Match report and Sunday pairings
10.35am Jon Rahm v Scottie Scheffler
10.47am Viktor Hovland v Collin Morikawa
10.59am Justin Rose v Patrick Cantlay
11.11am Rory McIlroy v Sam Burns
11.23am Matt Fitzpatrick v Max Homa
11.35am Tyrrell Hatton v Brian Harman
11.47am Ludvig Aberg v Brooks Koepka
11.59am Sepp Straka v Justin Thomas
12.11pm Nicolai Hojgaard v Xander Schauffele
12.23pm Shane Lowry v Jordan Spieth
12.35pm Tommy Fleetwood v Rickie Fowler
12.47pm Robert MacIntyre v Wyndham Clark
All times BST
Here’s Ewan Murray’s verdict from Rome – full report to follow soon.
This looked a US Ryder Cup team in utter disarray until the final seconds under a setting sun. How else to describe a record, 9&7 trouncing for the world No1 and reigning US PGA champion? How else to describe Zach Johnson advising Jordan Spieth on the 16th tee, moments before the Texan cracked his tee shot into a pond? Spieth and Justin Thomas were soon shaking hands while admitting defeat to Justin Rose and Robert MacIntyre. At that point, Europe’s advantage was 10 ½ versus 4 ½. “Can we play you every week?” chanted European fans. Johnson, the US captain, looked dazed and confused.
This would look even better for Luke Donald and his European team if Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick could press home their lead over Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark. Instead, an inspired Cantlay offered the US at least faint hope. The man who is supposedly refusing to wear a hat as a form of protest against lack of payment for players in Ryder Cups finished birdie-birdie to earn the Americans a point and a 3-1 session win. Cantlay’s teammates waved their caps in an apparent show of support. McIlroy, irked by the US celebrations, said the picture on the final green provided “fuel to the fire” for day three.
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