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That's what happened in Friday's four-ball matches
Rory McIlroy and Thorbjorn Olesen lost 4 and 2 against Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler
Concerns about McIlroy's form at the event were not unfounded as the Northern Irishman was the only man in the morning not to record birdie. Her hold play and placement have never been up to par and this put a lot of pressure on rookie Olesen, who started her first tee shot in the water. They were lucky that Johnson missed a three-foot to win the hole. Europe took the first step when Olesen won the eighth with a par-three but the Dane again found water in the ninth and with McIlroy unable to advance his ball away from a difficult situation they have dropped the first of the four holes into five. down and the match was finally conceded on the 16th when Johnson hit.
Europe 0 United States 1
Justin Rose and Jon Rahm lost by 1 hole to Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau
Rose was commissioned to play the first game of the third Ryder Cup and responded in a style befitting a man who scored the 72nd hole of the Tour Championship Sunday to win $ 7.6 million. A superb approach to the first birdie pitching and although Finau recruited an eagle in the sixth inning, the American rookie emerged from the star before Rahm's birdie in eighth place double. Koepka's chip on the 11th was immediately followed by Rose's, but Koepka's birdie on the 13th was followed by a huge stroke of luck on the 16th, when Finau's tee shot hit a wooden sleeper. at the edge of danger and bounced less than three feet from the hole. Rose then found the water with her approach to the 18th and the American pair had won an unlikely win.
Europe 0 United States 2
Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton lost 1 hole to Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas
The all-English duo had to face a daunting task against their good friends, Spieth and Thomas, both men ranked first in the world, and Spieth got off to a good start almost approaching the first. The three-time major also added birdies third, fifth, sixth and seventh before Thomas played with a birdie in ninth place. Casey managed to climb to ninth and tenth place just to limit the damage and to score four goals in a row on 11 and 12 to close the gap, before Hatton's birdie on the 13th returned remarkably to level. However, Thomas was able to win in 15th place to beat the Americans and that was decisive.
Europe 0 United States 3
Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood won 3 and 1 against Patrick Reed and Tiger Woods
The rebirth of Woods has been a lot of progress, but his game was not at the level that helped him win his first race in five years at the Tour Championship on Sunday.
It started badly for the United States when Reed threw his approach at first into the water, and Molinari made the eight-foot observation. Woods put things right without even having to make a quick birdie with the Europeans in the same bunker.
A sand problem for the Americans in fourth place, Fleetwood hit a four-footed eight-iron in fourth place, but they lost seventh place after failing to win the par.
The ninth leg also made its way to the United States after Fleetwood and Molinari both made themselves criminally unable to stand out. Reed's birdie in 10th place helped Molinari prevent a 20-foot deficit.
At the 15th Molinari and Reed put their approaches in the water and with Woods having to detach from the situation, Fleetwood passed through the bangs.
Reed flirted with the water as Woods entered and Fleetwood placed a monster on the green to make one. With the American duo failing to find the 17th green in regulation, the champion of Open Molinari realized a birdied
from 15ft.
Europe 1 United States 3
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