The first two days of the Ryder Cup have seen plenty of golf of the very highest order as seasoned campaigners and more inexperienced players alike have stepped up to produce moments of magic.
While players from both teams have had their moments, it was the Europeans who had the US just where they wanted them ahead of the Saturday afternoon four-ball session.
At that stage, the visitors had opened up an 8.5 to 3.5 lead as they closed in on the 14 needed to retain the trophy with 16 points still to play for.
While nothing regarding the outcome was guaranteed at that stage, once the pairings for the session were confirmed, one thing we did know was which players would compete in all five sessions.
That’s because all 24 players will be involved in the concluding session of singles, which takes place on Sunday.
So, who is guaranteed to feature in every session of the 2025 Ryder Cup?
There are no surprises on the US team, with two of the game’s superstars, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau, and Ryder Cup specialist Patrick Cantlay, the three who will feature throughout the match.
The pressure on Scheffler, in particular, will be incredible as the 2025 edition heads towards its conclusion.
For a player so dominant in the strokeplay game, with six wins this season, including two Majors, it is as baffling as it is remarkable that, not for the first time, he has looked out of sorts in a match play environment.
Two years ago at Marco Simone, Scheffler claimed just one point from his four matches, and he was also on the wrong end of a 9&7 pasting from Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland in the Saturday morning foursomes.
He improved at the 2024 Presidents Cup, taking three points from five matches, but his old woes have returned at Bethpage Black.
Scottie Scheffler has been out of sorts at the Ryder Cup
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Ahead of the Saturday afternoon four-ball session, he had lost all three of his matches, and US captain Keegan Bradley will be praying he emerges from that malaise with the US needing every point it can get.
The man Scheffler was paired with in the Saturday afternoon four-ball session, DeChambeau, also struggled on Friday, losing both his foursomes and four-ball matches.
However, he got a point on the board in the Saturday morning…
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