Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg dominated Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka 9 and 7 in a record-breaking Saturday morning foursomes session, and Team Europe is five points away from winning the 44th Ryder Cup this weekend in Rome.
2 & 1 to win the final match of the morning. The American pair was 3 down after eight holes but rallied to tie the match No. 14. But then Schauffele missed birdie putts of 6 ½ feet on No. 16 and 3 ½ feet on No. 17, giving the Europeans another win. Europe went 7-1 in foursomes matches.
"Yesterday was an amazing day and we wanted to enjoy it because it's not very often you go out on a full day in a Ryder Cup and don't lose a full point," McIlroy said."We enjoyed last night but at the same time we knew the Americans were going to be hurting a bit and they obviously want to get off to a fast start this morning, and our objective is to just not let them do that.
The story of Saturday morning was the domination of the European team's new star pairing: Hovland, the reigning FedEx Cup champion, and Aberg, who competed at Texas Tech this past season and didn't turn pro until June. The European tandem won each of the first four holes against Koepka and Scheffler. They were 5 up after seven and then took each of the next four holes to end the match. The Americans didn't win a hole. The U.S. pair carded a 5-over 40 on the front nine; the Europeans posted a 4-under 31. The match lasted just two hours, 19 minutes and didn't make it to the 12th hole.
It was the largest margin of victory in an 18-hole match of any format at the Ryder Cup, which was first played in 1927. The previous most lopsided defeat in an 18-hole match was 8 & 7, which occurred twice in singles, most recently by current U.S. team vice-captain
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