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Scheffler is chipping from the fringe. He does so to three feet. That puts the pressure on McIlroy, who is swishing out of thicker stuff. He doesn\u2019t connect properly, the ball only just squeaking onto the green. And the putt from eight feet flies off the face of his putter straight right, and the hole is conceded. Scheffler regains the lead in the meeting of golf\u2019s Big Two!<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Justin Rose and Cameron Young take turns to fling darts into 16. Putting competition coming up. And there\u2019s a chipping contest to be had back on 14, both Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy having missed the green. Meanwhile par is enough for Ludvig \u00c5berg to double his lead against Patrick Cantlay. And Sam Burns rolls in a 25-footer on 9 to level things up against Bob Mac.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (15) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau was five holes behind. But now he\u2019s just two shy of Matt Fitzpatrick, who can\u2019t get close with his chip up from the back of 14 \u2026 and it doesn\u2019t matter anyway, because Bryson rattles in his 22-foot birdie putt. Off he strides with great purpose. This looked like a shoo-in point for Europe after seven holes \u2026 but now let\u2019s see! Meanwhile Rory McIlroy gets up and down from the side of 13 to escape with a half, while Collin Morikawa misses the 9th green to the right, at the cost of his lead against Tyrrell Hatton.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (15) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ben Griffin and Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard trade long birdie putts on 10. Apart from the DeChambeau-Fitzpatrick and Schauffele-Rahm matches \u2013 Schauffele has just birdied 12 to move three ahead \u2013 pretty much everything is on a knife-edge \u2026 and even there, Fitzpatrick has just airmailed his tee shot over the 14th green, so unless he can manufacture a cute up-and-down, that could be closing up soon.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (14) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau creams his second at the 613-yard par-five 13th into the heart of the green. Big chance for eagle \u2026 but his straight 28-footer stays out stubbornly on the left. So close. That allows Matt Fitzpatrick to screech his third over the flag and spin it back to four feet, from where he tidies up for a precious half. Holes running out for Bryson now.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (14) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Xander Schauffele birdies 11 to double his lead over Jon Rahm in short order. That should improve Keegan\u2019s mood a little. But here we are.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (14) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bradley may have become annoyed by the amount of time required for Rose to get his ruling over the drop away from the stand. Anyway, he\u2019ll be properly fuming now, because having waited for the 13th hole to clear, Tommy Fleetwood finds the heart of the green, then makes a 20-footer for birdie. Justin Thomas, a fair bit closer, misses his putt on the high side, to the right, and they\u2019re all square again. And then up on 14, the rejuvenated Rose makes birdie to snatch another hole back from Cameron Young!<\/p>\n Justin Rose celebrates after a birdie putt. Photograph: Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.28 EDT<\/p>\n While all that was going down, there were moves being made elsewhere. Bob Mac wins the 6th to put some blue on the bottom of the board; Ben Griffin is gifted 8 when Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard finds the water; and Xander Schauffele regains the lead in a topsy-turvy match with Jon Rahm, par enough at 10. Meanwhile for some reason Keegan Bradley is still ranting at the match official regarding that Justin Rose drop. Not sure what his problem is. But he\u2019s got one.<\/p>\n 2UP Young v Rose (13) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Justin Rose sends his second into the par-five 13th towards a stand on the right. There\u2019s a long discussion with an official about relief, and Keegan Bradley makes his way over to get involved. Another back-and-forth. Eventually Rose drops onto some scrappy land near the structure \u2026 then whips an outrageous chip up onto the green, over all sorts of danger, from 74 yards to six feet! That rattles Cameron Young, whose eight-foot birdie putt stops on the lip. Rose tidies up for birdie and an out-of-this-world win! Arrears reduced to two, and the lead match, which looked almost over for a couple of minutes back there, is back on!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau looks to have left a 16-foot birdie chance on the lip, heartbreakingly so. He bends over in despair \u2026 but then the ball, somehow squeezing out a last drop of energy, curls around the back of the cup and gently disappears! DeChambeau springs up and celebrates wildly! As do the gallery! But then Matt Fitzpatrick rolls in one from similar distance, and turns to the crowd, performing the palms-pointing-at-ground calm-down gesture. Great fun. What a way to halve a hole!<\/p>\n Team USA’s Bryson DeChambeau celebrates. Photograph: Brendan McDermid\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.16 EDT<\/p>\n \u2026 and in the meantime, par is enough for Ludvig \u00c5berg on 10. Patrick Cantlay can\u2019t get up and down from the side of the green, and for the first time in a long while, there\u2019s a little bit of pushback from Team Europe. So much still in the balance, though.<\/p>\n 3UP Young v Rose (12) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Potentially a huge moment on 11! Scottie Scheffler\u2019s second only just reaches the front of the large green, the flag at the back. Rory McIlroy finds the fringe to the left. They\u2019re 60 and 30 feet away respectively. Scheffler leaves a strangely underpowered putt six feet short; Rory steers his in for birdie, a big left-to-right swinger that always looks like dropping! Level again, and a much-needed boost for both Europe and their talisman, who looks half-tired, half-broken by the nonsense he\u2019s had to put up with this week.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s three holes in a row for Justin Thomas! He fist-pumps the air after sending his second at 12 from 200 yards to seven feet, then rolling the putt dead-centre of the cup. From two holes down to one up. This is getting closer and closer, and the Europeans are palpably nervous \u2026 so there\u2019s a little scrap of comfort when Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard\u2019s par on 7 is enough to level up against Ben Griffin.<\/p>\n 3UP Young v Rose (12) Team USA’s Justin Thomas. Photograph: Brendan McDermid\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.09 EDT<\/p>\n Rory McIlroy, now being flanked by state police for his own safety, fluffs a couple of chips on 10. Bogey is enough for Scottie Scheffler to win the hole \u2026 although McIlroy comes close to escaping with a half, but his putt from the fringe stops one dimple short. Meanwhile it turns out that the brouhaha back on the tee was, preposterously, the result of punters making noise with squeaky toy ducks that are being handed out free with each purchase of sticky cherry booze. This isn\u2019t the high-quality match between the two best players in the world you\u2019d expect \u2026 for various reasons \u2026 but it\u2019s wonderfully intriguing.<\/p>\n 3UP Young v Rose (12) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Justin Thomas throws a dart at the flag on 11, and Tommy Fleetwood\u2019s two-hole advantage has been wiped out in the quickest fashion possible. JJ Spaun has also clawed his way back from 2DOWN, levelling up with birdie at 7. Collin Morikawa hits the front against Tyrrell Hatton with a long birdie putt on 5. And despite Cameron Young duffing a chip from the back of 12, he nails the par putt from 12 feet, spooking Justin Rose into missing a four-footer and gifting USA the hole. Europe suddenly getting properly nervous. The USA sense this is on!<\/p>\n 3UP Young v Rose (12) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.51 EDT<\/p>\n Rory takes a wood out of the fairway bunker on 10. Another hook, this time into the gallery back-left of the green. But Scottie doesn\u2019t take full advantage, finding the gallery down the left himself from the centre of the fairway. There\u2019s a reasonable chance Scheffler is less than impressed with the flak McIlroy is getting, and his heart isn\u2019t 100 percent in this.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rory McIlroy gets involved with the gallery around the 10th tee. Some pointing, and an exchange of views via the medium of the short conversation. His equilibrium shaken, he hooks his drive into a bunker down the left. Meanwhile back on 10, Bryson DeChambeau and Matt Fitzpatrick trade shaky five-footers for the half.<\/p>\n 2UP Young v Rose (11) Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThings are warming up a bit now eh,\u201d begins Guy Hornsby, and he\u2019s not wrong. \u201cThe USA need a miracle to end all miracles, but things are swinging around a bit. Europe need to try and quell that, not because we will lose this match, but after the treatment this week, I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll want to make this day count and put a huge statement down to the tournament. There\u2019s nothing quite like Sunday at the Ryder Cup: cutaways every 90 seconds, roars from adjacent holes, howls and action everywhere. Lots of matches only have a hole in them and no one can risk mistakes. I know this is a gimme for Europe, but I\u2019m still nervous. Too many ghosts of away ties past, I guess. An early point, even victory from Tommy and Fitz will take all the wind out we need.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tommy Fleetwood visits a greenside bunker at 10 and Justin Thomas reduces his arrears to one hole again. Collin Morikawa rolls in a 15-footer on 4 to level his match against Tyrrell Hatton. And Patrick Cantlay\u2019s arrow at the par-three 8th is enough to tie Ludvig \u00c5berg. Team USA have their chances elsewhere, too, but Justin Rose dispatches a four-footer on 11 to halve the hole against Cameron Young, while Scottie Scheffler leaves a ten-footer for the win at 9 high on the right. A perceptible shift in momentum towards the hosts.<\/p>\n 2UP Young v Rose (11) Justin Thomas of Team United States lines up a putt. Photograph: Jared C Tilton\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.44 EDT<\/p>\n Now, then. Bryson. He walks in a 25-footer for birdie on 9 \u2026 and all of a sudden that five-hole deficit is reduced to three! He departs the scene in the big-leggy fashion, sprit restored. Meanwhile Russell Henley can\u2019t get up and down from the side of 5, and Shane Lowry regains the lead in match eight.<\/p>\n 2UP Young v Rose (10) Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Scheffler-McIlroy heavyweight clash continues to be scrappy. Halves at 7 and 8, Rory in particular all over the place on 7, scrambling a par by getting up and down from a zone so far from the fairway the grass had been flattened down by the gallery. But it\u2019s a second hole on the bounce for Jon Rahm, reward for wedging his second from 75 yards to four feet. And Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard gets a hole back on Ben Griffin, the latter sending his tee shot at 4 into the trees on the right.<\/p>\n 2UP Young v Rose (10) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Justin Rose dunks his third at 10 into a bunker guarding the front of the green. He nearly holes out from the sand, but by then the damage is done. Cameron Young has two putts from the fringe to double his lead, and lags the first one up to kick-in distance. Meanwhile on 5, Sepp Straka misses a short par putt and JJ Spaun closes in.<\/p>\n 2UP Young v Rose (10) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Xander Schauffele shoves a short putt wide right on 5, and that cuts his lead over Jon Rahm in half. Meanwhile up on 9, Tommy Fleetwood gives Justin Thomas a read with a birdie putt from 40 feet that glides left to right but stops just short. JT\u2019s effort rolls along the correct line \u2026 but comes to a halt, a dimple shy. So close to reducing his arrears, but so far.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Some joy for Bryson DeChambeau at last. Par enough at the par-three 8th, after Matt Fitzpatrick finds the bunker to the left. Just the four holes down now. The first step on a comeback for the ages?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Young makes a 12-footer for birdie on 9 that denies Justin Rose, much closer in, the hole. Meanwhile Ben Griffin does what Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard can\u2019t \u2013 hole out from eight feet on 3 \u2013 to move a couple up. Anyway, about Europe\u2019s choice of shirt being uncannily similar to a Scotland away effort from the late 80s, early 90s. \u201cYou mean this one, Scott?<\/a>\u201d asks Simon McMahon. Yes. \u201cScotland wore it at Italia 90 against Costa Rica, so read into that what you will. Though unlike this American Ryder Cup team, Costa Rica were actually a decent side.\u201d Yep, their winner that fateful day was one of the great underrated World Cup goals, a pitch-length passing masterclass.<\/a> I\u2019m surprised it doesn\u2019t get mentioned more often. Probably for the best, all told.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (9) Cameron Young of Team United States. Photograph: Mike Stobe\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.54 EDT<\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau is all over the shop. He sends his second at 7 into a greenside bunker, and there goes yet another hole against Matt Fitzpatrick. Team USA\u2019s vibes guy has spent most of the week hitting bum notes.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (8) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tyrrell Hatton sends a wild opening drive towards the trees to the right of the dogleg. But from the native area, 85 yards out, he whips a lob to four feet. In goes the birdie putt, and that\u2019s a blow to Collin Morikawa, who had made a fairly fuss-free par.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Russell Henley sticks his tee shot at the par-three 3rd to five feet. Shane Lowry responds by knocking his to 15 feet, and rolling in the gentle right-to-left slider. That turns the pressure back on Henley, who stubbornly, brilliantly, tidies up, with the matchplay sword of Damocles hanging over his noggin. That\u2019s the hole halved in the only two birdies made there today. What grace under pressure!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler take turns to shave the lip with mid-range putts. This clash of the titans not quite sparking yet. Meanwhile Tommy Fleetwood bounces back from the slam-dunk shock administered on 6 by Justin Thomas, par enough as JT gets into bother down the back of 7.<\/p>\n 1UP Young v Rose (8)
Thomas A\/S Fleetwood (15)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 2UP (14)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (13)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 2UP (12)
3UP Schauffele v Rahm (12)
1UP Spaun v Straka (11)
Henley A\/S Lowry (10)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (10)
Morikawa A\/S Hatton (9)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (9)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas A\/S Fleetwood (14)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 2UP (14)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (13)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (12)
3UP Schauffele v Rahm (12)
1UP Spaun v Straka (11)
Henley A\/S Lowry (10)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (10)
Morikawa A\/S Hatton (9)
Burns v MacIntyre 1UP (8)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas A\/S Fleetwood (14)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (13)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (12)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (12)
3UP Schauffele v Rahm (12)
1UP Spaun v Straka (11)
Henley A\/S Lowry (10)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (10)
1UP Morikawa v Hatton (8)
Burns v MacIntyre 1UP (8)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas A\/S Fleetwood (14)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (13)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (12)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (12)
2UP Schauffele v Rahm (11)
1UP Spaun v Straka (10)
Henley A\/S Lowry (10)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (9)
1UP Morikawa v Hatton (8)
Burns v MacIntyre 1UP (8)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas A\/S Fleetwood (13)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (12)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (12)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (11)
2UP Schauffele v Rahm (11)
1UP Spaun v Straka (10)
Henley A\/S Lowry (9)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (9)
1UP Morikawa v Hatton (8)
Burns v MacIntyre 1UP (7)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
1UP Thomas v Fleetwood (12)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (12)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (12)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (11)
1UP Schauffele v Rahm (10)
Spaun A\/S Straka (9)
Henley A\/S Lowry (9)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (8)
1UP Morikawa v Hatton (7)
Burns v MacIntyre 1UP (6)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
1UP Thomas v Fleetwood (12)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (11)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (11)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (10)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (9)
Spaun A\/S Straka (8)
Henley v Lowry 1UP (8)
Griffin A\/S H\u00f8jgaard (7)
1UP Morikawa A\/S Hatton (6)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (5)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
1UP Thomas v Fleetwood (12)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (11)
1UP Scheffler v McIlroy (10)
Cantlay A\/S \u00c5berg (9)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (9)
Spaun A\/S Straka (8)
Henley v Lowry 1UP (7)
Griffin A\/S H\u00f8jgaard (7)
1UP Morikawa A\/S Hatton (6)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (5)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas A\/S Fleetwood (11)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (11)
1UP Scheffler v McIlroy (10)
Cantlay A\/S \u00c5berg (9)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (8)
Spaun A\/S Straka (8)
Henley v Lowry 1UP (7)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (6)
1UP Morikawa A\/S Hatton (5)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (4)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas A\/S Fleetwood (11)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (10)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (9)
Cantlay A\/S \u00c5berg (8)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (7)
Spaun A\/S Straka (7)
Henley v Lowry 1UP (6)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (5)
1UP Morikawa v Hatton (5)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (4)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 1UP (10)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (10)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (9)
Cantlay A\/S \u00c5berg (8)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (7)
Spaun v Straka 1UP (6)
Henley v Lowry 1UP (6)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (5)
Morikawa A\/S Hatton (4)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (3)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 1UP (10)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (9)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (9)
Cantlay A\/S \u00c5berg (8)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (7)
Spaun v Straka 1UP (6)
Henley v Lowry 1UP (5)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (4)
Morikawa A\/S Hatton (4)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (3)
English A\/S Hovland (F)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 2UP (9)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 3UP (9)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (8)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (7)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (6)
Spaun v Straka 1UP (5)
Henley v Lowry 1UP (5)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (4)
Morikawa v Hatton 1UP (3)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (2)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 2UP (9)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 4UP (8)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (8)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (6)
Schauffele A\/S Rahm (6)
Spaun v Straka 1UP (5)
Henley A\/S Lowry (4)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (4)
Morikawa v Hatton 1UP (3)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (2)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 2UP (9)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 4UP (8)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (7)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (6)
1UP Schauffele v Rahm (5)
Spaun v Straka 1UP (5)
Henley A\/S Lowry (4)
2UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (3)
Morikawa v Hatton 1UP (2)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (1)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 2UP (8)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 5UP (7)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (7)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (4)
2UP Schauffele v Rahm (4)
Spaun v Straka 2UP (4)
Henley A\/S Lowry (3)
2UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (3)
Morikawa v Hatton 1UP (1)
Burns A\/S MacIntyre (1)
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 2UP (8)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 5UP (7)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (6)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (4)
2UP Schauffele v Rahm (3)
Spaun v Straka 2UP (3)
Henley A\/S Lowry (3)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (2)
Morikawa v Hatton 1UP (1)
Burns v MacIntyre
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n
Thomas v Fleetwood 2UP (7)
DeChambeau v Fitzpatrick 4UP (6)
Scheffler A\/S McIlroy (5)
Cantlay v \u00c5berg 1UP (3)
2UP Schauffele v Rahm (3)
Spaun v Straka 2UP (3)
Henley A\/S Lowry (2)
1UP Griffin v H\u00f8jgaard (1)
Morikawa v Hatton
USA 5-12 Europe<\/p>\n