan bradley Said. “We have played the first quarter of a football game or a basketball game. They went out of there and played better than us today. They made more puts.
The teams will play the same schedule on Saturday, followed by 12 singles matches on Sunday.
Europeans need 14 points to maintain the Rider Cup after 16.5–11.5 wins in Rome in 2023. Americans require 14.5 points to withdraw it.
This will not be easy for the American team. Europeans have won each of the last six rider cups with a lead after the early day. The last time they did not complete it, in 1999, when they took a 6–2 lead in the Massachusetts’s Brookline at the Country Club of 14.5–13.5.
Americans have a chance to return, they have to go in the right direction to the chefler. On Friday, he became the first world number 1 (since 1986 since) to lose both his matches on the early day of the Rider Cup without reaching the early day of the Rider Cup.
After Scheffler and Russell Henley 5 -and -3 for Sweden fell in Foursom match Ludwig Igberg And of England Matte fitzpatricChefler and US Open winner JJ Spon The decision of 3 -and -2 for Rahm and Austria dropped Oyster In four balls.
The Sheffeler struggled with his vessel for most of the day-he did not create a bedi in a four-goose match until 5 to half to the hole to half.
“We gave ourselves a lot of opportunities,” the sheffer said. “It really came down to me, which was not getting enough.
Chefler, who consists of three big companies in the 13 wins on the PGA tour in the last two sessions, are the winners in their last six Rider Cup matches. He went 0-2-2 in Italy two years ago.
Perhaps no one could defeated Rahm on Friday. The two -time major champions have fallen to number 73 in the world rankings as they are not earning points for their finish in the live golf league events, but he is still playing like one of the best golfers on the planet.
According to ESPN Research, Rahm is unbeaten in its last nine pairs of matches, bound to the second longest line by a European player in the history of Rider Cup. He has lost only one of his last 12 Rider Cup matches.
“In the morning, although it was great, it was just a part of a long race,” Rahm said. “We made a great start, and we have to continue it. That’s what we did.”
Fleetwood, who captured his first PGA Tour victory in the Tour Championship on 24 August, remains a fork in favor of the Americans, as well as. Fleetwood and McLero did easy job Colin Moricawa And Harris English 5 -and -4 win in Force, then Fleetwood and Justin Rose Dechambeau and handed over Ben giffin 1-up defeat in a four-ball match.
45-year-old Rose made a 9½-foot Birdi put on the 18th hole to remove Americans.
“The scoreboard is what matters, and I think our team is just as a collective, I think we feel clearly very prepared, and we’re looking forward to this day long,” Fleetwood said. “So it looks great to get down for a good start. Their team is piled up with amazing players. So whatever is, the match is going to be difficult, and the points mean a lot.”
Americans got a big boost from Rider Cup crook Cameron YoungWho set the Bathpage Black Scoring Record as a 20 -year -old child. The youth did not play Friday morning, but they did Justin Thomas Å to win 6 -and -5 on Denmark Ritual In four balls.
The youth, who won their first PGA tour at the Wyndham Championship on 3 August, made five Birds in the round. He and Thomas made three straight beats to end the match on the 13th Hole.
Young became the first American to win his first rider cup with a margin of six holes or more Phil Mixelson In 1995.
“It’s very special,” Young said, who grew up in Scarborough, New York, and is the son of a PGA of a US professional. “I love this place, and this is a team that we have really worked hard to make. We are just super grateful. The opportunity to play with them in front of these fans is very special today.”
Thomas bounced back even after struggling in a Fourse match in the morning.
“I really just sat back and saw the show,” Thomas said. “When I tried to help, I’m so happy for the cam [and] I am proud of him. Playing in your first rider cup is really difficult, but playing in front of fans of your home I think it is even more difficult, but he definitely played like experienced today. ,
