These are the Ryder Cup players and groups most under par

Ryder Cup match play provides a hugely different playing and viewing experience than traditional stroke play. Through three sessions, we know the Europeans have played better team golf on the way to that 8-4 lead. We wondered how a traditional leaderboard would look with team and individual scores relative to par.

Here are the best pairings to par, using each pairing's best score per hole in four-balls and their team scores in foursomes through three sessions:

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Here are the individual players with the best score to par for the 2018 Ryder Cup. For four-ball matches, we counted a player's score if he recorded the low score on a hole for his team and a par for the hole if his teammate recorded the low score. We counted the team foursomes scores for both individuals in a pairing.

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It's worth noting the individual player scores to par favor players who have played in four-ball matches over those who have exclusively played foursomes, a format where shooting a par is often enough to win a hole.