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“HÚH!” Iceland has never produced a player for the European team, but the country does its bit by lending the fans their famous thunderclap. One heck of an atmosphere at the first tee as anticipation rises. There’s plenty of “Luuuuuuuke!” too as Captain Donald waves to the crowd, and of course some pantomime boos as Zach Johnson shows his face. Then finally the bedlam we’ve all been waiting for, as Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton emerge from the tunnel. Hatton raises a fist, then claps his partner on the back. Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns then turn up, the world number one turning to the crowd contributing to the panto fun as he turns to the gallery and performatively shrugs his shoulders, as if to ask why they’re not cheering. He knows why. Only at the Ryder Cup. Here we go, then!
Good morning and welcome to our live hole-by-hole text coverage of the 44th Ryder Cup Matches. Europe had a good thing going back there: between 1995 and 2014 the men in blue won eight out of ten Ryder Cups. But the USA have gotten their act together of late, winning two of the three most recent editions, the last a 19-9 shellacking at Whistling Straits in 2021. It was a hiding big enough for many observers to suggest Europe wouldn’t be winning another any time soon, and the US go into this year’s event at Marco Simone in Guidonia Montecelio, just north of Rome, as favourites to win on European soil for the first time since 1993.
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