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3rd & 7 37yd

Stenson with his drive - absolutely perfect. He's supposed to have a bad back!

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:49:48 AM
Reed looks tormented by his first tee shot - he's a little fortunate that it can still even be seen, it's in the deep rough but he'll have a decent shot.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:49:16 AM
"Did you practice your putting, Patrick?" shouts one wag at the first tee. Chorus of boos for the unsporting sentiment.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:48:16 AM
Wow - McDowell was absolutely certain that was in and it somehow spun round the hole and stayed out! He reacts with a huge smile on his face as if to say "really?!"

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:47:35 AM
Excellent bunker shot from Spieth, but that's not dead yet. McDowell has a birdie putt for the hole.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:46:17 AM
Henrik Stenson marches out to the first tee. He's next out against Patrick Reed, another American rookie.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:44:14 AM
He's in the bunker! Advantage Europe.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:43:31 AM
Spieth is taking an age over his shot. He's very confused by the wind, or lack thereof.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:43:00 AM
G-Mac! Pin high at the first. Is this the beginning of something quite remarkable?

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:42:25 AM
When the event began on Friday, our poll was 60-40 in favour of the Americans. Now, it's 100% Europe. 100%!

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:41:12 AM
Europe need four points to retain the Ryder Cup, 4.5 to win it. Stephen Gallacher is fifth man out. The home nation's only player could be the man to clinch the Ryder Cup if things go incredibly well.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:40:23 AM
Good strike for McDowell and he's straight down to pick up his tee. Big thumbs up to the crowd as he walks off down the fairway. I think he enjoyed all of that.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:38:30 AM
Graeme McDowell is introduced to the crowd and gets a cheer like he's just holed the putt that won the Ryder Cup.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:37:33 AM
Spieth with a fairway wood off the first tee - and he's found the fairway.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:37:08 AM
Here we go...

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:36:51 AM
Spieth is having a good laugh as he warms up, the crowd giving him grief as to where each "shot" would have gone. He's taking it in good spirits. He'll need to.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:36:26 AM
Huge smile on the face of Jordan Spieth - a rookie being charged with leading America to their joint-greatest comeback of all time in the Ryder Cup. That is how desperate a situation this is for Tom Watson and his team.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:35:04 AM
Lee Westwood, who isn't out for another two hours, is serenaded again with the crowd's reimagined version of Hey Jude

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:28:33 AM
And here comes Graeme McDowell. What a roar!

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:26:10 AM
The atmosphere on the first tee is really building. It's been chock full since 8.30am. The European vice-captains are getting quite a welcome - Jose Maria Olazabal has reinacted his triumphant dance of 1987 at Muirfield Village, Miguel Angel Jimenez has brought the crowd to its feet by, well, by being Miguel Angel Jimenez.

by Steven Saunders 9/28/2014 10:25:39 AM
It won't cost them - Kaymer can't hole out and the lead remains at one for the Americans.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:31:09 PM
Patrick Reed misses a putt at the 13th and gives himself quite a tongue-lashing. You don't have to be a lip-reading expert to know what was said there.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:30:47 PM
Didn't get the line right at all, so it's a likely halve there.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:28:48 PM
Lee Westwood has a putt from off the front of the green at 15 - he holes this, it's back to 2-up with three to play...

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:28:25 PM
Yeah...and then Victor looks to have applied the coup de grace on the 10th....only for Walker to answer right back. Should be a good good and on to the 11th

by Dale1 9/27/2014 3:27:01 PM
Yet another halve in the Garcia/McIlroy v Mahan/Furyk match. Meanwhile, "Match 4" has just seen Jimmy Walker miss a good chance (their first real chance) at winning a hole. They remain 5-down at the turn.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:25:09 PM
It still has a pulse, but only just.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:21:13 PM
Any news for match 4?

by RDS 9/27/2014 3:20:45 PM
Wonderful eagle two from Johnson/Kuchar and that pegs Donaldson/Westwood back to a one-hole lead. Three matches now separated by one hole. It's getting tight.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:16:26 PM
Good hole out from McIlroy at the 10th secures another halve. It remains 1-up for McIlroy/Garcia, and that really does look more and more like America's best shot at getting a point back and not losing this afternoon 3-1.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:12:28 PM
Great shot from Matt Kuchar at the par-4 14th which gives the US a better shot of getting a hole back there.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:10:29 PM
Lee Westwood holes out - it's 2-up with five to go in the top match.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:08:35 PM
Zach Johnson with a big putt, both physically and metaphorically. It's for the hole at the 13th, but it comes up just short. They may well be remaining 2-down with holes evaporating.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:08:14 PM
A measure of how much McDowell and Dubuisson are thumping Walker/Fowler - the Americans concede the putt at the eighth and McDowell strokes it into the cup anyway. They're 5-up after eight, and you can put that on the board as a European win unless something quite extraordinary happens.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:04:19 PM
Matt Kuchar opens the possibility of getting a hole back on Donaldson/Westwood with an 8-iron to 25 feet at the 13th. Donaldson missed to the left of the green, leaving Westwood a long chip and run.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 3:02:05 PM
Great putt from Huner Mahan to hold on for a halve at the ninth. They reach the turn 1-down to McIlroy/Garcia in what is developing into the key match.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 2:59:59 PM
Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler may well be going to 5-down in the final match.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 2:59:26 PM
Sergio Garcia follows up McIlroy's great approach to nine with a solid eagle putt that is never anything other than gimme distance. Easy birdie and work to do for the US.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 2:59:01 PM
Matt Kuchar lips out with a lengthy putt from off the green, but it's not enough to win the hole and Donaldson/Westwood maintain their two-hole lead with six to play.

by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 2:54:27 PM
by Steven Saunders 9/27/2014 6:30:31 AM
Poulter dismisses afternoon rest as all part of the plan
ESPN.co.ukIan Poulter shrugs off his heavy "butt-kicking" in Friday morning's fourballs at the Ryder Cup and vows to bounce back stronger once he is rested

by Steven Saunders 9/26/2014 6:12:22 PM
Inspired Garcia and McIlroy help keep Europe in front
ESPN.co.ukRory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia rescued a point with an inspired performance in the afternoon foursomes to help Europe to a 5-3 lead on the opening day of the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles

by Steven Saunders 9/26/2014 5:41:03 PM
An extraordinary end to an extraordinary day. Anyone want to do it all again tomorrow? Thought so.

by Steven Saunders 9/26/2014 5:28:32 PM
And from debutant Victor Dubuisson:

I got on the tee with Graeme and all the stress disappeared. He has been fantastic with me in the last few months and days and he has been a big help to me.

by Steven Saunders 9/26/2014 5:28:10 PM
More from Graeme McDowell:

I always get great partners at the Ryder Cup. I played with Rory McIlroy so much. But I'm telling you, this kid is the next great superstar in Europe. He is really, really good. I told him to use the crowd to help him. He really didn't need much advice, I just had to wind him up and let him go.

by Steven Saunders 9/26/2014 5:27:40 PM

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