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After dominating Saturday morning's four-ball session at Golf National, it seemed like Europe was making a victory lap in singles on Sunday. But the American team, directed by Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, was able to recover a break in the afternoon to stay within striking range. Being 10-6 is not new to both teams in the Ryder Cup, since they have each achieved a memorable charge in the past: Europe in 2012 in Medinah and the United States in 1999 at Brookline. Will Golf National be the last site of a historic return to the Ryder Cup?
For the United States to come true, it is essential to put so many red flags on the board early, which Captain Jim Furyk had in mind when he sent Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Webb Simpson and Tiger Woods to the table. foreground. matches. This is the group charged with accelerating the pace, but even if they can, European captain Thomas Bjorn is waiting for his big guns in the middle of the pack. Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari, who went 4-0 as a team, will play respectively the fifth and ninth match, with Fleetwood facing Tony Finau and Molinari against Phil Mickelson. If "Moliwood" can pick up two points by itself, Europe will only need 2.5 points from the other 10 players to win the cup.
This seems like a difficult task, especially for an American team that seemed lifeless and just plain bad at times, but more crazy things have already happened in Sunday's singles. The United States needs eight points to keep the cup, while Europe only needs 4.5 points to win. We will have you covered here with all the important updates.
All times are ET:
8:45 am: Welcome to the Tiger Woods Ryder Cup! Woods has a wonderful approach from 240 yards to set up an eagle attempt and buries that energy putt. Still 1 in Rahm, but the first signs of life we saw from Big Cat all week.
8:40: Rory McIlroy missed a four-foot bird – remember when he shouted "I can not putter?" this week? but Thomas responds with three takes. Only two red flags on the board for the moment.
8:30: After a flick, Thomas envisions a deficit of 1 … until he writes his fourth goal. What to match.
8:20: Mickelson is 2 years old after three, while Molinari can not be stopped. Paul Casey climbs 1 on Kopeka, while Thunderbear is now 2 on Jordan Spieth. Even earlier, but not the beginning that the United States wanted.
8:14: Thomas ends the match in 10th place with a long birdie throw, then 11th in 11th after McIlroy misses a short putt. JT is trying to start the American team, and it may work. Webb Simpson just took a 3-8 lead over Justin Rose, while Tony Finau is 2 to 6 over Tommy Fleetwood, who missed another short putt.
Dustin also just reduced Ian Poulter's lead with a birdie to fifth base, and Rickie Fowler has more than one goal against Sergio Garcia after a three birdie. All of a sudden, Americans may go ahead, even if Tiger Woods went to Rahm. This could be a bad week on the part of the fourteenth major champion if he can not reverse the situation.
8:01: Poulter makes a birdie at age four to qualify for Dustin Johnson. There may be 14 holes left, but would anyone bet on DJ to return to that one?
7:58: A big moment in fifth place of normal 4, while Tommy Fleetwood misses what seemed like a single putt to lose the hole against Tony Finau. The United States are now leading in three games.
7:54Thomas and McIlroy made the turn and Rory leads 1 after a sporting downhill in a bunker at the bottom of the greens in 5th place by 5. JT can not really afford to halve this game. The United States needs this first point to make this interesting.
Meanwhile, Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson have just lost a hole, placing Fowler in a 2-hole against Sergio and Phil 1 towards Molinari. Europe are now leading five of the ten matches and it was already six times before Jordan Spieth won his first hole in the third hole to play the match with Thorbjorn Olesen.
7:49: Whenever a European player has the impression of giving a hole, he halves it, as Rahm has just done to Tiger at the fifth hole, scoring a pair of putt tests to keep a lead of 1 .
7:40: A huge birdie in the eighth of normal 3, Justin Thomas, who lets out a strong "COME ON !!" as he falls. He is now trailing McIlroy at only 1, while he's heading to the ninth hole.
Behind JT, Koepka and Simpson each lead their match 1, and Tiger had the chance to play his match with Rahm, but missed a bad putt to stay behind.
After returning 2 to Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood immediately responds with two wins and places the match. Ian Poulter, Thorbjorn Olesen and Sergio Garcia are leading the next three games of course 1. It is too early for the US team.
7:32: Dustin Johnson vs. Ian Poulter is a game captain, Jim Furyk had to feel good, but the world's No. 1 is down soon after putting one in the glass to the normal of the third. Very early, but that's one of the ways the United States will need it.
7:17: Tommy Fleetwood, once unstoppable, has suddenly become human, while he drops the opening to the holes to return to Tony Finau, who owns a much more modest record of 1-1 as a rookie of the Ryder Cup. Seven matches are played on the course, with three red flags on the board, two Europeans and two square games.
7:09: Another win for Webb in the third, giving him a 2-over lead over Rose. Maybe this guy should have played the previous four sessions?
In the first match, JT appeared to be on the verge of reducing McIlroy's advance, but the Northern Irishman managed a hard putt from left to right to halve. Suddenly, he can putt.
7:04: If you are just listening or if you have watched, it's a very familiar scene in France, with more blue flags on the board than red. The good news for the United States is that it's just two blue flags in the first five games: Rory McIlroy 2 ahead of Justin Thomas on four and Jon Rahm 1 on Tiger Woods via two. Paul Casey and Brooks Koepka are all in fourth place and Webb Simpson leads Justin Rose 1 to two.
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