SATURDAY MORNING FOURSOMES
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Bryson DeChambeau won a Foursomes match for the first time in his Ryder Cup career. In the process, he may have found himself a suitable American partner.
European teammates Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, meanwhile, continue to prove they are the perfect partners in Ryder Cup Foursomes.
And the bigger picture? Europe won three of the four Saturday morning matches at Bethpage Black to extend its lead to 8.5 to 3.5, moving closer to an unprecedented blowout on foreign soil as they become the first away team to win each of the first three sessions of a Ryder Cup.
DeChambeau and New York native Cameron Young rolled past the European duo of Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Aberg, 4 & 2, to give the U.S. its only victory of the session. It’s DeChambeau’s first win this week and his first Foursomes win after losing his previous three, including Friday’s loss with Justin Thomas.
Rahm and Hatton, the Legion XIII teammates, led for all but one hole in their 3 & 2 win over Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay. That moved their Foursomes record to 4-0-0 – and 4-0-1 overall as Ryder Cup partners.
Young is DeChambeau’s sixth different career partner and third this week – and he was certainly the most impactful that DeChambeau has paired with.
Both players provided key fist-pumping moments for the U.S., starting on the opening hole when Young followed DeChambeau’s opening 323-yard drive with an approach to tap-in range for birdie.
“We wanted to prove to the captain that we were right for the job,” DeChambeau said. “Cam played unbelievable today. Hitting that wedge shot super close on 1 and getting up and keeping that pressure on them, fortunately we stuck it out and played really well coming in.”
Aberg halved the hole with an 11-foot birdie putt, but Young provided more fireworks on the par-3 third when he chipped in from the fringe for birdie to give the U.S. duo its first lead. They gave it right back at the par-5 fourth after DeChambeau found the greenside bunker, with the Americans losing the hole with a par – the only hole won by the European duo all match.
The U.S. took the lead for good by winning the seventh with a par. Young’s tee shot to 3 feet won the par-3 eighth, and DeChambeau halved the ninth thanks to a 17-foot birdie putt. The U.S. won the 10th with another par, and DeChambeau’s terrific approach at the 12th set up a birdie putt to halve the hole. Young then closed it out with an 11-foot birdie at the 16th.
“Cam just struck it unbelievable today with his irons,” the Crushers GC captain said. “It was nice having a couple of two-footers to tap in, so it was sweet. We played really well, and we putted it well. … Even though it was just one point, it’s a small victory but it’s a victory we needed to get the boys fired up.”
