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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – The latest Ryder Cup sensation in Europe is called "Moliwood", and what show Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood produced at the Ryder Cup on Saturday.
And now for the final act.
Tiger Woods never found his pace at the Ryder Cup, dropping all three of his team matches, including two on Saturday, while the United States fell behind 10-6.
The United States spent a lot of time developing a formula that worked so well two years ago at Hazeltine. So why delete it this time in France?
The strong friendship of Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood has turned into an iconic duo of the Ryder Cup in the space of two days of flawless golf.
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Molinari and Fleetwood became the first European tandems to win all four matches, leading their team to the resumption of the Ryder Cup of an American team that was content to maintain the score.
Tiger Woods has not won any of his three games.
Phil Mickelson did not even play.
Europe filled the blue box in the morning, finally winning three of four four-ball matches for its biggest three-run lead in 14 years. Henrik Stenson was delivering clutch putts in the only tight match.
After two days, Europe had a lead of 10-6.
The score should look familiar.
This is the same deficit that Europe faced in 2012 in Medinah, where it produced the biggest return on foreign soil. The Americans have never gained much ground overseas, although they were the first to win after being led 10-6 to Brookline in 1999, when they won the Sunday roster with their biggest stars.
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And it was in the spirit of European captain Thomas Bjorn, as he was drowned by thousands of fans using what was left of their voice to sing "Ole, ole, ole, ole", the European anthem of those matches that Americans have heard far too often.
"I have seen too many times what the game of singles does," Bjorn said. "We have used a lot of energy these days, we are going ahead of tomorrow and focusing on what is ahead of us and not what is done."
Still, he could not contain a smile.
Europe took five rookies to Golf National, which did not seem to be saying the same to them – Alex Noren and Fleetwood were the last two champions of the French Open on the Albatross course – and have not certainly not played like them.
"We are really, really, really happy with the way things have been going for the past two days," said Bjorn.
Without Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, the Americans could really have problems. They outscored Ian Poulter and Jon Rahm for the only American point in the morning that prevented Europe from qualifying for the second time in a row. They rebounded after an early deficit against Poulter and Rory McIlroy at four, with both key shots and big shots. With four birdies on their last five holes, they won 4 and 3.
"They had a six point lead and now there are four," said Spieth. "So, we're wearing that as a little boost, I guess, tomorrow's anticipated victories will have a long way to go."
Mickelson will have to get rid of rust. He has not played since Friday in a foursome defeat that lasted only 14 holes. American Captain Jim Furyk said that he would change the order of the Saturday afternoon foursomes, which would involve leaving Lefty on the bench.
It was the second time in as many Ryder Cups in Europe as Mickelson, who holds the Ryder Cup record with 12 participations, did not play on Saturday.
Woods played twice and sometimes he seemed to play on his own.
Patrick Reed went from "Captain America" to "Soldier Patrick", firing himself out of business during the four-ball session with too much shooting in the rough rough, in the water and one out of bounds .
That was not enough to fight "Moliwood". The four-ball match was completely square until Molinari won three consecutive birdies. The foursome match was never close, as Fleetwood delivered big putts to win holes, turning each time to the crowd, dropping them and pumping them wildly.
They were at the top of Woods and Bryson DeChambeau, and a brief rally only delayed the inevitable.
The most curious thing about the matches of this Ryder Cup is that only two of the 16 matches have reached the 18th hole and every game has been won.
Woods was unable to win seven consecutive games because of his victory in singles against Molinari in Wales in 2010. Woods, after an inspiring victory in the Tour Championship for his first title since his litany of medical surgeries. back, appeared flat in the suburbs of Paris.
He did not get a lot of help, but he also missed some key putts at the turn that gave Europe a big lead.
"Everything is fine," said Woods. "Just pretty [ticked] off, the fact that I lost three matches and that I did not have the impression of playing badly. That's what's frustrating about match play. We faced two guys who were playing well. "
The rest of Europe was not too shabby either.
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