Europe captain Luke Donald opted to begin the Ryder Cup with foursomes matches on Friday morning, followed by four-ball matches, the best-ball format.
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This is an interesting shift in philosophy considering that, as the home team, Europe has opted to open with four-ball matches every year since 1993, which happens to be the last time the Americans won on European soil. The Americans, in fact, beat Europe in six of the eight foursomes matches in the last Ryder Cup, in 2021 at Whistling Straits.But in matches held in Europe since 1993, the Europeans lead 62½-49½ in foursomes.“I think of myself as a really good match play player,” U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark said this week. “I had a lot of success in college in match play. But as far as getting comfortable with alternate shot, it is tough.
Two years later, though, the U.S. set a tone for the week with a 4-0 whitewash over Europe in the foursomes in the opening session in 2016 and that catapulted the U.S. to its first victory in eight years. “None of us really have that much experience,’’ Clark said of playing foursomes. “Sure, guys play in Ryder Cups every year, but that’s the only time they play, and then they play it two years later. We’re all the best players in the world, and when it comes down to it, we’ve just got to hit the golf ball where we see it and do what we do every week.’’
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