Ryder Cup live updates: Can U.S. extend big lead on Saturday?

Everything you need to know for Saturday at the Ryder Cup.

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After three years of waiting and speculation, it’s time to put the tees in the ground and balls in the air. The 43rd Ryder Cup is here.

The biennial event between 12 of the best golfers from the United States and all of Europe began on Friday morning at Whistling Straits’ Straits Course in Haven, Wisconsin, and it was all America on Day 1. Europe may have won seven of the last nine events, but they’ll need to come from behind, 6-2, if they’re to win or even retain the cup.

From impressive shots to funny fans and everything in between, stay up to date with all the latest news and analysis from Saturday at the 43rd Ryder Cup.

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Pre-matches

Watch how the players warm up on a dark, chilly range along Lake Michigan.

Ryder Cup Friday: Dustin Johnson 2-0, Rory McIlroy 0-2 and U.S. has largest Day 1 lead in 46 years

The U.S. led 3-1 after the morning matches and kept it going in the afternoon.

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U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker said he would not deviate from his script concerning his pairings, no matter what happened Friday morning.

Well, the Americans jumped out to a 3-1 lead as the teams of Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, and Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa delivered victories in Foursomes play at Whistling Straits.

Whether or not Stricker changed up things because of what he saw in the morning is unknown, but he sent out all 12 of his charges on the first day.

Sitting in the afternoon for the U.S. were Jordan Spieth, Morikawa, Berger and Koepka. Euro captain Padraig Harrington mixed it up, too. Sitting for the Europeans were Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Matt Fitzpatrick.

– Steve DiMeglio

Finau, English strike first

A year ago, the idea that Rory McIlroy would not only go 0-2 to start a Ryder Cup, including a loss to a pair of American Ryder Cup rookies in Four-Ball, probably seemed as likely as the four-time major winner dropping out of the top 10.

Well, Rory is currently ranked No. 14 on the Official World Golf Ranking, and after falling 5 and 3 with Ian Poulter in the morning’s Foursomes to Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schuffele, McIlroy and Shane Lowry lost to Harris English and Tony Finau 4 and 3 in the afternoon’s Foursomes.

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The match was tied until it reached the fifth hole, where McIlroy hit a 368-yard tee shot over a waste area. The ball came to rest in the second cut of rough, just 121 yards from the hole. McIlroy’s approach bounded to the back of the green, but he holed the 31-foot eagle putt to give the European squad a 1-up lead.

Then, however, things changed after Finau drove the green on the 331-yard par-4 sixth hole. Lowry slipped on a hillside while looking at the lie of his ball in the deep rough before McIlroy’s pitched from behind the green came up short. McIlroy’s birdie putt missed on the left, and when Finau cozied his eagle attempt to within 2 feet for a conceded birdie, the match was tied again.

The teams halved the par-3 seventh hole, but then English drained a 10-footer to win the eighth. After stuffing a wedge shot close on the ninth hole, Finau made another birdie to win a hole before draining a 15-footer on the 10th hole. When McIlroy missed his birdie chance on 10, suddenly the Americans had won four of the last five holes and had a 3-up lead on the back nine.

After the teams halved the 12th and 13th holes, the American’s win probability rose to 88 percent. Another hole-winning birdie putt from Finau, this one from 11 feet, gave Finau and English a 4-up lead and pushed it above 98 percent.

When Finau’s curling right-to-left putt for par on the 15th hole fell into the cup, the match was over.

“I love pressure, I think you have to in Ryder Cup situations,” Finau said afterward. “I have a great time in these atmospheres and we had a great time out there.”

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Team USA player Harris English reacts to his putt with Team USA player Tony Finau on the eighth green during day one four-ball rounds for the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. Photo by Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports

“We had a great time. Tony putted unbelievably,” English said. “It was hard to putt out here the way the wind was blowing out here, but man we had a great time. We were feeding off the fans. The fans were incredible today.”

The loss marked the first time that McIlroy lost two matches in the same Ryder Cup session.

– David Dusek

DJ, Schauffele knock out Casey, Wiesberger

Dustin Johnson won two points in one day at the Ryder Cup for the first time. DJ, with NBA legend Michael Jordan in the gallery, teamed with Xander Schauffele to beat the Euro team of Paul Casey and Bernd Wiesberger.

After the teams traded pars, Johnson and Schauffele won the next three holes. Casey and Wiesberger won Nos. 6 and 9 to cut the deficit, but Johnson and Schauffele won Nos. 10 and 11 to go 3 up.

“I thought we did a great job of, like I said, ham-and-egging it and I rolled in some nice putts on 11 and 12,” Johnson said.

Schauffele didn’t hesitate to heap on some praise.

“Pivotal part of the match,” he said of those putts. “It was a key point. I just sort of took a step back and tried to stay out of his way. That’s what you do when Dustin is rolling. And it was big momentum shifts because they were looking to win a couple holes back, but Dustin sort of made that putt prior and ended up putting pressure on their short putts to win. Those are big putts in the middle part of the round.”

Schauffele, one of six American rookies, made the clinching putt on the 17th green, giving the duo a 2-and-1 win. Like DJ, Schauffele won two points on Friday. This win pushed the American lead to 5-1. The U.S. needs 14½ to win the Ryder Cup.

– Todd Kelly

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Team USA player Bryson DeChambeau fist-bumps his caddie Brian Zeigler on the sixth hole during day one four-ball rounds for the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

DeChambeau, Scheffler earn ½ point

After going winless in three matches in France in 2018 and sitting out morning foursomes on Friday, Bryson DeChambeau contributed his first Ryder Cup point for Team USA – a half point – teaming with Scottie Scheffler to tie World No. 1 Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton.

DeChambeau made an unforgettable eagle after Hatton and Rahm grabbed the first lead, winning the fourth hole with par. DeChambeau mashed driver at the par-5 fifth hole, taking an angle that course designer Pete Dye never imagined at the double-dogleg.

It measured 417 yards and left him just 72 yards to the hole at 581-yard hole.

“He must’ve hit two sprinkler heads,” cracked Greg Norman on SiriusXM.

DeChambeau wedged to 4 feet and won the hole with an eagle. It proved to be a spark, as he walked in a 21-foot birdie putt at the 8th to give Team USA a 1-up lead, but it didn’t last long as Rahm launched a 341-yard drive at nine, wedged to seven feet and tied the match with a birdie.

From there, it was a back-and-forth affair, with Scheffler making one of his two birdies of the day at 10 to win the hole, but Rahm answered with a birdie for the win at 11. The next hole was tied as Rahm and DeChambeau both stuck tee shots at the par 3 to two feet for easy birdies. DeChambeau blasted a 392-yard drive at No. 13, but into a bunker and was stymied. The deadlock was broken at the 15th hole when Rahm and Hatton could do no better a best-ball of bogey.

Rahm and Hatton refused to go down to defeat. In the first match of the day to reach the 18th hole, Hatton drilled a 5-iron from 203 yards to seven feet and canned the putt to win the hole and salvage half a point for Team Europe.

“It was a good match. It was a good battle,” Rahm said. “It feels good to get that half point. Things like this can turn the tide.”

– Adam Schupak

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JT, Cantlay end day with a tie

The final match of the afternoon came down to three players who were involved with the morning session, as well as Tommy Fleetwood, who was rested in Foursomes. Fleetwood entered the week with a Ryder Cup record of 4-1-0 after a dominating performance in Paris in 2018.

The pressure was on for the European side, as they fell behind 3 to 1 after morning foursomes. Fleetwood and Hovland would find themselves down early after an, you could say, upset Justin Thomas walked in a birdie putt on the first. It’s hard to find someone on the planet who thrives off the crowd more than JT.

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Team USA player Justin Thomas reacts to his putt on the ninth hole during day one four-ball matches for the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports

Fleetwood was able to bury an eight-footer on the second to stay within one. Hovland then gave life to the pairing after chipping in for birdie on the par-3 third, tying up the match. On the next hole, Hovland became the first player in the afternoon wave to hit the fourth green in regulation, and Europe took a 1 up lead.

A Fleetwood birdie on the driveable par-4 sixth put the Europeans 2 up. But before making the turn, Thomas buried a birdie bid on the ninth and exploded with emotion to get the match back to 2 down for the U.S. pair after a Fleetwood birdie on the eighth pushed it to 3 up.

The U.S. team was left off the hook on 10 and 11 as Fleetwood missed two birdie putts inside six feet, both of which were to win the hole. Then there was a near-ace from Cantlay on 12 to get the Americans to 1 down.

After three halved holes, on the par-5 16th, Thomas fired a 3-wood from 280 yards to 17 feet for an eagle chance to square up the match.

BUCKETS.

They went to the par-3 17th tied.

Thomas, from 227 into the wind, slung his approach from right-to-left, finishing 18 feet from the hole. His birdie bid sat on the lip, and the match went to 18 all square.

All four players found the fairway down the last, but Thomas had the shortest approach (193 yards). Cantlay and Fleetwood both found the front-right greenside bunker, Hovland’s approach rolled off the back but was right over the stick, and Thomas took a little off a seven and stuck his iron shot to 25 feet.

Fleetwood nearly holed his bunker shot. Cantlay also hit a gem from the sand and locked up a par for the American side. Hovland missed his putt from the fringe, putting the fate of the match into Thomas’ hands.

His attempt came up short so that match was halved, and the score going into Saturday morning’s Foursomes session will be 6 to 2 in favor of the U.S..

Notably, it’s the largest U.S. lead after day 1 in 46 years.

– Riley Hamel

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Tiger Woods sent a message to U.S. team, makes presence felt at Ryder Cup

Tiger sent Team USA a message that helped out Schauffele and Cantlay on Friday morning.

You won’t see Tiger Woods donned in red, white and blue with a beard and an earpiece this week at Whistling Straits for the 43rd Ryder Cup. The eight-time competitor in the biennial event between the United States and Europe is still recovering from serious right leg injuries suffered in a one-car accident in the Los Angeles area in February.

But that doesn’t mean his presence isn’t being felt along the shores of Lake Michigan.

After Team USA cruised to a 3-1 win in the Friday morning Foursomes session, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay were talking to Golf Channel’s Steve Sands about the mindset when holding a large lead (the Americans won the first five holes of the match).

Schauffele instantly brought up Woods.

“We’re all square, keep pushing,” Schauffele said of the early lead. “We got a nice message from Tiger last night, obviously we’re not gonna reveal what it said, but Pat and I knew we referred to it a few times today and we knew what we needed to do.”

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“We knew he was fist-pumping from the couch,” continued Schauffele, who earned his first point in his Ryder Cup debut alongside Cantlay. “Whether he was on crutches or not, he’s as fired up as any back at home so it’s nice to have his support.”

“No better role model, no better leader, just somebody that you can always learn from,” added Cantlay. “I saw him last week at home and just picked his brain on Ryder Cup and applied some of that here today.”

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U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker breaks up winning teams for afternoon Four-Balls against Europe

Who’s playing Friday afternoon at the Ryder Cup? Two new teams.

HAVEN, Wis. – U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker said he would not deviate from his script concerning his pairings, no matter what happened Friday morning.

Well, the Americans jumped out to a 3-1 lead as the teams of Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, and Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa delivered victories in Foursomes play at Whistling Straits.

Europe’s lone point came in the first match when Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia combined to defeat Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.

Whether or not Stricker changed up things because of what he saw in the morning is unknown, but he is sending out all 12 of his charges on the first day. And he did break up some groups, including the Schauffele-Cantlay team that devoured the European stalwarts, Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter.

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For the Four-Balls session, Johnson will play with Schauffele against Paul Casey and Bernd Wiesberger. In the second match, Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler come off the bench to face Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton. In the third match, Tony Finau and Harris English play for the first time against McIlroy and Shane Lowry. In the anchor match, Thomas will partner with Cantlay against Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland.

Europe captain Padraig Harrington is also playing all 12 of his troops.

Sitting in the afternoon for the U.S. are Spieth, Morikawa, Berger and Koepka. Sitting for the Europeans are Poulter, Garcia, Westwood and Fitzpatrick.

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Four-Balls pairings

Friday, Sept. 24

12:10 p.m. ET: Dustin Johnson and Xander Schauffele (USA) vs. Paul Casey and Bernd Wiesberger (EUR)

12:26 p.m. ET: Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler (USA) vs. Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton (EUR)

12:42 p.m. ET: Tony Finau and Harris English (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry (EUR)

12:58 p.m. ET: Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay (USA) vs. Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland (EUR)

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Ryder Cup: United States dominate Friday foursomes; Jon Rahm impresses for Europe

Everything you missed from Friday morning’s foursome matches.

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Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa put on a masterclass in Ryder Cup foursomes on Friday morning.

The world’s Nos. 2 and 3 players defeated Europe’s Paul Casey and Viktor Hovland, 3 and 2, in the first session of the biennial event between the United States and Europe.

Through 12 holes at Whistling Straits’ Straits Course in Haven, Wisconsin, the Team TaylorMade combo had made six birdies en route to a 3-up lead over Casey and Hovland. But after losing Nos. 11 and 12, the Europeans scrambled to save par and earn their first win since the fourth hole to briefly cut into the American lead.

Both teams went shot-for-shot with pars on the 14th and 15th holes before the par-5 16th. A great Johnson drive set up a beautiful Morikawa approach from 231 yards out. The two-time major champion just missed the eagle putt to end the match, leaving what would be a tap-in birdie from Morikawa for the win.

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Johnson, playing in his fifth Ryder Cup, improved to 2-3-0 in foursomes, while Morikawa earned his first point in his Ryder Cup debut. Casey is now 1-2-0 and Hovland, also in his debut, 0-1-0. The point was the first on the board for Team USA and tied the Europeans, who earlier earned a point from from Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia’s 3-and-1 win over Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.

– Adam Woodard

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Cantlay, Schauffele roll stalwarts Poulter, McIlroy

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele came out ready to play in the anchor foursomes match, racing to a 5-up lead after five holes en route to a 4-and-3 victory over Europe’s tandem of Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter.

It was a combination of Team USA making three birdies in the first five holes and Team Europe a pair of bogeys at the second and fourth holes to gift wrap what proved to be an insurmountable lead for America’s new dynamic duo.

Cantlay, the FedEx Cup champion, and Schauffele, the Olympic gold medalist, went 2-0 in foursomes at the Presidents Cup and look to be a lock to pair again in the format on Saturday. With Golden State Warrior great Steph Curry watching from greenside, Schauffele drained a 30-foot birdie putt at the fifth hole just when it appeared that Europe might be able to stop the bleeding.

Poulter and McIlroy never found their rhythm. They managed to tie the final four holes in a row on the front nine, including with a three-putt bogey at No. 8, and didn’t make a birdie – or win a hole until the 10th. Team Europe won the 11th hole with a par, but birdies at Nos. 12 and 13 weren’t good enough to cut into the deficit. When Cantlay wedged to three feet at 14 to win the hole and regain a 4-up lead with four holes to play, it was all over but the crying.

Poulter’s reputation as a Ryder Cup hero already is set in stone for his 2012 heroics, but his play in recent years has been rather pedestrian outside of remaining unbeaten in singles. He is 1-4-1 in his last six foursomes-four-ball matches.

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– Adam Schupak

Koepka moves to 4-1, teams with Berger to top Westwood, Fitzpatrick

Brooks Koepka kept his impressive Ryder Cup record intact as he and Daniel Berger ran out to an early edge over the tandem of Lee Westwood and Matthew Fitzpatrick and held on to win, 2 and 1, in an entertaining match that gave the Americans the momentum after the opening set of matches.

Berger, making his first appearance at a Ryder Cup, dropped a short birdie putt on the second hole to give his team the early nod.

On the following hole, the par-3 third, Berger’s iron hit high on a hill, but nudged its way under the hole with a long runout. Koepka then buried a huge putt — even though he was away — and the Americans built a lead they would never relinquish. The Europeans did get a reprieve on No. 9 when Koepka lipped out a short putt, but he redeemed himself with an eight-footer on No. 10 to get the edge back.

It looked like the Americans might close it out on No. 16, but a birdie putt from Berger rested just off the cup’s edge, forcing the match to plod on.
Westwood — who is making his 11 appearance in a Ryder Cup, tying Nick Faldo for the most ever by a European — had a chance to extend the match on the 17th hole with a lengthy putt, but it slipped by the right edge and Koepka, who improved to 4-1 in Ryder Cup action, tapped in a par putt for the victory.

– Tim Schmitt

Rahm acts like world No. 1 in win over American pals

If your partner started draining one hole-winning putt after another, you would have been smiling like Sergio Garcia was on the 10th tee Friday morning.

Playing in his 10th Ryder Cup, Garcia was paired with Jon Rahm in the opening Foursomes match against Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. With few European fans in attendance at Whistling Straits due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Europeans fell 1-down after two holes. Still, they roared back to defeat the American duo, 3 and 1, in a match that proved to be especially critical.

By 10 a.m., with the Americans leading in three matches, Rahm started playing the kind of golf that pushed him to the world’s No. 1 ranking and the U.S. Open title three months ago. He was a monster off the tee, a marksman with his irons and time after time holed big putts. In short, he was the stud the European team needed.

Garcia and Rahm made birdies in the alternate-shot format on the third and fourth holes to flip the score from a one-hole deficit to a one-hole advantage. The Americans drew back to all square after Rahm’s approach shot on the par 5 went into the pond of the left of the green. It proved to be Rahm’s only misstep of the morning.

Birdies on the seventh and eighth holes gave Garcia and Rahm a two-hole edge heading to the back nine, and then Thomas’s approach shot from the fairway on the 10th hole checked up and stopped well short. From a similar spot 45 yards from the hole, Garcia’s pitch landed and trundled to within 5 feet of the cup to set up a birdie that won the hole and pushed the European’s lead to 3-up.

The Americans had several opportunities to draw closer in the match, but Thomas’s cold putting hurt the partnership.

An especially frustrating moment came on the 12th hole after Rahm’s tee shot on the 145-yard par-3 stopped 10 feet from the hole. Garcia, who ranked No. 173 in strokes gained putting last season on the PGA Tour, missed the birdie putt, but then Thomas missed a makeable birdie putt that would have brought the European’s lead down to two.

Thomas did make a match-extending six-footer on the 16th hole, but the Americans were dormie on the 17th hole when his tee shot on the par-3 hit a mound on the right, kicked left and rolled off the green into deep rough. Spieth hit a miraculous recovery shot that went over 50 feet in the air and stopped 10 feet from the cup, but Thomas missed the putt, and suddenly it was over and the European team had earned the first point of the 2020 Ryder Cup.

– David Dusek

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Ryder Cup live updates: Americans miss early shot Friday at Whistling Straits

Everything you need to know from Friday’s action at Whistling Straits.

After three years of waiting and speculation, it’s time to put the tees in the ground and balls in the air. The 43rd Ryder Cup.

The biennial event between 12 of the best golfers from the United States and all of Europe begins on Friday morning at Whistling Straits’ Straits Course in Haven, Wisconsin, with four foursomes matches, followed by four four-ball matches in the afternoon. Europe has won seven of the last nine events, while the Americans last won in 2016 when they hosted on home soil.

From impressive shots to funny fans and everything in between, stay up to date with all the latest news and analysis of the 43rd Ryder Cup.

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Americans miss early

You hate to see this, especially on the first for Team USA. In front of a loud crowd in the first match of the event, Justin Thomas got the ball rolling down the fairway, setting up good friend and teammate Jordan Spieth to tuck in a close approach (which he did). Thomas had an eight-footer left for birdie and it wasn’t even close. The Americans lost a golden chance to take an early lead after Sergio Garcia’s opening drive found a bunker.

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Ryder Cup weather: Fall temperatures set in at Whistling Straits; rain possible Thursday

How’s the weather looking for the Ryder Cup?

Ryder Cup crowds should stay mostly dry this week, but they’ll want to bring a jacket as cooler, fall temperatures set in.

There’s a chance for rain Thursday morning and into the afternoon as a low-pressure system moves over Lake Michigan, according to the National Weather Service in Milwaukee. The weather pattern could lead to light precipitation Thursday into Friday afternoon.

“There’s going to be a cold front passing through, but low-level moisture is pretty low. You might see a sprinkle out of that but nothing too impactful,” said meteorologist Cameron Miller. “As far as temperatures are concerned it’s actually going to be quite cool.”

After a warm weekend, Tuesday’s high will be in the mid-60s as an upper-level low-pressure system lingers over the area. Wednesday, the first day of autumn, and Thursday will also stay in the 60s with cloud cover over most of the area. Friday and bring a chance for showers with highs in the mid-60s to low 70s. Sunday is expected to be sunny with a high near 70.

Miller said severe weather isn’t expected.

“Nothing out of the ordinary,” he said. “We’re a little bit below average on temperatures, but at this time of year when we’re going into fall that’s typically when we get these pushes of warm air.”

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Bryson DeChambeau wants to end beef with U.S. Ryder Cup teammate Brooks Koepka

Bryson DeChambeau’s coach said his player wants the beef with U.S. Ryder Cup teammate Brooks Koepka to end.

The Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka beef has cluttered the headlines all season long and will continue to do so as the pair compete in the Ryder Cup later this week at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. But at least one side wants to end the feud.

“Whether or not they are both doing it to maximize their global profile, Bryson wants it over,” his coach Mike Schy told the Irish Times. “Move on. The bottom line is two big egos.”

Big mouths, too. Both players have been taking shots at one another all year long. From slow play and physical criticisms to the eye-roll seen round the world in May, the two have been at odds to the extent that the jeer of “Brooksie” has been addressed by the PGA Tour. And despite all that, U.S. captain Steve Stricker isn’t worried.

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“It’s a non-issue, really, for me and the team,” Stricker said during the Ryder Cup captain’s news conference on Monday in Wisconsin. “We got together a few weeks ago, the six of us and I’ve had conversations with them both. They have assured me it’s not going to be an issue. I have no worries whatsoever.”

“Will we pair them together? I don’t think so at this point but things could change. Could always happen. But probably not. But again, I had a dinner, they all showed up. We had great conversation, great talks. So I’m not seeing it as an issue at all and they are completely on board.”

Even Koepka himself previously said he can deal with anybody for a week.

DeChambeau made his debut in the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in France, where he finished 0-3-0 with foursomes losses alongside Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods and a singles loss to Alex Noren. Koepka is 4-3-1 in two previous appearances, including a 3-1 showing in 2016.

The Ryder Cup starts on Friday.

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Ryder Cup: Loro Piana is outfitting Team Europe, a collaboration with Pádraig Harrington

Team Europe will be wearing Loro Piana at the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straights in collaboration with team captain Pádraig Harrington.

Team Europe will be playing in uniforms from Loro Piana at the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straights. The collection was in collaboration with team captain Pádraig Harrington, who will be alongside the team through all of its official engagements in style, both on and off the course.

Loro Piana prides itself as a company on its attention to detail and investment into research in curating golf clothing. This collection is sophisticated in its forms, colors and wearability. The apparel features waterproof items for inclement weather and uses a three-layer technique in its fabric.

The outer layer is a Wind microfibre fabric, and the waterproof central membrane is a Storm System fabric, which is a treatment invented in 1994 to transform many types of fabrics into water and wind-resistant fabrics. All seams and zippers are thermal-sealed.

For knitwear, Loro Piana uses super-fine wool, which is lightweight and breathable. This year, the wool has been elasticized to complement the players’ swings and movements. Loro Piana’s pants come in a soft wool and silk combination. The polo shirts come in a technical, breathable jersey made to handle a variety of climates.

“As captain, I want the players to feel as comfortable as possible throughout the week of the Ryder Cup, and the Loro Piana clothing is a key part of that,” Harrington said.

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European vice captain Graeme McDowell reflects on his experience with the Ryder Cup, how it’s different from anything else

“It’s a completely different feeling, it’s so intense, and it’s so amazing.”

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The Solheim Cup did not disappoint, and now the golf world waits for another opportunity to show their pride for country and sport. Luckily, the 43rd installment of the Ryder Cup is quickly approaching, and will take place at Whistling Straits in Sheboygan, Wisconsin from September 24-26.

The European side finally saw a piece of its roster solidify with stars like Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Paul Casey, and Viktor Hovland earning their way onto the team.

Graeme McDowell appeared in four Ryder Cups as a player, with a record of 8-5-2, and will now serve Padraig Harrington as a vice captain.

Golfweek sat down with the 2010 U.S Open champion to discuss what the Ryder Cup means to him, how it’s different from anything else in golf, and what kind of play fits Whistling Straits.

“It’s a completely different feeling, it’s so intense, and it’s so amazing.”

Watch the complete interview above.