{"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":"<p>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<p>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&amp;3 victory over world number one Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p><iframe title=\"Scheffler\/Burns vs Rahm\/Hatton Highlights | 2023 Ryder Cup\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nx2ZheVo1PA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rahm holed from 27 feet for birdie on the third and short range on the fifth, before hitting the pin with his tee shot on the par-three seventh to leave Hatton with a tap-in birdie.<\/p>\n<p>The European pair looked set to lose the 10th until Rahm chipped in for an unlikely par and the Masters champion then drove the green on the short 11th and found the putting surface in two on the par-five 12th.<\/p>\n<p>That led to a conceded eagle and the out-of-sorts American pair were put of their misery on the 15th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtremely satisfying. 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