On the eve of the Ryder Cup, we learnt who will be featuring in the first session in Rome, with Team Europe and USA going for interesting line-ups for the Friday morning foursomes.
Europe have opted for a mix of experience and rookies, with Ludvig Aberg and Sepp Straka getting their debut Ryder Cups underway with Viktor Hovland and Shane Lowry. Alongside the quartet, Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton will lead out the European side, whilst the experienced duo of Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood bring up the final group.
In the case of the Americans, World No.1, Scottie Scheffler, is paired alongside his good buddy, Sam Burns, with the pair leading off Team USA. They will be followed by the rookie pairing of Max Homa and Brian Harman, with Rickie Fowler and Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay completing the final four.
Obviously, with 16 players out on the course, there will be eight missing – four from Europe and four from USA – with some big, big names left out of the foursomes!
Team Europe
Nicolai Hojgaard
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Robert MacIntyre
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Matt Fitzpatrick
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Justin Rose
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It was always going to be interesting to see who Luke Donald was going to select for the foursomes, an area where Europe have always got the upper hand against their American opponents in the past.
With the teams being announced, rookies Nicolai Hojgaard and Robert MacIntyre won’t be featuring, with English duo Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose also not participating in the morning.
It seems then that Hojgaard and MacIntyre may play in the afternoon, but you could say it is slightly surprising that Rose isn’t featuring, given that his foursomes record in the event is 7 wins 2 losses and 1 tie.
The final player not playing is Fitzpatrick, with the Englishman still looking for his first Ryder Cup point having been defeated in all five of his matches in two tournament appearances. In that time, he has lost three foursomes sessions and two singles sessions.
Team USA
Jordan Spieth
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Justin Thomas
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Wyndham Clark
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