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Ludvig \u00c5berg has a downhill 15-footer for the win on 15. But his putt, tickled well enough to look like going in for a while, lips out on the right. Nice try, but the USA are now dormie three in the lead match.<\/p>\n
3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (15)
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 3UP (14)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (12)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (11)<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Not for the first time today, Bob MacIntyre sends an iron carelessly through the back of a green, this time at 11. Viktor Hovland can\u2019t hold the green coming back, either, and though MacIntyre nearly holes the chip from the front of the green, that\u2019s bogey out of nowhere. Scottie Scheffler has two putts to win the hole, but needs only one, rolling in from 12 feet for birdie. Meanwhile up on 14, Rory McIlroy has a putt to close out match two \u2026 but races it five feet past, and Tommy Fleetwood misses the one coming back! A hole gift-wrapped to the USA, and McIlroy will be fuming with his amateur-hour error.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (14) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jon Rahm fires a forensic iron from 167 yards to four feet on 12, setting up a birdie chance. \u201cYou missed one of those a few holes ago!\u201d a wag in the crowds reminds Tyrrell Hatton. But it\u2019s not happening twice. Hatton carefully pokes it into the centre of the cup, and having been hanging on to their slender lead for so long, he and Rahm elegantly double it.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (14) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Scottie Scheffler busts the USA out of jail on 10. He rolls in a 15-footer for par to salvage a half. But he\u2019s otherwise not firing with Russell Henley. Meanwhile up on 13, Bryson DeChambeau spurns the chance to put his team dormie four, his eight-footer for birdie horseshoeing out. And Europe are 4UP with five to play after halving 13, despite Tommy Fleetwood having put his partner in the trees, he and Rory McIlroy finding themselves out of position from that point on. A clever chip back out, then a long lagged putt, and par is enough for the half.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (14) Scottie Scheffler with a chunk of Bethpage. Photograph: Peter Casey\/IMAGN IMAGES\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.24 EDT<\/p>\n Cameron Young has been Team USA\u2019s star turn so far this week, and he continues to shine under his home-state sun. He swishes his tee shot at the 165-yard par-three 14th to eight feet. Matt Fitzpatrick\u2019s response only just squeaks over the bunker to the right of the green, and though Ludvig \u00c5berg will have a putt, Europe could find themselves on the wrong end of dormie very soon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Xander Schauffele still has the opportunity to win the 11th with a birdie putt from ten feet. But he races it three feet past. That allows Tyrrell Hatton to make his par putt and turn the pressure back on the USA. Patrick Cantlay isn\u2019t missing the short par saver, and the pair move on. Hatton and Rahm are clinging onto their one-hole lead by their very fingernails.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (13) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tyrrell Hatton\u2019s game continues to unravel. Now he blades a bunker shot through the green on 11. To repeat: this is surely unsustainable. But once again Jon Rahm digs deep into his bag of tricks, flipping out from deep grass behind the green to four feet. They might not be done here yet. Meanwhile in the lead game, the par-five 13th is halved in pars, both teams having visited the trees and clanked chips through and over the back of the green.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026 and while that pantomime was in season, Collin Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood took turns to make their short birdie putts on 12. Despite Team USA\u2019s magical efforts, this match looks more and more like a shoo-in for Europe. Holes running out for the hosts.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (12) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bob MacIntyre\u2019s wedge into 9 is poor. Over the back. Viktor Hovland does well to chip back to five feet, and when Scottie Scheffler fails to make his mid-range birdie putt, MacIntyre has the opportunity to make good his error. Of all the Europeans, he\u2019s copped the most abuse this week, and gets some more as he lines up his putt. So when it drops, he\u2019s within his rights to clench his fist in celebration and swivel round, waving it at the folk who had been giving it the big one. You can bet your bottom dollar everyone involved, player and crowd, enjoyed that little back and forth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The quality of the golf in the second match right now is off the charts. We\u2019ve just seen Collin Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood trade darts at 11. Now Harris English and Rory McIlroy do it at 12: English from 192 yards to six feet, Rory from 178 yards to three. It\u2019s absolutely absurd. The USA are playing some stunning golf, yet finding it almost impossible to make serious in-roads.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Patrick Cantlay is so unlucky with an uphill right-to-left swinger from 15 feet on 10. It looks like dropping all the way, but somehow stays out stubbornly on the right lip. That\u2019s an escape for Europe, for whom Jon Rahm had flown the green with his approach. Tyrrell Hatton chipped out of tangled greenside rough to a couple of feet, and it\u2019s a half.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (12) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Harris English takes his time over the four-and-a-half-foot birdie putt. He makes it. That was non-negotiable. See also: Matt Fitzpatrick from 15 feet on 12. In it goes! Cameron Young tidies up for the USA\u2019s birdie, and those are a couple of halves that will please Europe more than the hosts, given how the holes developed.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (12) Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026 but in the meantime, on the par-three 8th, both teams ore on the fringe. Viktor Hovland walks in an 18-footer for birdie, piling the pressure on Scottie Scheffler, whose flat stick has been cold for most of the week so far. He can\u2019t make his putt of similar distance, and Europe are 2UP again in the anchor match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ludvig \u00c5berg knocks his approach at 12 pin high. But it leaves a 15-footer \u2026 and Bryson DeChambeau sends his short iron to five feet. Meanwhile on 11, Collin Morikawa wedges from 123 yards to five feet \u2026 only for Tommy Fleetwood to clatter the flagstick from 102 yards, the ball nearly dunking in for eagle. That\u2019s a pick-up birdie for Europe, and suddenly Harris English\u2019s putt will look a lot longer. These top two matches could be over sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026 but Hatton has lost his rhythm, and this might not be sustainable. He flays his tee shot at 10 into thick oomska down the left. Patrick Cantlay splits the fairway and once again it\u2019s advantage USA.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tyrrell Hatton becomes the latest European to make a weird unforced error from the centre of the fairway. He sends his approach at 9 left and long. Jon Rahm chips gracefully again, this time to six feet, and that\u2019s enough for par \u2026 though Xander Schauffele has the chance to snatch the hole from 12 feet. He leaves it short. \u201cThat was weak, man, that was gross,\u201d sighs Hunter Mahan on Sky Sports. Mahan already showcasing a willingness to tell it as he sees it. (He\u2019s already told Wayne Riley to \u201cwatch your mouth\u201d after the summariser talked down the chances of a Scottie Scheffler putt that subsequently went in. Very funny. Wayne\u2019s a big boy, he can take it.)<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (11) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.38 EDT<\/p>\n An uphill ten-footer for Ludvig \u00c5berg to nick a hole back in the top match at 11. He doesn\u2019t quite give it enough pace, and it dies off to the right. A chance to make good his error of the previous hole gone. It\u2019s been a sore 15 minutes for the Swede. Meanwhile on 10, Rory McIlroy makes an unforced error from the centre of the 10th fairway, yanking his approach into the gallery on the left of the green. But Tommy Fleetwood wedges wonderfully to six feet, and McIlroy makes the putt for a par that keeps Europe well ahead in match two.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (11) Share<\/a>Rahm’s outrageous chip-in<\/p>\n This could be the shot of the tournament, folks. Close the book now. On the par-three 8th, Patrick Cantlay pulls his tee shot left of the green. Tyrrell Hatton responds by pulling his tee shot even further left, on the edge of a trap. No stance. Jon Rahm is left with an almost impossible shot, standing knee-deep in the bunker, hands down the shaft. Anywhere on the green will be a decent outcome \u2026 especially with the flag on the same side, not much room to play with. No matter! Rahm swishes with delicate rhythm, gently lobbing his ball and landing it on the fringe, from where it runs out, left to right, slowly but surely into the cup! Xander Schauffele nearly follows him in from the edge of the green, but that would have spoiled the delicious beauty and perfection of Rahm\u2019s shot. What a steal! You\u2019ll be seeing that once or twice.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (10) Jon Rahm chips in on the 8th hole with his feet in the sand. Photograph: Brendan McDermid\/ReutersWhat a shot that was from Rahm! Photograph: Brendan McDermid\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.29 EDT<\/p>\n Ludvig \u00c5berg underhits his par putt from the fringe, and the USA take a proper grip of the lead match. That hole was gift-wrapped by the young Swede, who walks off in a hot funk. Meanwhile birdie for Henley-Scheffler back on 6, and the arrears are halved in the anchor match.<\/p>\n 3UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (10) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Young sends his tee shot at 10 into a bunker down the right of the fairway. Bryson DeChambeau then dumps his second into the rough well before the green. Serious advantage Europe \u2026 but then Ludvig \u00c5berg, from the centre of the fairway, whistles his approach into the bank just above a bunker guarding the front of the green! What a huge unforced error. Young chips top six feet, then Fitzpatrick, forced to stand in the bunker and grip down the shaft, can only hack out through the green and onto the fringe. This hole has been a total fiasco for Europe, and they\u2019re about to hand it over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jon Rahm sends a dismal chip onto 7. A good 12 feet short. Xander Schauffele then catches his bunker shot too cleanly, the ball flying 16 feet past the flag. But Patrick Cantlay makes the putt coming back, while Tyrrell Hatton doesn\u2019t make the shorter one up the green. That\u2019s a huge win for Team USA, who out of nowhere, and without having to do too much, level up in the third game!<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (9) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley are out of sorts as well. The latter dunks his approach at 5 into greenside sand. Scheffler, plugged, can only bash out into the middle of the green, 17 feet from the pin. Europe meanwhile make a fuss-free birdie, and suddenly the momentum is tipping back towards the visitors.<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (9) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Collin Morikawa isn\u2019t on his game at all. The two-time major winner nearly dumps his tee shot at the par-three 8th into the water. The ball hangs onto the bank, and Harris English clips up to eight feet. After Rory McIlroy nearly drains a 25-footer for birdie, Morikawa has the opportunity to get out of Dodge with a half, but his par saver is never going to drop. An awful effort, and the USA are in serious bother in this second game now.<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (9) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young take turns to throw darts at the flag on 9. Bryson DeChambeau is left with a 16-foot left-to-right for birdie \u2026 and in it goes. Air-punch! Trailing foot in the air, Payne Stewart style! That hands the pressure over to Ludvig \u00c5berg, who makes no mistake. This is an outrageously good game.<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (9) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tyrrell Hartton missed a four-footer on 5. Now he makes a trickier one from similar distance \u2013 downhill, and seconds after Patrick Cantlay threw the gauntlet down with a ten-footer \u2013 and Europe escape with a half. There\u2019s some magnificent golf being played by both teams this morning, with no quarter given. Everyone having to earn everything.<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (8) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Both teams slightly out of position on 7. Tommy Fleetwood ends up with a 20-footer for par \u2026 and he walks it in. It\u2019s a classic matchplay blow, because Collin Morikawa, having been left ten feet away from the hole by Harris English\u2019s sand-heavy bunker shot, misses the shorter par attempt. What was a possible 1DOWN from the American perspective is now 3DOWN.<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (8) Team Europe fans watch on as Matt Fitzpatrick lines up his putt on the 7th. Photograph: Paul Childs\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.58 EDT<\/p>\n Europe look to be in the box seat on 4. Scottie Scheffler has a 17-footer for birdie; Viktor Hovland will try from six. Scheffler rattles in his putt, and the crowd go wild. \u201cNo pressure, Viktor!\u201d yells a wag in the gallery. Reader, he means the exact opposite. But Viktor holds his nerve and tidies up to share the spoils in birdie. This is great fun.<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (8) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ludvig \u00c5berg\u2019s birdie putt takes a little bobble as it leaves the face of his putter. The ball kinks out on the right, and he picks up both ball and Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s marker. In the blink of an eye, Team USA have taken control of this morning\u2019s lead match!<\/p>\n 2UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (8) Share<\/a><\/p>\n At the par-three 8th, Cameron Young sends a fantastic tee shot to two-and-a-half feet. Matt Fitzpatrick responds by landing his effort seven feet away. What a back and forth! Meanwhile back on 5, Tyrrell Hatton misses a downhill four-footer to gift a hole back to Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.<\/p>\n 1UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (7) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Matt Fitzpatrick can\u2019t get Europe out of trouble on 7. His nine-foot par attempt doesn\u2019t drop, one dimple short, and Cameron Young tidies up for the par that gives the USA the lead in the opening match. That\u2019s only Europe\u2019s third foursomes bogey of the week so far \u2026 and that number remains the same, as Fleetwood splashes to six feet and McIlroy makes good his mistake to make the par putt and salvage the half.<\/p>\n 1UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (7) Relief for Rory after sinking his putt on the 5th. Photograph: Lindsey Wasson\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.49 EDT<\/p>\n \u2026 and up on 7, Bryson DeChambeau nearly holes a chip, his ball rolling four feet past. Ludvig \u00c5berg then leaves a weak chip nine feet short, and suddenly a little momentum shifts America\u2019s way across Bethpage. Two big opportunities coming up for Team USA at 6 and 7.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Harris English lands his iron into 6 right next to the pin \u2026 but the ball spins back hysterically, miles from the flag. No matter, though, because Rory McIlroy makes an egregious error from the centre of the fairway, slapping his ball into the grassy bank guarding the front. It pings back into the trap, where Tommy Fleetwood will find himself shortsided. The door was wide open for Europe to go three holes up there, but it\u2019s just slammed back in their startled faces.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sky Sports commentator Ewen Murray points out that the USA aren\u2019t even playing badly. They\u2019re six under for their balls this morning. But they\u2019re collectively 5DOWN. The small margins in matchplay golf.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (6) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Collin Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood clip decent but not spectacular irons into 5. English doesn\u2019t quite hit his 30-footer; Harris looks on grimly as his ball teeters on the edge. Rory McIlroy steers in his 25-foot left-to-right slider, though. (An east-coast supermarket reference back there, the eagle-eyed will have spotted. The internet generation can\u2019t get enough of them.)<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (6) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Matt Fitzpatrick\u2019s 13-foot birdie putt on 6 shaves the left-hand side of the hole. Not sure how that didn\u2019t move in. Fitzpatrick looks confused. Two putts from distance for Cameron Young and Bryson DeChambeau, and the lead match moves on still tied. But back on 2, Bob MacIntyre curls in a right-to-left 20-foot swinger to put some more blue on the board! That putt only just grabbed the left-hand side of the cup before dropping, and was rolling downhill fast as well. The small margins between success and possible disaster.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (6) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Young\u2019s drive at 6 finds thick stuff down the right. Even with Bryson\u2019s power, it\u2019s a job to gouge out with any accuracy, and he does well to find the green. But Team USA are a good way outside the approach of Ludvig \u00c5berg, who comes in from the fairway. A half-chance for Europe here.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026 so Tyrrell Hatton rolls in the left-to-right 17-foot slider for birdie! Suddenly Patrick Cantlay\u2019s putt looks twice as long. He does extremely well to tidy up and staunch the bleeding, but the USA, after Schauffele\u2019s wonderful tee shot, must be wondering where their next hole is coming from.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (5) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Xander Schauffele, off the back of gifting Europe a hole with that short putt on 2, makes good by sending a gentle high draw into the par-three 3rd. His ball lands softly, five feet away. Jon Rahm\u2019s effort is very decent, over the flag, 17 feet away, but this is advantage USA.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hovland tidies up on 1 for Europe\u2019s birdie. He wonders about conceding Scheffler\u2019s shorter putt, but doesn\u2019t. The world number one, under the gaze of His Airness, tidies up. Tied. Everyone moves on.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (5) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Russell Henley is this close to back-spinning his approach at 1 into the cup. He\u2019s maybe three feet away. Bob MacIntyre follows up with a wedge that lands much further back, but utilises the camber of the green to bring it back to five feet. Putting contest coming up. Meanwhile on 2, Xander Schauffele\u2019s short putt lips out on the left, and it\u2019s a gift to Europe, who have started fast in match three.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (4) Share<\/a><\/p>\n It gets even better for Europe, as Rory McIlroy\u2019s tee shot at the par-three 3rd lands pin high, seven feet to the right of the cup. In goes Tommy Fleetwood\u2019s birdie putt, and all that early American momentum already up in smoke. Meanwhile the last of the morning foursomes gets under way, with Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler safely finding the fairway near the dogleg at 1.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (4) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bryson\u2019s second into the short par-five 4th finds a bunker at the front of the green. \u00c5berg\u2019s fairway wood drifts wide right of it, but Fitzpatrick has plenty of uphill green to work with, and nearly chips in for eagle. \u00c5berg picks up for Europe\u2019s birdie. The USA can\u2019t make one, though, Young\u2019s splash out from sand going ten feet past, Bryson failing to make the putt coming back. A few minutes ago, the USA were leading in the first two matches. Now there\u2019s no red on the board, while the only splash of colour on it is European blue.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (4) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Like Bryson and \u00c5berg before them, English and McIlroy both spin their approaches at 2 back onto the fringe at the front. Morikawa nearly chips in; Fleetwood strokes home his long putt! A conservative fist-bump to celebrate the win. No point getting too carried away on the 2nd green. But that\u2019s good news for Europe \u2026 and there\u2019s more on 1, where Schauffele fails to make the 20-footer that remained for birdie. He didn\u2019t give it enough juice.<\/p>\n 1UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (3) Xander Schauffele rues his missed putt on the 1st. Photograph: Peter Casey\/IMAGN IMAGES\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.29 EDT<\/p>\n Schauffele\u2019s drive at 1 has ended up in the middle of the bunch of trees to the right of the dogleg. Cantlay is forced to whip over the top of them. He does exceptionally well to land his ball in the middle of the green. Schauffele will have a look at birdie from 20 feet or so. Hatton has a much better angle of attack, and from 66 yards lands ten feet in front of the pin. His ball takes a couple of hops forward and stops a couple of inches away. That\u2019ll be conceded. Big putt coming up for Schauffele now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The third match takes to the 1st tee. Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton. Yay, yay, boo, boo, you know who cops for what. Rahm takes Europe\u2019s first shot, and like \u00c5berg earlier, sends it towards the trees down the right. Schauffele follows him there. Not an ideal start for either pairing.<\/p>\n 1UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (3) Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s no stopping that man Cameron Young, who is already staking his claim to be the player of the tournament, he\u2019s been that good. He chips in from the fringe to the side of the par-three 3rd, and the USA have another splash of red on the board. \u201cNot a surprise to see Michael Jordan there,\u201d begins Phil Crockford. \u201cHe is a very keen golfer, and once got banned from a golf course because he was wearing the wrong type of shorts. Obviously, he then bought a golf course a few miles up the road.\u201d<\/p>\n 1UP DeChambeau\/Young v Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (3) Share<\/a><\/p>\n McIlroy nearly holes that next shot! He\u2019s not got much green to work with, but pops his chip onto the fringe, then rolls it out, straight towards the flag. Or straight until it\u2019s last couple of turns, anyway, when it drifts a couple of millimetres to the left, enough for it to horseshoe out. So close to a gallery-busting birdie! And the pain doubles for Rory as English steers in his gentle left-to-right slider for birdie. The first splash of colour on today\u2019s board is US red!<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (2) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Fleetwood\u2019s second into 1 isn\u2019t all that, missing the green to the right. The door\u2019s open for Morikawa, who from 86 yards wedges over the flag \u2026 but doesn\u2019t get too much backspin. He\u2019s left English with a 15-footer for birdie, while McIlroy faces an awkward chip. Still advantage USA, but Morikawa\u2019s missed the opportunity to put serious pressure on McIlroy\u2019s next shot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026 but Young trundles his chip eight feet past. Fitzpatrick, with his trademark cross-handed chipping grip, wedges to tap-in distance. So close to a chip-in. But then Bryson, like \u00c5berg on the 1st, rescues the situation by rolling in his putt. Tied after 2, and this is already shaping up to be quite the battle.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (2) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young send their drives at 2 down the middle. Ludvig \u00c5berg finds the green with his approach but the ball spins back into the fringe. Bryson should learn something about how receptive the greens are, but doesn\u2019t, spinning America\u2019s second back into the thicker stuff behind the fringe. Slight advantage to Europe here, with the not inconsiderable caveat of the hot-in-form Young taking Team USA\u2019s next shot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Back on the 1st tee, Rory McIlroy is roundly abused in the pantomime style. He throws back a couple of theatrical kisses to the gallery. A cheeky smile. All good knockabout fun. Everyone enjoying it. He takes the first shot of match two \u2026 but with the adrenalin pumping, lashes his drive into the gallery down the left! We\u2019ve not seen anyone over there yet. McIlroy and his partner Tommy Fleetwood were excellent yesterday; their opponents here, Harris English and Collin Morikawa, not so much. But English starts well by finding the semi-rough down the right of the fairway. Advantage USA.<\/p>\n Rory takes the bantz! Photograph: Michael Reaves\/PGA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.49 EDT<\/p>\n Bryson puts down his marker anyway. It\u2019s clearly going to be conceded, but he\u2019s not going to shoot Europe a glance begging for it. Looking needy? Nope! No sir. No quarter given. But when Fitzpatrick arrives on the scene, he tells DeChambeau to pick up his coin. Then \u00c5berg rolls in the birdie putt, a glorious response to DeChambeau and Young\u2019s perfect start, and gives the air a little rabbit punch himself. This is on! This\u2019ll do just nicely! Seventeen more holes of this, please!<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Young A\/S Fitzpatrick\/\u00c5berg (1)<\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau tees off the second day. Photograph: Jared C Tilton\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.35 EDT<\/p>\n Cameron Young was in stellar form yesterday, and he immediately keeps on keepin\u2019 on. From the centre of the fairway, he lands his wedge 15 feet past the flag, then screws it back to tap-in distance! Sensational! In the stand, the living legend Michael Jordan, game recognising game, punches the air in delight. That\u2019ll be a gimme birdie. Matt Fitzpatrick, from a tight angle in the rough to the right, wedges to ten feet. Under normal circumstances, we’d be praising that shot to the hilt. After what Young\u2019s just done, that\u2019s not going to happen. \u00c5berg at least with a chance for birdie, though.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Luke Donald\u2019s turn, and he\u2019s asked about the positives he took from yesterday\u2019s performance. \u201cThe resiliency of the guys \u2026 how they handled the moment \u2026 got off to a great start \u2026 finished strong \u2026 it gets loud when you cross the road but they handled it great \u2026 we celebrated yesterday because it was a great day for us but we know there\u2019s a lot more work ahead \u2026 keep going \u2026 momentum \u2026 get some blue on the board early \u2026 we have a plan, depending on how this morning goes, either way \u2026 I\u2019m very confident that whatever happens, we\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Keegan Bradley dispenses some folksy charm on US television. \u201cWe\u2019re ready for a fight \u2026 seems like New York has woken up a little bit here \u2026 crowd\u2019s goin\u2019 \u2026 I\u2019m excited \u2026 I gotta good feeling about today \u2026 we\u2019re currently in the firing-up zone right now, we\u2019ll worry about pulling back later today \u2026 I just want [Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler] to be them, to go out there and be the best players they can be \u2026 be the leaders of this team and go out and get some points for us today!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n They\u2019re at it again: \u201cDe! Cham!! BEAU!!! \/ De! Cham!! BEAU!!! \/ De! Cham!! BEAU!!!\u201d Bryson lost both of his matches yesterday, but he brought the noise regardless, and today\u2019s partner Cameron Young was nigh-on perfect on his Ryder Cup<\/a> debut in the afternoon, the main reason Ludvig \u00c5berg and Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard were shredded 6&5. (To be fair, Young\u2019s partner Justin Thomas admitted as much, telling a post-match interviewer that he enjoyed the best seat in the house for the show Young put on.) So this is going to be quite a test for \u00c5berg and Matt Fitzpatrick \u2026 and the former carves Europe\u2019s opening tee shot towards the trees near the left-to-right dogleg. Not ideal. Bryson takes America\u2019s first strike of the day, and larrups a beauty over the corner, landing his ball 40 yards shy of the green. Perfection. \u201cDe! Cham!! BEAU!!! \/ De! Cham!! BEAU!!! \/ De! Cham!! BEAU!!!\u201d They\u2019re at it again. Again!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The American fans have got themselves a new chant. Derived from the classic \u201cU! S!! A!!! \/ U! S!! A!!! \/ U! S!! A!!!\u201d, it goes \u201cDe! Cham!! BEAU!!! \/ De! Cham!! BEAU!!! \/ De! Cham!! BEAU!!!\u201d before segueing back into a round of \u201cU! S!! A!!! \/ U! S!! A!!! \/ U! S!! A!!!\u201d This instant baroque classic is what greets the man himself, plus Team USA\u2019s new hero, Cameron Young, as they take to the stage on the 1st tee. Wow. The partial will demur, but what a beautiful noise. Some atmosphere at Bethpage right here!<\/p>\n Early birds on the first tee. Photograph: Jamie Squire\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.38 EDT<\/p>\n A reminder of the scores on the door after day one. This is what happened in the Friday morning foursomes \u2026<\/p>\n DeChambeau\/Thomas v Rahm\/Hatton 4&3 \u2026 and here\u2019s how things shook down in the afternoon fourballs \u2026<\/p>\n Scheffler\/Spaun v Rahm\/Straka 3&2 \u2026 which leaves us with the current scoreline of USA 5\u00bd-2\u00bd Europe.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 3UP (14)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (12)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (11)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (13)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (12)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (10)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (13)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (11)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (10)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (12)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (11)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (9)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (12)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (10)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (9)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (11)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (10)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (8)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (11)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (9)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (8)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (10)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (9)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (7)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (10)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (8)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (7)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (9)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (8)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (6)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (9)
Schauffele\/Cantlay A\/S Rahm\/Hatton (7)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (6)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (8)
Schauffele\/Cantlay A\/S Rahm\/Hatton (7)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (5)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (8)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (6)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 2UP (5)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 4UP (8)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (6)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (4)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 3UP (7)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (6)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (4)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 3UP (7)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (6)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (4)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 3UP (7)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (5)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (4)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 2UP (6)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (5)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (4)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 2UP (6)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (5)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (3)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 2UP (6)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (5)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (3)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 2UP (6)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (4)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (3)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 2UP (5)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (4)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (3)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 2UP (5)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (4)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (2)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 1UP (4)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (3)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland 1UP (2)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 1UP (4)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (3)
Henley\/Scheffler A\/S MacIntyre\/Hovland (1)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 1UP (3)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (2)
Henley\/Scheffler A\/S MacIntyre\/Hovland (1)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 1UP (3)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 2UP (2)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 1UP (3)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (1)
Henley\/Scheffler v MacIntyre\/Hovland<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa A\/S McIlroy\/Fleetwood (2)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (1)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa A\/S McIlroy\/Fleetwood (2)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton 1UP (1)<\/p>\n
1UP English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood (1)
Schauffele\/Cantlay v Rahm\/Hatton<\/p>\n
1UP English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood (1)<\/p>\n
1UP English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood (1)<\/p>\n
English\/Morikawa v McIlroy\/Fleetwood<\/p>\n
Scheffler\/Henley v \u00c5berg\/Fitzpatrick 5&3
Morikawa\/English v McIlroy\/Fleetwood 5&4
2UP Schauffele\/Cantlay v MacIntyre\/Hovland<\/p>\n
Griffin\/DeChambeau v Fleetwood\/Rose 1UP
6&5 Young\/Thomas v \u00c5berg\/H\u00f8jgaard
Burns\/Cantlay A\/S McIlroy\/Lowry<\/p>\n