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Through two days, Luke Donald’s European Ryder Cup team has put on one of the most impressive displays in the history of team golf.

Two years after a blowout victory in Rome, the European contingent has somehow upped their game at Bethpage Black, building a record lead entering singles.

Here are the top numbers and notes to know from day two of the Ryder Cup.

1. Europe has been in full sprint since Friday morning, building an 11 1/2-4 1/2 lead entering singles. The seven-point advantage is the largest for any side entering singles under the current Ryder Cup format (since 1979) and the largest overall since the Americans led by nine in 1975 at Laurel Valley. This European group is just the second team in the modern era to win each of the first four sessions of the Ryder Cup and the first to do so on foreign soil.

The Ryder Cup was last held in the United States four years ago at Whistling Straits. That Saturday night, the Americans looked unbeatable, having claimed three of four paired sessions and taking a six-point lead into singles play. Somehow, Donald and Team Europe have engineered a near-mirror of that disappointment this week and will bring an even larger lead into Sunday.

2. Saturday began with a continued bludgeoning of the Americans by Europe in foursomes. The Europeans won three of four alternate shot matches for the second day in a row to push their lead to 8 1/2-3 1/2 through three sessions. Over the course of two days, Europe won 38 foursome holes to the Americans’ 23. Europe led after more than twice as many holes in the format this week (80) as the United States (32).

The alternate shot drubbing is a continuation from Marco Simone. Europe is now 13-3-0 in foursomes over the last two Ryder Cups, having led those matches following more than 70 percent of holes played. The American struggle in the format lingered at last year’s Presidents Cup, as well. In the past three Cups, the U.S. has a 6-19-0 match record in foursomes play.

3. Through two days, Tommy Fleetwood has nearly as many points won (four) as the entire American team (4 1/2). This is the eighth time since 1979 that a player has entered singles with a 4-0-0 record for the week. Three went on to win their singles match, three lost and one — Ian Woosnam in 1993 — halved. Incredibly, it’s the second time in seven years that Fleetwood has done it. The Englishman went 4-0-0 paired with Francesco Molinari in 2018 before losing his singles match to Tony Finau.

With a win in Sunday singles over Justin Thomas, Fleetwood would be the first player in Ryder Cup history to post a 5-0-0 record on foreign soil.

For his career, Fleetwood is now a preposterous 10-2-1 in Ryder Cup foursomes and four-ball. That point percentage (80.8 percent) is the best for any player in the history of the event with ten or more matches played in the paired formats. The second and third-best names on that list are Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer.

4. While Fleetwood and partner Rory McIlroy were perfect in foursomes, they aren’t the only European duo that was untouchable for two days. Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton won both of their alternate shot matches, too, with neither reaching the 17th tee box.

Over the last two Ryder Cups, those two foursomes pairings are a perfect 8-0-0, winning 45 holes and losing just 21. In those eight matches, Europe has led after 112 holes. They have trailed after seven.

Rahm and Fleetwood are both 6-0-0 in their Ryder Cup careers in foursomes. There are now 81 players in Ryder Cup history who have played at least five matches in that format. Rahm and Fleetwood are the only two of the group to win every one of them.

5. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is one of the many American players who would like to hit the reset button on the last two days. Scheffler has lost each of his first four matches, becoming the third player in Ryder Cup history to drop a match in each of the first four sessions. Peter Alliss (1967) and Peter Townsend (1971) are the others.

While ultimately the points on the board are all that matter, Scheffler hasn’t played as poorly as his record would indicate. Scheffler is one of four Americans who have a positive strokes gained total this week. It’s mostly been the product of incredible European performance: His opponents have carded 34 birdies in 65 holes played, a rate of 52.3 percent.

6. Visibly (and in some cases, audibly) agitated throughout the day, Rory McIlroy won both of his matches Saturday — foursomes with Fleetwood and afternoon four-ball with Shane Lowry. One of the most emblematic moments of the week came in the morning session when the camera and microphone caught McIlroy admonishing rowdy fans before a shot. He then hit his approach to three feet.

McIlroy is 7-1-1 over his last nine Ryder Cup matches going back to Rome. His afternoon win with Lowry gave him 21 1/2 career points, passing Jose Maria Olazabal for seventh-most in European team history. Through two days this week, Rory ranks third among all players in strokes gained approach and fourth in strokes gained tee-to-green.

7. It’s difficult to overstate how remarkable the Europeans have been on the greens through two days. By strokes gained putting, Europe has eight of the nine best performers through four sessions. In foursomes, the European team made a combined 563 feet of putts, 70 more than the Americans. In Saturday afternoon four-ball, Justin Rose gained more than 4.5 strokes putting, making eight birdies on his own ball in 15 holes.

The American team has been better as a whole when it comes to strokes gained approach and around the greens. Strokes gained off the tee have been about neutral. Those figures are a faint piece of context when positioned next to the two numbers that matter, 11 1/2 and 4 1/2, but are part of the total story this week.

8. The European side entered this week with a heavy advantage when it came to past Ryder Cup experience. Perhaps it was an underrated factor when predicting if a road team could win the Ryder Cup for the first time in 13 years.

Donald is in his second term as European captain, while Keegan Bradley is a first-timer, still in his 30s. The eleven players carrying over from Europe’s roster in 2023 were the most in the history of the event for a team from one Cup to the next. This European group has just one rookie, Rasmus Hojgaard, who lost Friday afternoon in his only match through two days. The previous four teams since 1979 to have one or no rookies each won the Ryder Cup, with Europe primed to join them Sunday.

Europe’s collective, from captain on down, has inarguably met the moment in New York so far.

9. The largest deficit entering singles overcome to win the Ryder Cup is four points, by the United States in 1999 and Europe in 2012. Europe needs just 2 1/2 points Sunday to retain the Cup, meaning the Americans would have to win 10 points to win it outright. The most singles points ever won by a team in the modern era is 8 1/2, done on three occasions.

10. The marquee singles showdown will be Scheffler and McIlroy, going off in the fourth match on Sunday. This will be the first time since 2014 that two reigning major champions faced each other in Ryder Cup singles: Martin Kaymer (U.S. Open) beat Bubba Watson (Masters) 4 & 2 at Gleneagles. Before that, it had not happened since 1951 (Max Faulkner and Sam Snead).

It’s the first time in Ryder Cup history that the Masters and Open Champions from that year will face off in singles.

(Top photo of, left to right, Bryson DeChambeau, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose: Harry How / Getty Images)