The pairing dubbed “Fleetwood Mac” sealed a start of dreams for Europe at the Ryder Cup, completing a landslide rout in the Friday morning foursomes sessions.
Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy saw off Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay to power the hosts into a commanding 4-0 lead at a raucous Marco Simone Golf Club, stunning Team USA with just the fourth ever – and Europe’s first – opening session sweep in the tournament’s 44-edition history.
” Morning blues Incredibly, there was never even a flicker of red on the scoreboard as the US failed to take the lead at any point in the four matchups. A mouthwatering opening bout featuring the top two ranked players in the world looked destined to be close, but Spain’s Rahm dovetailed superbly with English partner Hatton to swat aside Scheffler and Burns.
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