"I love you brother, believe me," says Graeme McDowell to Victor Dubuisson.
Quick prediction - McDowell and Dubuisson will be playing together again tomorrow afternoon.
That putt is eerily similar in length and line to the one that won the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. And McDowell does it again! In the hole. A 3&2 victory, it's 5-3 Europe at the end of day one.
Keegan Bradley has a chip from the edge of the green for birdie at 16. It's going to be a tap-in par. McDowell can apply the finish right here...
It's all about jockeying for position for Sunday. Come out tomorrow and play well (which in truth they haven't really done today) and they could take a lead into the singles.
Odds? 10/1. But I'm no bookie.
Not yet. But it's getting close.
What an effort that was from Johnson. But it's a halve and he and Mahan remain 1-down with five to play.
Justin Rose just about holes another great putt. His putter is the hottest in the entire event, no question. It means Zach Johnson has a chip from the edge of the green to win the hole. This would bring the house down if he holes it...
Lee Westwood with a lengthy putt to win the hole on the 12th. It's not hard enough (I've said that a few times today) and the US will have a putt for the halve.
It won't drop for Fowler and that game remains all square.
Very well executed chip by Garcia at the 10th, a par-3, after McIlroy overshot the green. But it still leaves Rickie Fowler with a putt for the hole after Jimmy Walker's tee shot.
McIlroy/Garcia halve the ninth with Walker/Fowler. It remains all square and is yet to catch fire. Truth is, all four look tired.
Golfing questions that never go away: just how does Jim Furyk make such consistent contact with THAT swing?
If all of the Americans had putted half as well as Rose has today, this would be one of the most one-sided first days in Ryder Cup history.
Justin Rose is making a helluva case for player of the day. His putting is supreme. Another halve secured with another nerveless putt. He and Stenson remain 1-up.
I think it's split. They haven't really gelled at all, but they're both far too valuable to sit.
McIlroy and Garcia are struggling. Garcia drove into the bunker at the ninth, McIlroy attempts to escape and clips the top of the huge face at the front of the trap. Yikes.
Finally, Mickelson locates the centre of the cup from six feet and that keeps him and Bradley 3-down after seven.
Dubuisson, right on cue, holes a lovely putt for par to put the pressure back on Mickelson/Bradley, who have to hole out now. And that hasn't gone too well so far this afternoon.
Dubuisson is having a corker as well of course. Stephen Gallacher, not so much.
Jamie Donaldson holes out confidently to keep him and Westwood 2-up on Furyk/Kuchar. Of the European rookies, he's arguably had the best day.
A European one-two - first McIlroy lands a blow with a terrific putt, then Justin Rose knocks in a pearler as well. Jimmy Walker holes for a hard-earned halve at the eighth in the McIlroy/Garcia match, but the Rose putt keeps Europe 1-up with seven to play against Mahan/Johnson.
Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson - played four, won four.
It's going to be the American talking point, for sure. From a European perspective, a handy dismantling of the Bradley/Mickelson pairing will do the same for team spirit as the defeats of Poulter and McIlroy this morning did for the US.
And thank you for sticking with us - it's been a blast. And there's still a whole lot of drama to come.
Westwood undoes some of that good work by hitting his tee shot at the 13th into the thick rough. Furyk plays nicely down the right of the fairway, the complete opposite to what Westwood did and a much better position.
Great putt by Westwood at the 12th to remain 2-up against Furyk/Kuchar. That was a nerveless hole-out from 10 feet.
Garcia and McIlroy are back to all square after inevitably losing the seventh, but Stenson holes out to keep Europe ahead in his match.
Justin Rose overly aggressive with a putt for the win, and now he's left Henrik Stenson with work to do for the halve.
Mickelson lips out again! Two holes in a row that's happened, and he's 3-down to McDowell/Dubuisson. Through five holes!
McIlroy thins a shot from the rough through the back at the seventh, after Jimmy Walker lands the USA in good position on the green. That one-hole advantage isn't going to last long by the looks of things.
Zach Johnson shakes his head after leaving an eagle putt at the same hole. It should be a halve in four.
Justin Rose nudges a fringe putt for eagle up to the holeside and that should be good for birdie for Europe there.
Westwood drains a putt at the 11th after Furyk leaves his short. Europe are 2-up in that match now, and it's a very blue scoreboard right now.
Phil currently trying to hold off Furyk for "lead'' in most U.S. Ryder Cup matches lost. Currently 18 to 17. Both losing at moment.by Bob Harig via twitter 9/26/2014 3:06:32 PM
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