Ryder Cup Day 2 |
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| Saturday Four-ball | ||||
| USA | vs. | Europe | ||
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Justin Thomas
Cameron Young |
2 Up | > |
Rory McIlroy
Shane Lowry |
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Scottie Scheffler
Bryson DeChambeau |
3&2 | > |
Tommy Fleetwood
Justin Rose |
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| J.J. Spaun Xander Schauffele |
< | 1 Up |
Jon Rahm
Sepp Straka |
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Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay |
1 Up | > |
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tyrrell Hatton* |
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| * Viktor Hovland was due to play in Match 4 but due to a neck injury he was unable to play and Tyrrell Hatton was substituted. | ||||
Four-ball notes
Compiled by Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
• On Sunday, Tommy Fleetwood could become the second player to win five matches at one Ryder Cup on away soil. Tony Lema went 5-1-0 for the US team in 1965 at Royal Birkdale.
• Comebacks Entering Singles To Win the Ryder Cup (since 1979)
1999 USA, trailed 10-6, won 14.5 to 13.5
2012 Europe trailed 10-6, won 14.5 to 13.5
1995 Europe trailed 9-7, won 14.5 to 13.5
1993 USA trailed 8.5 to 7.5, won 15-13
• Europe is the first team since 1979 to amass at least 11.5 points prior to singles.
• Europe is just the second team under the current 28-point format (since 1979) to win each of the first four sessions of one Ryder Cup. The Europeans won all five sessions in 2006 at The K Club.
• Scottie Scheffler is the fourth American to lose four matches during one Ryder Cup played on home soil, joining Steve Stricker (2012), Raymond Floyd (1983) and Fuzzy Zoeller (1979). No American has ever lost five matches at one Ryder Cup, home or away.
• Highest Career Ryder Cup Winning Percentage (minimum: 10 matches):
| Matches | W | L | T | PTS | Win% | ||
| Gardner Dickinson | USA | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.9 |
| Tony Lema | USA | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.818 |
| J.C. Snead | USA | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.818 |
| Sam Snead | USA | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10.5 | 0.808 |
| Tom Weiskopf | USA | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7.5 | 0.75 |
| Tommy Fleetwood* | Europe | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0.75 |
| *includes both of his matches on Saturday | |||||||
• Tommy Fleetwood sported a 4-0-0 combined record in foursomes and four-ball at this week’s competition. He also did that in 2018 in France. He is the first player ever to do that twice.
• Both Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm have won their first six career Ryder Cup foursomes matches. The only other players to win each of their first six career Ryder Cup foursomes matches are Sergio Garcia (8) and Luke Donald (6).
• The only time that Europe swept a session, 4-0, on US soil was in 1987 at Muirfield Village (4-0-0 in Friday afternoon four-ball).
• Under the current format of 12 singles matches on the final day (since 1979) the most points earned by either team in singles is 8.5: Team USA in 1979 (8-3-1), Europe in 2006 (8-3-1) and 2012 (8-3-1) and Team USA in 1999 (8-3-1).
• Largest Ryder Cup leads heading into singles:
Pre-1979:
13-3, US (1967)
12.5 – 3.5, US (1975)
12-4, US (1963)
Since 1979:
11-5, US (2021)
11-5, Europe (2004)
10.5 – 5.5, Europe (2023)
10.5 – 5.5, US (1981)
10.5 – 5.5, Europe (1987)
10.5 – 5.5, Europe (1997)
• Scottie Scheffler is the first American player ever to lose a match in each of the first four sessions of a Ryder Cup. Two players have done that while representing the European side: Peter Alliss (1967) and Peter Townsend (1971).
• Longest active Ryder Cup match unbeaten streaks entering today’s afternoon four-ball session: Jon Rahm (7, 5-0-2), Tyrrell Hatton (6, 5-0-1), Tommy Fleetwood (4, 4-0-0) and Rory McIlroy (4, 3-0-1).
• Longest active Ryder Cup match winning streaks entering today’s afternoon four-ball session: Tommy Fleetwood (4), Tyrrell Hatton (4) and Jon Rahm (3).
• Eight and half points matches the second-highest total that the European team has ever amassed through three sessions under the current 28-point format (since 1979). They led 9.5 to 2.5 in 2023 and 8.5 to 3.5 in 1987 (both victories). No team has ever overcome a deficit of 8.5-to-3.5 or worse after three sessions to win the Ryder Cup.
• The European side won Friday’s four-ball session, 2.5 to 1.5. They have not won the cumulative four-ball battle at one Ryder Cup since 2010.
• Scottie Scheffler is just the second American player to compete in each of the first three sessions of a Ryder Cup and lose every match. Xander Schauffele did that in 2023.
