{"id":1247334,"date":"2023-09-29T09:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/jon-rahm-and-tyrrell-hatton-claim-first-point-as-europe-dominate-usa-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:40:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:40:24","slug":"jon-rahm-and-tyrrell-hatton-claim-first-point-as-europe-dominate-usa-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/jon-rahm-and-tyrrell-hatton-claim-first-point-as-europe-dominate-usa-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton claim first point as Europe dominate USA in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

An inspired Jon Rahm led from the front as Europe emphatically drew first blood in their bid to regain the Ryder Cup from the United States in Rome.<\/p>\n

Rahm and partner Tyrrell Hatton had acquired the nickname of \u201cTeam Angry\u201d due to their fiery nature, but they were all smiles as they stormed to a 4&3 victory over world number one Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns.<\/p>\n

The lead was soon doubled as Viktor Hovland and rookie Ludvig Aberg enjoyed victory over Open champion Brian Harman and Max Homa by the same margin at Marco Simone.<\/p>\n

And with the home side also ahead in the remaining two matches, captain Luke Donald was on target to oversee a clean sweep of the opening session for the first time in the history of the biennial contest.<\/p>\n

Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka were two up with five to play on Rickie Fowler and Collin Morikawa, with Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood also two up in the fourth match against the top American duo of Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele.<\/p>\n