Ryder Cup Day 2 |
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| Saturday Foursomes | ||||
| USA | vs. | Europe | ||
| Bryson DeChambeau Cameron Young |
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Matt Fitzpatrick
Ludvig Åberg |
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Harris English
Collin Morikawa |
3&2 | > |
Rory McIlroy
Tommy Fleetwood |
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Xander Schauffele
Patrick Cantlay |
3&2 | > |
Jon Rahm
Tyrrell Hatton |
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Russell Henley
Scottie Scheffler |
1 Up | > |
Robert MacIntyre
Viktor Hovland |
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Foursomes notes
Compiled by Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
• Tommy Fleetwood (10-3-2, .733) has the highest career winning percentage among the 51 European players to appear in at least 10 Ryder Cup matches. Here is the top five (minimum 10 matches):
| Matches | W | L | T | Points | Win % | |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0.733 |
| Luke Donald | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 10.5 | 0.7 |
| Jon Rahm* | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10.5 | 0.7 |
| José María Olazábal | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 20.5 | 0.661 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 23.5 | 0.653 |
| *including this morning’s matches | ||||||
• Here are the Ryder Cup tandems with the most points as foursomes partners, all-time. This includes this morning’s matches:
| Matches | W | L | T | Points | |
| José María Olazábal/Seve Ballesteros | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Christy O’Connor/Peter Alliss | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.5 |
| Sergio Garcia/Luke Donald | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Arnold Palmer/Gardner Dickinson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tommy Fleetwood/Rory McIlroy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jon Rahm/Tyrrell Hatton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
• Here are the Ryder Cup players with the highest winning percentage in foursomes play, all-time (minimum 5 matches, including this morning’s matches):
Tommy Fleetwood (6-0-0, 1.000)
Jon Rahm (6-0-0, 1.000)
Dow Finsterwald (4-0-1, .900)
Walter Hagen (4-0-1, .900)
Jack Nicklaus (8-1-0, .889)
• Cameron Young is the first American rookie to win his first two Ryder Cup matches, both by at least 4 holes, since Patrick Reed in 2014.
Only three American players won each of his first three career Ryder Cup matches, each by at least 4 holes: Tom Arnold Palmer (first 4, 1961-1963), Tom Watson (first 3, 1977-1981) and Tedd Kroll (first 3, 1955-1957).
• Europe is the first team to win each of the first three sessions of a Ryder Cup on foreign soil (all-time).
• Today marks the sixth time that Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele have been paired together in a Ryder Cup match. Their record is 3-2-0, including yesterday’s four-ball victory over Hovland/MacIntyre.
The only more frequent American pairings in the Ryder Cup are Jordan Spieth & Justin Thomas (9 times) and Jordan Spieth & Patrick Reed (7 times).
• When Fleetwood & McIlroy lost the first hole today in foursomes, it marked the first time they had ever trailed in a Ryder Cup match as partners.
• Since the start of the 2023 Ryder Cup, and through Friday’s foursomes session, the Europeans are 10-2 in alternate shot play.
• Cameron Young, paired with Justin Thomas yesterday, did not lose a single hole in his Friday four-balls match.
Related: Saturday Four-ball pairings
Simon Bale
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