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ROME – More history was made Saturday morning at the Ryder Cup. Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg recorded a dominating 9-and-7 victory over the American duo of Brooks Koepka and Scottie Scheffler in Saturday morning foursomes at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, marking the largest margin of victory for an 18-hole match, foursomes or otherwise, in the history of the Ryder Cup.
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ROME – Matt Fitzpatrick’s Ryder Cup four-ball debut is going pretty well so far. Fitzpatrick entered this 44th edition at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club with two previous Ryder Cups under his belt but an 0-5 record and no appearances in the four-ball format.
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The 44th Ryder Cup continues on Saturday with a morning's foursomes session at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome. Europe swept the opening foursomes session, 4-0, for the first time in history and then produced late fireworks to finish the opening day of the 44th Ryder Cup with a record-equalling five-point lead, 6½-1½.
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ROME – A few American Ryder Cuppers broke out the hair clippers in the leadup to this week’s matches and arrived at Marco Simone sporting aggressive hairstyles, including Sam Burns’ mullet-like hairdo with “U.S.A.” straight-razored on the side of his head. As for the Europeans, they brought their brooms.
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Through 43 Ryder Cups, there have been a bevy of players selected to both teams. But only a select few have become Ryder Cup heroes for their respective squads and are now synonymous with the event.
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ROME – Drinks were flowing. Cigars were burning.
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ROME – Tuning into Sunday’s dramatic Solheim Cup finish, Rory McIlroy watched as Carlota Ciganda orchestrated a heroic comeback in her native Spain to beat Nelly Korda in singles and earn the tying point for the European team. While the home side hadn’t technically won, it had clinched retaining the Cup with what ended up a 14-14 draw, and raucousness still ensued on the green as Ciganda’s teammates mobbed her.
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It was the quote heard 'round the golf world. Rory McIlroy, a golf prodigy who at age 19 won his first DP World Tour title, had long been anointed as the future of the European Ryder Cup Team.
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Ryder Cup Rookie Robert MacIntyre believes the format and team environment of the biennial event is similar to Scottish sport shinty. The 27-year-old will be the first Scot to play at a Ryder Cup since Stephen Gallacher at Gleneagles in 2014 when he tees up at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club this week.
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Jon Rahm has encouraged Team Europe's Ryder Cup Rookies to be as open as possible and insists "there's no such thing as a stupid question". The Spaniard is set to embark on his third appearance at the biennial event when he tees it up at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club this week.