Bryson DeChambeau claimed Europe has “luck on their side” as Team USA concluded Day 1 of the Ryder Cup trailing behind.

The Ryder Cup commenced Friday, with U.S. President Donald Trump even arriving to watch and support his team, but it proved to be a forgettable day for DeChambeau. The LIV Golf star was completely blanked, losing alongside Justin Thomas to Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton in the foursomes.

DeChambeau and Ben Griffin were then defeated by Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood in an electrifying fourball battle that went all the way to the final moments. Griffin performed admirably, notably sinking a 56-foot birdie putt at No. 7.

Rose and Fleetwood were unstoppable, with the former instantly answering Griffin’s remarkable shot by draining his own long-range birdie to halve the hole. Fleetwood then produced three back-nine birdies to capture Nos. 11 and square the match and No. 14 to seize the advantage.

Rose stepped forward to sink the decisive putt and secure a 1-up victory over a dejected DeChambeau. Nevertheless, the two-time US Open champion hasn’t abandoned hope.

DeChambeau is disheartened but optimistic about achieving results despite finishing winless after the opening day of competition.

“Experience was great. 0-2 today, pretty disappointed,” DeChambeau said. “I played good golf, just not good enough, and they made everything. Luck is on their side right now.

“Hit my irons better and roll in a couple more putts. I felt like I was clutch when I needed to be, but the putt on 16, putt on 14, there were so many putts that just didn’t go in for us that went in for them.”

Paul McGinley slammed DeChambeau’s showing on the Golf Channel. In the most recent barb thrown at the American by the network, McGinley branded DeChambeau “a black sheep.”

His fellow analyst Brandel Chamblee, whose feud with the American stretches back to before the 2020 U.S. Open, recently dubbed DeChambeau a “captain’s nightmare,” an “odd duck,” and even a “circus barker,” claiming his character and YouTube fixation made him tough to team up with.

He has also targeted DeChambeau’s subscriber tally of 2.43 million, branding it “dubious” and suggesting bots were responsible for his fame.

DeChambeau won’t be creating YouTube content this weekend, but he will hope he can prove himself with his performance as the Ryder Cup rolls on.