The Ryder Cup teed off Friday morning with Scottie Scheffler getting booed by the home crowd, Jon Rahm pumping his fist as he walked off the first tee, and the normally staid Viktor Hovland going full Tiger Woods not once, but twice … by the second hole.
He's a different player than he was two years ago in Wisconsin when he went 0-3-2 in his Ryder Cup debut. He’s now one of the best players in the world and only getting better at proving it on the biggest stages.
For Aberg, this is the biggest stage he's played on by a mile. The 23-year-old Swede turned pro only a few months ago and has never played in a major. He was a bold pick by European captain Luke Donald that's already paid off. "I think he's a generational player," Donald said of his decision to use a captain's pick on Aberg."If he wasn’t going to play this one, he was going to play the next eight Ryder Cups. That’s how good I think he is.”This was a mess for the Americans. Fowler and Morikawa bogeyed four of the first eight holes, Lowry and Straka birdied four of their first eight.Fowler and Morikawa, however, did not buckle.
Down two, his 10-footer for birdie at 14 brought a half point back into play. But Fleetwood countered at 15 and the Europeans were on their way to a morning sweep.Players playing in pairs play their own ball. That's a lot of playing. Anyway, best score wins the hole. Johnson had a lot of experience on his bench in the morning session. He's unleashing it in the afternoon.Match 1, 6:25 a.m. ET: USA-Justin Thomas/Jordan Spieth vs. EUR-Viktor Hovland/Tyrrell HattonMatch 3, 6:55 a.m. ET: USA-Max Homa/Wyndham Clark vs. EUR-Robert MacIntyre/Justin RoseYour browser does not support HTML5 audio.
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