Europe has very close to winning the Ryder of New York and repeating the feat of Medinah 2012, the last time it was imposed on states … Joined. Again led by Jon Rahm, despite the fact that the Vizcaíno let out a golden point in the afternoon shift (Fourballs), the old continent is only three and a half points (4.5-11.5) to retain the conquered cup in Rome two years ago. Luke Donald’s have twelve individual games ahead. They will start at 6 pm this Sunday.
As expected, the decibels raised in Bethpage. Sometimes for worse. The pure advance of the competition and the result against the United States brought out the worst of the premises. The public took her with Rory Mcilroy, an idol in America except when she competes for Europe. So much so that his partner Shane Lowry pointed at a spectator who had issued insults towards his friend and whom the police had to expel from the enclosure. In addition, Bryson Dechambeau and Tommy Fleetwood’s caddie were engaged after ‘the scientist’ asked calm when putting a putt that only served to extend his agony (and that of Scottie Scheffler) against Fleetwood and Justin Rose in a game they had lost.
Before, in the morning, pleasant leave European with the victory of Rahm and Hatton. “We played all year together,” recalled the English, a guy who understood the thousand wonders with his captain in Legion XIII of the LIV. If one hit a good drive, the other took a great iron. With a past complicity, they surpassed Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay by 3 & 2, that is, with three advantage holes already lacking two to be completed. Impressive was a chip for Birdie of Rahm in hole 8, in a very difficult position, from the rough and with the feet in the sand. «I have played to bring it closer, but the ball has gone very well. It has been a miracle, ”confessed the Biscay.
With the two victories they have achieved in Bethpage, Rahm and Hatton already treasure one of the best records as a couple. They have won four games and matched another. The tie was in the Fourballs of 2021, so its four victories are in Foursomes (alternate blows). Until this Saturday they had only achieved a four of four Sergio García – the player with more points in the history of the Ryder, with 28.5 – and today Captain Luke Donald. But it is that minutes before Barrika and the British were achieved by Mcilroy and Fleetwood, another very solid binomial that is taking to the old continent in volars. They knocked down Harris English and Collin Morikawa for 3 & 2.
Of record
Fleetwood, which in the afternoon would add another point to the European account with an incombustible Rose, also becomes the European player with the highest percentage of victories with a minimum of ten games. He has won 12 of 16 possible points (75%), exceeding 70% (10.5 of 15) of Donald himself.
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3,5-5,5.
Bryson Dechambeau and Cameron Young win 4 & 2 to Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Aberg. -
3,5-6,5.
Tommy Fleetwood and Rory Mcilroy won 3 & 2 to Harris English and Collin Morikawa. -
3,5-7,5.
Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton won 3 & 2 to Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay. -
3,5-8,5.
Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland win (1) to Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler.
The day began well for the Americans, with the triumph of Bryson Dechambeau and Cameron Young on Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Aberg by 4 & 2. They needed it, but the old continent got up and achieved three consecutive points to leave the Ryder 3,5-8.5, the last agonized way thanks to Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland, who surpassed Russell Henley and Scheffler for a hole.
The world number one is still in the fall. Since he enjoys such a condition – Roma 2023 – he has not won a single game at the Ryder. In this edition, in fact, he has lost the four he has played. He also fell in the afternoon shift, in Fourballs, next to Dechambeau in an attempt to the desperate of Keegan Bradley to ensure a point that vanished at the English connection Fleetwood-Rose (3 & 2).
Fourballs (second round)
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3,5-9,5.
Fleetwood and Justin Rose earn 3 & 2 to Scheffler and Dechambeau. -
3,5-10,5.
Mcilroy and Shane Lowry win from two to Justin Thomas and Cantlay. -
4,5-10,5.
JJ Spaun and Schauffele win by one to Rahm and SEPP Straka. -
4,5-11,5.
Hatton and Fitzpatrick win Sam Burns and Cantlay.
Europe first won the first three sessions on American soil and then extended its spectacular record to four – both three to one – the second with much more suffering. It was the most matched and a gift for the neutral spectator, if there is in a Ryder. The best version of Lowry was discovered, which swelled to put putts next to an earthly mcilroy. The Irish couple won Justin Thomas and Young in the last hole and achieved the fifth consecutive point.
Despite offering great performance, Rahm deflated in the final stretch of his second game. He did not lose from the individual duel against Scheffler of 2021 and accused fatigue. Not even the good level of SEPP Straka could avoid the comeback ‘in extremis’ of a huge JJ Span and Schauffele, who won the last two holes to give hope to their own. He came out for Europe after with the last game. Hatton and Fitzpatrick won him in the last hole to Sam Burns and Cantlay.
