Team Europe extends Ryder Cup lead to 7 points over USA

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Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg trounced Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka 9 and 7 in a record-breaking foursome session on Saturday morning, and Team Europe is five points away from winning the 44th Ryder Cup this weekend in Rome.

Europe leads Team USA 9 1/2-2 1/2 after winning three of four matches Saturday morning at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, with four four-ball (best ball) matches remaining. The United States is on course to hand over the Ryder Cup after winning in a 19-9 demolition two years ago at Whistling Straits.

Hovland and Aberg, the Scandinavian rising stars from Norway and Sweden respectively, won nine of 11 holes in foursomes (alternate-shot) against two of the American team's most decorated golfers on Saturday morning, leaving Scheffler to wipe away the tears of the thorough defeat. It marked the largest margin of victory for an 18-hole match in Ryder Cup history.

"We're facing two strong guys, No. 1 in the world and five-time major champion, so we tried not to give them anything, and we played really, really solid," Hovland said. "Obviously we didn't come up against a sharp Scottie and Brooks but we played really good golf today."

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and England's Tommy Fleetwood teamed up as they did on Friday morning, this time Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth went 2 and 1.

It took the USA until the 11th game of the competition to earn a full point. Max Homa chipped in for eagle on the par-4 16th to secure a 4-and-2 win for himself and Brian Harman over Ireland's Shane Lowry and Austria's Sepp Straka.

"We're obviously in a big hole but we've got the right guys to dig ourselves out of it," Homa said.

To end the morning, Spain's Jon Rahm and England's Tyrrell Hatton combined to beat Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele 2 and 1.

The American duo went eagle-birdie-birdie on Nos. 12-14 to win three straight and move 1 up, but the Europeans leveled at No. 16 and Rahm came 7 inches from a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th . Cantlay responded by hitting his tee shot 3 1/2 feet from the hole, but Schauffele's birdie putt to extend the match dropped out.

Saturday's four-ball matches will see Hovland and Aberg team up again to face Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa; Fleetwood and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard will play Homa and Harman; England's Justin Rose and Scotland's Robert MacIntyre will face Thomas and Spieth, together for the third straight session; and England's Matt Fitzpatrick and McIlroy will duel Cantlay and Wyndham Clark.

--Field Level Media


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