2025 Ryder Cup: Day 3 – BBC Radio 5 Live commentary

much, Steve. Another glorious morning here in New York. The sky is blue, a few clouds in the sky, the sun is beating down, and they are trying to crank up the atmosphere here on the first tea at Beth Page in New York. We’ve actually had to move from our usual viewing position right above the first tea to an area that’s just a little bit more sheltered by a marquee which should drown out a the speaker somewhat because when we got up here and we were starting to talk we were told it was it was too loud the atmosphere for you to be able to hear us. So when the music stops we’ll kind of move over a little bit as they start to announce the golfers. As far as the golf is concerned, Europe have this lead 11 12 4 1/2 going into the 12 singles today. So we’ll see every player of every team in the singles format. Our team are ready to go. Ian Carter, our correspondent alongside me, sheltering from the speakers, but not the sun. Put some kind of historical context on this score line. 11 12 to Europe, 4 1/2 to the United States of America. Never before have we seen Europe in such a commanding position. Never before have we had Europe win all four sessions away from home. They’re looking to win all five sessions for the very first time away from home. The United States will have to mount the biggest comeback ever seen in Ryder Cup history to win back the trophy. They need to win 10 of the 12 points. So it all speaks to what has been an utterly dominant, brilliant performance by Europe. And obviously yesterday in the context of all the noise that was out there on the golf course, they’ve performed like gladiators. And in the face of some real hostility, especially yesterday afternoon, and they’ve responded, and the Americans haven’t. The singles get underway uh just after midday New York time. So, just after 5:00 uh back in the UK. I will give you the exact order of the singles in just a moment, but Andrew McGee, PGA Tour winner, part of our team all week. It It’s not over till it’s over. It’s over. I’m sorry. It could be over before, you know, Maroy gets to what, the third hole? Um he’s the fourth match. Um it it could be over. It depends on Cameron Young if he can. I I don’t know if he can fire up this team. I just don’t feel I I know they have to be down. I don’t care what the the talk is, what the news pundits say before this match has started or even yesterday or this morning. Uh the European team is just much better talent-wise. uh the basic X and O’s of golf, hitting fairways, hitting greens, hitting greens close to the hole, making your putts to win, making your putts to tie a birdie that the Americans might have made. They’ve just done all the right things. They were a cohesive team. You could say just the opposite of the Americans. The one thing I would say to counter that, I still obviously think that Europe are going to win from here, but it isn’t over. And actually when you look at the way the singles lineup lines up, you can make a case for the American player being partial favorite if nothing else that you know different circumstances. You know, you would say Justin Thomas against Tommy Fleet for example, second match out. Now Fleetwood’s won all four of his matches going into this this match, but he was in the same position in Paris and got cuffed by Tony Feno. So, you know, the the exhaustion that goes with the first two days that could go the way of of Justin Thomas. And all I’d say is that I do I honestly think that Europe are going to win and they’re going to win very convincingly. But if those first four players for America, just Cameron Young, Justin Thomas, Bryson Dashambo, Scotty Sheffller, fifth player Patrick Canle, sixth player Sanders Chofle, if they can get things moving, if they can get red on the board, they can build the kind of momentum that the Americans had in Brooklyn when they came from 106 down. Couple that with the New York atmosphere and it could get it could get quite hostile out there for Europe and they will need to be playing as they have done on the first two days to get the job done. When I asked Andrew that question, it’s not over till it’s over. I was fairly sure it was ridiculous. Now you started to worry me slightly. Do you think do you think European fans listening to us at this moment will think you miserable pessimistic pair? No, I’m just kidding. We’ve completely done it backwards again. I’m just I’m just giving you some I’m giving you some context because that’s what the Americans are going to go out there and do. And traditionally in the singles, they are stronger. You know, they they can’t get their heads around playing together with each other in a RDER Cup context, but as an individual, they can. You know, who’s the favorite between Scotty Sheffller and Rory Maroy? Rory Maroy. Why? because he’s playing better golf at the moment this week. Yeah, but one-on-one this week. But one-on-one. Well, we could just keep going. You could keep going 101 and I could keep going this week. I I I look at Port Rush, I would have gone Scottish Sheffle every day of the week, but it’s different. And I would say I would say Rory Mackerel, but what I’m saying is it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that we could have an American surge early on that could get the crowd going and it could be a whole lot more interesting than we think it is at the moment. Right, let me give you the full lineup then before I bring in other members of our team who all look like they want to kill at the moment. Cameron Young against Justin Rose. They are first out. 2 minutes past 12 New York time. 2 minutes past 7. uh back no 2 minutes past 5 back in the UK. Second out, Justin Thomas against Tommy Flewood. Won all four of his matches so far here at the Ryder Cup. Looking to become the first man on overseas soil to take all five points. Bryson Dashambo against Matt Fitzpatrick out next. Then Scotty Sheffller lost all four of his matches here in New York. Ian against Rory Maroy. Patrick Kentlay taking on Ludvig Ober. Then it’s Xander Schoffé against John Ram. Into the bottom half, JJ Spawn who did really well for the Americans in the four balls yesterday against Seer. Russell Henley against Shane Lowry who played very well yesterday afternoon and also acted as Rory Maroyy’s bouncer at times. Ben Griffin against Rasmus Hoygard. Match nine. Two men who’ve only played in one match so far here at the 45th Rider Cup. Colin Morawa against Tirrell Hatton. Tier Hatton, another one with maximum points from his appearances so far. Three from three, Sam Burns against Bob McIntyre, 11th out. And right at the bottom, Victor Hovland for Europe, who had a neck injury yesterday, so it stopped him playing in the four balls taking on Harris English. Katrina Matthew next, Solheim Cup winning captain. If you were in this position as a as a captain, if you were Luke Donald here, what would your I’m I’m going down the negative path again, but hopefully we’ll be lots of celebratory for the rest of the afternoon. What would your concerns be? What would your worries be, if any? I think last night I would have I mean, we saw them when they finished last night, they were celebrating away and I think you’d have let them celebrate like that for probably about an hour or that get them back in the team room. I mean, it’s a monumental first two days they’ve had to be leading by that. But then I think Kilo sat them down. Neil said, “Look, like Ian just said, we haven’t won this yet. The Americans are traditionally stronger in the singles. We’ve got to go out there and do our thing. We can’t think we’ve won it already.” And I think their new goal now will be to try and get to to 19, 20 points, have a record win. So, I think you’ve got to go out there with a goal. You’ve got to go out there with a purpose. And I know they they only need to win three points, but each player can’t just think, oh, someone else might play, someone else might get that point. So, um I think you’ve just got to they’ve all got to go out there and focus and win their point. I mean, I do think Europe are going to win it. Um but I think Luc have got them focused and ready to go today. Bring Jamie Donaldson in in just a moment. Victor Hovland has withdrawn. We’ve just been told that Victor Hovland has withdrawn. And in that situation, the opposition have put a name in the envelope, haven’t they? Yes, they have. And that player, whoever’s name is, and it’s Harris English whose name is in the envelope. So, Harris English was due to play Victor Hoffland. So, that is a half point. The overall score now is the United States five, Europe 12, and so they need just two points to retain the cup. And um you know that is the kind of that’s the kind of thing that suits Luke Donald down to the ground. One of those two and a half points required has already been gleaned. Absolutely. He’s already got a half point in the bag before there’s even been a golf ball struck. I mean it’s it’s perfect for Europe. That I would imagine Jamie Donaldson is actually devastating for Harris English to be the name in the envelope that your captain has put in the envelope. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I mean obviously he want to play, won’t he? But um how he’s not been playing brilliantly, has he? So he’s been like the, you know, sacrificial lamb. He’s been left out. Um you know, if you be gutted, you always want to play whether you’re playing good or bad because when it comes down to the singles, you think, well, I’ll just turn it on today. And they’ll have had a big grilling last night to try and fire them up in any any way, shape, or form. Uh to get them revved, to give something today. Um but you know it’s a it’s a big ask now when you were at Glenn Eagles in 2014 and won in Glenn Eagles in 2014 you played in the four we were talking about this earlier you played in the four balls you beat one of the US vice captains here Jim Furick in the four balls and then in the singles on the Sunday afternoon you thrashed the American captain here Keegan Bradley five and three what what is the little fish pump for you come on what is the what was the difference for you in the four balls to the singles in terms of psychology? Well, it is quite difficult because you’re is obviously it’s a big team game, isn’t it? You’re around the team every night, every day, uh, through practice, the start of the week, and then you’re playing the, uh, pairs matches, four ball foroms, and you’ve always got your partner on your side, and you’re bouncing off each other, buzzing off each other, and then suddenly you’re on your own. It’s just you and your caddy, and you better like your caddy cuz it’s just you two left. But no, it is totally different. and um you know and the Americans do it so well the more the more individual they’re better in the singles but today they’ve got to be miles better but that talk about needing your friend needing that support you were in a home rider cup at that stage what has shone through at this rider cup for the Europeans is how tight they’ve been is how they’ve been there for this other for each other I know has marveled about that so depending on what the crowd is like today it is just the it might be a vice captain watching them as well I suppose but it It’s just the caddy that’s there for them. It’s not like Larry and Maroy or Fleetwood and Rose or Straker and Ra. No, you know, and you’re just on your own and um but you know what’s coming. You know, all these guys have played before and you know this team, the reason they’re doing so well, the reason they’re dominating so because they’ve got this massive blueprint from Italy. I mean, how often do you ever see uh a team come from a winning situation? It’s the same team bar one guy flipped, you know, the twins. Um, and you’ve got the same captain. Everything’s the same. You’ve done it once and they’re seriously dominating for me through that blueprint of they’ve won in Italy and they’re all the same, all bouncing off each other, all buzzing off each other and they’re going again. Do you think that they will feel a little bit more on their own today? Uh, certainly. And is does that make them more comfortable? I don’t think they’re going to be very comfortable today knowing that they’re probably on the losing team. They put so much time and effort into preparing for this event. Or did they? We don’t know that later. Um, but yeah, Scotty Shepler, I think Ian’s made a good point where this is this is where he shines on his own. This is where we shine coming across the sky. A couple F-16s flying by over there at Beth Page State Park. But, uh, yeah, we’ll see how it gets off it. Of course. Again, it’s about the the first three or four batches. I mean, they You do like a fly pass, don’t you? I mean, that isn’t a fly. Is there a fly pass? Pay attention. It’s another one. It’s always the chase plane. Okay. Is there going to be a fly? Do you know? Is there a fly past? That was it. That was That was it. Okay. A little bit underwhelming from the Americans point of view. Did you Did you have to prepare your players differently for I mean they do this all the time, be individuals on a golf course, but when they are away, it is going to be different. It is difficult and I think it is very different going out suddenly in the singles especially for the the less experienced players the players who haven’t played you know especially in an away rider cup or soulheim cup you’ve got to because it is so much easier as Jamie was saying when you’re out there with a partner you’ve got the partner you’ve got the caddies it’s just you you’re very much more a team but when you go out there on your own and if you get down a little bit and that crowd get on you it is just you and your caddy out there and it is a completely different feeling so I think um obviously the more experienced players will talk to them. The captain, the vice captains will have spoken to them all about it. But it’s just until you actually get out there and have to cope with that yourself. It’s exactly the the the point I was going to make. I would feel very confident that the European hierarchy has prepared each and every one of these players for what is coming up. And the fact that they do have all RDER Cup experience bar Rasmus Hoygard in this situation is another tick in the box. and every scenario has been catered for and they know how important the singles are and they would have been preparing this for for this day thinking they’d need an awful lot more out of it than they actually do. So, I think it’s just managing any sense of complacency, but also, you know, preparing the players mentally for what they’re going to get, which I suspect will be a pretty hostile atmosphere from the crowd. And American players with nothing to lose, just throwing everything at them. So that’s I but I I would imagine that they’ll be ready ready to to deal with that and arguably better prepared for it than the Americans because in each and every other session it’s been the Americans who’ve looked a lot less prepared for what’s played out. You can make such a you can pour over can’t you Jamie singles order and what the thinking is behind it given how the Europeans have been this week. um he could have put maybe seven, eight, nine of them out in the top four or five and felt confident given how they’ve performed and how they felt like leaders. Yeah, they’ve just all been exceptional. You can’t really pick many players individually out of this team that you go, “Wow.” You know, I mean, there are obviously highlights, but as a team, they’ve all been unbelievably good. So, it kind of doesn’t matter uh who you put out where because they’ve just been uh so good. And I think, you know, Luke’s got on him last night and um he’s going for record numbers tonight. There’ll be literally no foot off the neck today. He’ll be saying, “Let’s go for record scores. No complacency. Let’s go for this.” And to put that into context, the biggest win in the RDER Cup in the 28 point arena has been 199 for the Americans at Whistling Straits. That was a very very chastening experience in 2021 for Europe. The expectation off the back of that in America was that it would be lead to years decades of domination. That hasn’t come to pass and there’s a good number in this team who were at whistling straits who would want to seriously avenge that. The biggest win for Europe previously has been 18 1/2 points to 9 and a half and I think that is it. I think Luke Donald will have said, “Let’s go out and smash the record.” They’re underway at St. James’s Park in the Premier League. You can listen to this in full on Sports Extra this afternoon. Gary Flintto will keep us updated here on Five Live. Yes, a crackling atmosphere. Mark here on Time Side. One early chance, two minutes played. It was Victor Yarees. It was a free kick from the right hand side after a fairly robust challenge from Jo Linton on his fellow number seven, Bakayo Saka. Joish got his head to the ball, but it was tame straight into the hands of Nick Pope. Three minutes played, Newcastle nil, Arsenal nil. And we have a goal at Livingston. Gavin Wallace. Yes, it is for Livingston. Adam Mcomery put the ball in. Mo Salah. So cheap from a Rangers point of view. Mark Set was up above John Suta and headed home from close range. Livingston won. Rangers won. Uh Chelsea are four up on West Ham in the Women’s Super League as well. Let’s turn our attentions back then to the Rder Cup. the 45th Rder Cup. If you’re on Newcastle Arsenal, it’s on Sports Extra this afternoon. We can hear from the European captain. Here’s Luke Donald. It was loud. It was raw cuz you know what I consider crossing line is personal insults and and and you know, making sounds, you know, when they’re trying to hit um on their back swings or um you know, very close to when they’re trying to go into their routines. You know, that did happen a little bit. It’s it’s happened to other rider cups, too. um something we prepared for and people have individually different ways to deal with it. You know, crowds have energy and you can use it however you want. It’s how you frame it. There’s a stimulus, a response and in between that is how you decide what you want to do with it. Okay? And I think, you know, some people find that motivating. So, you know, I have 12 very good players. So, you know, singles, um, you have to go a little bit with gut instincts. You know, we obviously have a big lead. Um, so we have to think about that and we imagine that the US are going to come out pretty strong. Um, you know, and we’re trying to kind of match them with some strength, but, you know, looking at the the last six, seven guys, I feel like we have some some great, strong, gritty players as well. So it’s hard to, you know, it’s a hard thing to do um with a big lead, but uh I think we are very satisfied meet myself and the vice captains with that lineup. European captain Luke Donald. It’s it’s it’s sort of Katrina this really horrible line to sort of tread at the start of this because it’s such a big lead without trying to end up with egg on our egg on my face in particular by the end of it. But he hasn’t put a foot wrong, has he? No, he hasn’t. And I love the way you heard him speaking there. He wasn’t too up, you know, he wasn’t It was just very much matter of fact. He wants to get the business done. It wasn’t, oh, you know, just that feeling as though they’ve won it. He So, I just think you can just tell from the way he’s been speaking there that they’re going out there and they’re just focusing on winning this single session again. They’re not thinking about the end result. They’re not thinking that they only need well two and a half points now as it turns out to win. They’re just going out there. They’re wanting to win the session. They keep every time they’re asked about the crowd as well and yesterday afternoon we went over and over again what was what was going on here and I’m sure people have read about it but even Mroy and Larry when they spoke about it afterwards in the same way Luke Donald there they’re not fanning the flames they’re not they’re not giving any ammunition at all and they didn’t in their pre um match press conferences as well I think it was significant that you know eight of the European players and all the big names did their press conferences on the Thursday just on the eve of the match to so if anything was said it didn’t have much oxygen and time to develop or a thread to develop you know they’ve thought of everything here and they have clearly got a policy of not saying anything that is going to upset the the fans or give them any ammunition whatsoever on the course it changed a little bit when when Lowry and and Mroy sort of gave it a gave it back to them yesterday. Well, I to be honest, you’d have to be made of ice, I think, not to have given something back at some point. But their restraint in their post round interview was admirable because I’m not sure I don’t know why I’m coming to you first of all here, JB, but I’m not sure everybody would have been able to hold it in given how emotional it was. Yeah, I mean, you know, it was it was a lot of emotion knocking about. Um, you know, and these guys, uh, you know, you finish the end of the day, you’re absolutely buzzing. They’ve they’ve smashed them again. Um, and then you’ve got to sort of calm down and get re um, new input, new destiny. Reset yourself, haven’t you? New destiny to your satnav. And off you’re going again. You know, Luke’s like I said before, he’ll have said no complacency. Come on, guys. We’ve got a chance here to beat a record. Let’s take on the record. Go out there. Do not give them an an inch and let’s get out there and get this record done. And and to be fair, that’s been his line, Ian, all all the way through virtually, haven’t they? The last year, I suppose. It has. It’s And it’s it’s just been delivered with such authority and control. And he he clearly commands the respect of the players. They were the ones saying, you know, singing the song, you know, two more years, two more years. They wanted him. They stayed. They made sure that they were in the team for this one. Rory Maroy set out the objective on the the winning night in Rome. We’re going to Beth Paige to win and do something that very, very few teams are able to do, win a Ryder Cup away from home. Having been alongside him, played with him at times played against him. Does what he has Yeah. Luke, does what he has achieved so far as a captain surprise you in any way? No. I mean, I played a lot with Luke as an amateur, uh, a little bit as a pro, more as an amateur. But the amazing thing for me to listen to him when he’s, you know, in Italy, when he’s uh got interviews here in interviews, he’s so unbelievably calm. He just looks so relaxed. Like Cat said, matter of fact, it’s incredible. And that calmness is passed on to the players and then with a bit of energy, you know, they’re off and running. It’s calm, but it’s on fire. Do you think he has redefined the role of a captain in the RDER Cup? Yeah, he’s very respectful. You know, he’s respectful of of these nasty New York fans that have said some derogatory things and he has a beautiful answer. He’s he’s a very mature man that that says the right thing. And I I love what he said yesterday in his calm very calm demeanor in his presser afterwards. This is not over. We’re all saying it’s over. One more step to make tomorrow Sunday. Beautifully said. A captain’s appreciation of another captain then. Yeah, just a huge, as Andrew saying, huge amount of respect for Luke Donald. He’s he’s thought of everything and he deflects everything. He doesn’t um make anything into an issue. And I think just that calmness is just kind of resonated down the team. And the team, as you say, have so much respect for him, which I think is what you need. And and if they’ve got respect for you, they’ll play well for you. Now, we’re going to let you go. Uh, are you okay going out first group? And I’m not talking about the golfers you’re following, but you’re with John Murray, aren’t you? And unfortunately, this morning in the hotel car park, he nearly reversed into you. So, you okay with him? Well, I don’t know. I think I’ll need to watch him out the corner of my eye there. Maybe he wasn’t wanting me out with him today. Get your Just give him a trip at one point. Just get your own back. Give him a trip at one point. Thank you, Katrina. More from Katrina a little bit later on. When Luke Donald was world number one, he was almost the world number one that nobody really knew about back in the UK. He was based over here, wasn’t he? Based over here all his career, he was based over here. He was someone who came through the American college system, went straight onto the PGA tour, did start playing on the the European tour, but only a handful of tournaments every year. It was never really his staple tour. Much more so, actually, since he’s become Rder Cup captain. He’s played way more European Tour events in that role than he did at the height of his powers and he never really did himself justice in the majors, but he got to world number one as one of the shorter hitters with one of the most brilliant short games and you know with that tough analysis and also you know I think back to the work that he he did with Dave Ol the the performance guru who’s worked with the rugby kickers Johnny Wilkinson and all of that. And at the height of Luke Donald’s powers, you know, his training regimes were absolutely brutal. He couldn’t leave a a practice putting green until he’d made 100 putts in a row or something like that. It was all performance-based. And I think he’s taken that mentality into this job. And I think he’s just evolved the role of the captains. He’s not reinvented it. He’s taken the European blueprint and he has developed it and there is so much legacy that will be there. If he carries on, fine. If he doesn’t, whoever comes in, maybe Justin Rose, they’ll have the blueprint to take on and develop themselves. And the big difference is America has none of that. None of it whatsoever. And I think that has been exposed in this match. So many subjects that we can delve into over the course of the afternoon and evening here at Beth Page Europe. 11 and a half 4 and a half. We’re under 20 minutes away from the first of the 11 singles now we understand it. Getting underway. Oh yes, sorry they haven’t updated the scoreboard here. It’s 125 because of that. Uh Victor Hovland withdrawing because of the neck injury. Harris English won’t be playing either. So it’s a half point each and it means Europe lead by 12 points to five. Let’s go to St. James’s Park. Gary Flinttoff. 12 minutes on the watch and this game is being played at a real pace with real intensity and the Barra Eza came so close to giving Arsenal the lead. Shot low. Nick Pope got down low to his left hand side and just about managed to poke the ball with his fingertips around the post. Newcastle have had a succession of corners. Malik Chow has just tested David Rare. An easy save for the Arsenal goalkeeper to make. It’s hard to imagine this is going to finish goalless, but it is goalless at the moment. Newcastle nil, Arsenal nil. So, having been around the first te the first couple of days that the sense around here, I would argue this afternoon is that there are plenty more Europeans in the grand stands than the first couple of days. The other thing is they’ve actually removed the announcer uh from here at Beth Paige after uh she was involved in leading some chance against Rory Maroy. So she has stepped down and now they’re just using the music to try and ramp everybody up. But there are a lot more Europeans in this grand stand than there were on the first couple of days. James Craig is at the putting green. Yeah, there’s a lot more European golf fans here noticeably as well. Those scarves that we’ve seen so much of that are definitely not practical. Not in this New York heat. They’re draped round several necks. I can see to my left hand side. They’re just watching Ludvig Oberg who is preparing for his singles mash against Patrick Canler. He’s just going through the motions. A little mirror down on the putting green just rocking his shoulders backwards and forwards making sure that that’s well grooved in. And uh Scotty Sheffler I will say has spent an awful lot of time with putting coach Phil Kenyon. Remember, he is the first player to lose in all four sessions at a rider cup headed towards a Sunday singles. That is not a record that the world number one wants to continue later on when he’s up against Rory Maroy. But he’s been here for about half an hour as the world number one under the watchful eye of Phil Kenyon. Like I say, he was a putting coach to many of the players, but all his attention this morning is focused on Scotty. But very relaxed mood here, particularly from a European perspective and plenty of blue shirts. Mark, thank you, James. So, let’s just remind you of the first six single matches that will be going out. Cameron Young against Justin Rose. First off, 2 minutes past midday New York time. 2 minutes past 5 in the UK. Then Justin Thomas against the unbeaten Tommy Flewood. Only unbeaten, 100% record Tommy Flewood. Bryson Desambo against Matt Fitzpatrick. Scotty Sheffler against Rory Maroy. Patrick Canle against Ludvig Ober. And we complete that first hour with Xander Shoff against the Spaniard John Rahm. We will have reporters and experts out with each group as we begin the singles. John Murray is further down this first hole getting ready for Young and Rose. John, what’s it like down there? Yes, it’s uh I mean the music is blaring out so at many sporting events that does actually subdue things, doesn’t it? But there’s a delicious buzz here even though the match score is what it is now. Europe 12, USA 5 and uh you know there’s a bit of talk last night that perhaps many people wouldn’t turn up today. Many USA golf fans but you know to my eye here it looks absolutely as as packed as it has over the course of the first two days when I’ve been here and I can see Katrina Matthew who is now about 70 yards away. So she’s made good time and uh she will be with me shortly. And just Mark as well if I could add to what was being said earlier about Luke Donald you having having uh over a long period of time the whole time that Gareth Southgate was the England manager having dealt with him I must say there’s a to my ear and to my eye there’s a great deal of of Gareth Southgate in Luke Donald and particularly late in what he said yesterday when he said I like to try to do things humbly and with integrity and whatever the result that’s good enough for me and I But you know that that is right out of the Gareth Southgate playbook. And I I completely agree with you actually. And when you interview them both, there are huge similarities between interviewing them both and their interest in leadership and other sports and what they glean from all different facets of life. And at the complete other end of the scale, are you apologizing to Katrina for running nearly running her over in the car park? Uh she’s just arrived. I’ve yet to apologize, which I can do now. Katrina, face to face. I’m sorry about that. I I nearly knocked you off your perch. You did indeed. However, the first thing Katrina said when we found out that we were going to be walking together today was is rain forecast because I think every single time you and I have worked together. Yeah, I know. Every time we’ve worked together at the open has been torrential and with our height variance, we’ve not quite managed the umbrella. And we’ve we have I mean at Port Rush together with you. I was soaked to the skin this year. Uh anyway, looking at the skies above and putting my licking one finger and putting it in the air, I don’t think rain is on the way. No, it certainly doesn’t feel like it. It is a hot day at the moment here in New York. Now, V have got involved at St. James’s Park. Gary Flintto. Oh, yes indeed they have, Mark. And if I tell you that Mikuel Artetta has been sarcastically applauding the match officials, that’ll probably give you a clue. It was Victor Jocker. He went through one-on-one with goalkeeper Nick Pope. Pope came out and the two collided. Referee Jarrett Gilllet instantly pointed to the spot. It looked like a penalty, but V of course had a look. They then called the referee to the screen. He had a long look at it. I mean, he must have looked at at least 15 different replays and eventually the officials have decided there was the tiniest of touches by Nick Pope. So, the two players definitely collided, but the referee in the end decided that Nick Pope got a tiny touch on the ball, which meant that a challenge came in, but he’d won the football. So, ultimately, it wasn’t a penalty. I have to say, I’ve watched it 15 times. I’m not so sure. It’s Newcastle nil, Arsenal nil. And the other thing, Gary, are Arsenal and refereeing decisions at St. James’s Park. They feel that they have a history there with decisions that go against them. a ball Newcastle going from a ball that gone out that they thought had gone out of play is one that springs to mind. A push on a corner or push on a goalkeeper is another one that springs to mind. I think it’s safe to say that Mikuel Arteta feels that whenever they play at St. James’s Park, particularly in recent times, they do not get the rub the green. He he has spoken very very well of St. James’s Park and the atmosphere which can be febrial here. but he obviously feels that the match officials are influenced and he will certainly feel that again albeit Stockley Park is a long way away from Newcastle. It’s nil nil. Uh Gary, thank you very much. Sports Extra if you want to listen to that at the moment for these singles we are a rating and with what 12 minutes to go Ian Carter. Normally you would be expecting some of the team to start appearing wouldn’t you? Yeah, I would have expected uh that you would see uh vice captains on there engaging with the the the home fans, maybe Keegan Bradley out there just trying to stoke the stoke the crowd up and get them into what is going to happen. I’ll be intrigued to see what it’s like when the players come out, especially the Americans, because you ordinarily they come out pumped up. They’re p, you know, punching the air and whipping up the crowd. Well, you know, this this is like watching a team destined for relegation come out. And I know if if my team came out doing that when they’re bottom of the league, I wouldn’t feel very happy about it. I’d want to see them stonyfaced and determined. So, I’ll be really interested to see what the demeanor is of the American camp when we eventually see them. Feels like they’re in hiding at the moment. Yeah, it does feel like they’re in hiding a bit, but you’re right, Ian. I I saw the raw raz before the the matches started and that steelely that look at determination that the Euros have obviously has paid off that look. They have this plan. They’re sticking to it. They’re not rahrh in the crowd. They don’t need to rahr the crowd. The crowd’s already behind them. Uh good point. And it’s working obviously. Hey, yeah, modest and understated. You know, the the team are an embodiment of the captain as far as Europe are concerned and the Americans are as well. You know, Keegan Bradley is a very expressive character, but given the match situation, I just don’t see how the Americans can come out and give it all the razor a little bit. And right on Q. So, right on Q. I don’t know who that is cuz he’s got a cap and a coat on, but a man comes skipping out waving the stars and stripes right on Q. I’m guessing from all the European fans as a fly pass happens as well. They’re the planes that we saw earlier that go over. But it does feel odd in the context of the score line. Hey, we’re here for you, pal. We’re here. Well, they are a little bit damned if they do, damned in the damned if they don’t, aren’t they Americans with how they behave what the flag man was all about. Now we know they’re coming in and we didn’t see them until they’re right over us. But yeah, incredible. This is never gets sold. My ninth rider cup, the first te on the final day. It’s this is just the best. The music, everybody’s kind of for each other right now until the first te shots in. Andrew, thank you very much. We will let you go. Let’s hear from the US captain, Keegan Bradley. I was at that 283 game against the Falcons. I was there. I was also at the game when Malcolm Butler intercepted uh Russell Wilson against the uh Seahawks. Um but my message was if you were a 16-year-old kid and you were going to get to go play for your country in singles in New York at Beth Page Black, you’d be so excited. Um of course I want to go out there and make history tomorrow. Um they all do. But I think you got to relish in the opportunity to to get out in the course tomorrow and play for your country at a course like this at a venue like this. Uh I think it’s something that you got to look forward to. How are you feeling honestly right now? We we we feel good. Like we the Europeans have played incredible. It’s been really impressive to see. This is you know for me being up close I think it’s you know one of the best performances of a road team in any sport. They’ve played incredible. They’ve hit they they’ve played great. They put it even better. Um they’ve come into a hostile environment and played great golf. And you know, sometimes as a competitor, as an athlete, you have to take a step back and just again sort of tip your cap to something like that. Um they’ve been a tough team. They’ve partnered great. Luke is an incredible captain. He’s done a great job this week. That was Keegan Bradley, the US Rider Cup captain. We’ll talk a little bit about what he said in just a moment. But back down to the putter green because the first man up for Europe is on there being watched by James Gray. He is. Yes. The 45year-old who may well may well be playing his last RDER Cup match, Justin Rose just tucking that sleeve under his left armpit for the first time here on this practice putting green. That pre-shot routine that worked so brilliantly well yesterday. It’s just it’s just a sight to behold, isn’t it? Justin Rose still here, still doing the business for team Europe, and he’s just got that stone cold look on his face. And uh the outfit, I shall tell you as well, is uh blue collars with like an off-white shirt, a yellow stripe across it, uh like a hoop with some blue hoops as well on there, blue trousers, and then the white shoes with the funky European colors on and white caps as well. That’s what our commentators will be describing all the way through as Justin Rose just rolls three-footer after three-footer bang into dead center of the cup and he looks ready to go out and try and win a point for Europe here on this final Sunday. Yeah, they’ve gone for the same design every and these things matter at Ryder Cup. We do talk about do talk about team fashion a lot. They’ve gone for the same design each day just a different uh color of shirt. So sky blue on Monday was brown. Yes, it’s sort of white cream today. There’s been a goal at Livingston, Gavin Wallace. Max Arenss at the back post mark with about maybe what 2 minutes to go or so. Corner whipped in. Rangers have been all pressure and he just slid it in between all the defenders. Bottom left hand corner. Levy one, Rangers two. Yes, I was just going to say about the the outfits. You know, the first four practice days, they wore the colors that were that related to the victories away from home that Europe have enjoyed. Four of them. That should become five today. 37 European golfers have won away matches for Europe in the RDER Cup. We fully expect that total to go to 47 today. And that is a highlight of the planning and the thought of of Luke Donald and his team. We have two European Rder Cup uh members with us in Jamie Donaldson and Ollie Wilson. And having just spent this whole last 10-15 minutes praising Luke Donald and his captaincy and his methods, I may be about to contradict myself when I go to Keegan Bradley who we heard say as Luke Donald walks but just behind the back of the first team with various members of his backroom staff as well. Keegan Bradley made the point and sometimes maybe it just comes down to this. The opposition have played incredible golf. Forget anything else, the opposition have been on fire. Fair. It’s It’s fair. Yeah, it’s absolutely bang on. But there’s uh things that you can do as an opposing team to try and stamper that down and I don’t think he’s done a very good job of that. I think that’s a general feeling that he’s made some mistakes with the pairings. Um the players haven’t performed and Europe have just been unbelievable. I don’t remember ever seeing so many shots responding to great American shots that have gone inside almost gimme or within 3 ft. It’s been a phenomenal display by Europe. Puts have gone in, shots have been hauled and they just look like they knew it was it’s it was inevitable before they even teed off. I mean he said he said there it’s it’s one of the best performances by any well he said road team but any away team in any sport. Yeah. I mean, it is an unbelievable performance. And I I like that uh well, I heard a a rumor that the guys have got uh listening to all the things that might be said by the crowd individually on headphones to set them up for this uh boisterous, brutal American crowd. So, you know, these these little attentions to detail help with the big picture, which at the moment is looking like a a mauling. How hard would you have found it yesterday? Uh, it’s way different than it is in Europe. I’m not going to lie. You know, you’re playing in Europe and you’ve got golf fans and the golf fans, you know, are more uh civil with you. They’re cheering. and they’re boosting you along because it’s a home leg where here the fans are fantastic but there’s a lot of sports fans um that don’t quite have the same golfing etiquette as they do in the European leg um and they’re shouting quite a lot and you know so you know what you’re going to get the lads have heard it on the on the headphones um they’re used to listen they’re used to it because they’ve practiced it in the evenings um but you know when they’re starting to shout when you’re over the ball it becomes is very difficult and you know it is a lot harder to play on the American soil um which just shows how well they’re doing. So something tells me these speakers are about to get very very loud. Just the stra of AC/DC in the background as Keegan Bradley comes out and Cam Young comes out. Keegan Bradley applauding the fans then tap Cameron Young on the backside. Cameron Young waves one fist in the air, pumps his right arm, and makes his way across that first tea to shake the hand of Luke Donald, who is waiting for him with a grin on his face and shakes the hand of Cam Young’s caddy as well. Keegan Bradley stands five, six yds to the right. He’s got his hands on his hips. Luke Donald, they shake the hands of all the American backroom staff that have come through. Him and Bradley, I don’t think actually have acknowledged each other yet. Maybe they did that a little bit earlier on. And Justin Rose walks onto this first tea as well, putting the white glove on his left hand. And he now looks up towards the grand stand. Sees where a big throng of European fans are dressed in yellow and blue and just gives them a nod. Luke Donald gives him a hug, high-fives his caddy, taps him on the chest, gives him a few final words of wisdom, and we are good to go almost. Arsenal have hit the post at St. James’s Park, but it is still Newcastle nil, Arsenal nil, and it’s on Sports Extra if you want to listen to that. Livingston one, Rangers two in the Scottish Premiership. 11 singles matches are ahead of us. If you missed this earlier, Victor Hogland has had to withdraw because of his neck injury. Harris English, who was going to play him, is also out now. Both teams get a half. It means at the start of these singles, Europe 12, USA five. 125. So two points needed from 12 matches for Europe to retain the trophy, two and a half points to win it for the second match running. And the opening pair of players, Cameron Young for the United States, Justin Rose for Europe stand side by side and have their photographs taken ahead of this opening match. Then it’ll be Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood, Bryson Dambo and Matt Fitzpatrick. And then the top two players in the world, world number one Scotty Sheffller against Rory Mroy. The grand stand absolutely jam-packed behind the tea and they’re standing 4050 deep down the right hand side of this first hole. Good afternoon and welcome to the final day of the 45th Rider Cup. This is match number one, a singles match between the European team represented by Justin Rose [Applause] against the United States of America team represented by Cameron Young. And a little pass on the back from Justin Rose to his opponent representing Europe, Justin Rose. And there are a lot of yellow and blue clad European supporters in this grand stand behind the first T as the final day of the 45th RDER Cup gets underway. A reminder, Europe lead by 12 points to five because Victor Hovlin pulled out injured. The player in the envelope for the United States was the man he was scheduled to play anyway, Harris English. They’ve both been credited with half a point. That’s why Europe lead 125. And silence descends now for Justin Rose to get his final day underway. The European who has won both of his four ball matches that he’s played so far. 100% record. And now he’s looking to win his singles match and fires off his T-shot. It draws from right to left over those cedar trees down the right hand side and the ball landing close to the fairway just on the fairway down the right hand side and that’s a fine position for Justin Rose representing the United States of America. Cameron Young, the New York rookie who has been one of the rare success stories for the United States in this RDER Cup so far. Entrusted by his captain Keegan Bradley to lead out his side on his debut. And a big hitter fires this one away towards the green on this near 400 yd par4 opening hole. And John Murray, you should be able to see that ball land for the American. And we are just looking. Stewarts at Marshalls are chasing after it. And I think it’s missed the fairway on the left hand side. Katrina Matthew. Yeah, I think he’s missed it just into the into the rough on the left or maybe on the right hand side here. On the right hand side the marshall was there. So, I mean, it’s such a short second shot. Pins tucked on the left. So, hopefully on the if he’s on the left, it’s going to be a tough little shot there. But Justin Rose for Europe pretty much exactly where he’d want to be. Oh, Justin Rose is in perfect position. Just probably 60 70 yards to quite an accessible pin. So, there we are, Ian. They’re off on one of the great days of sport, isn’t it? The Sunday singles at the RDER Cup. And this first match between the native New Yorker Cameron Young, appropriately because of his name, the youngest player on the US team against the man with the most years, let’s put it that way, Justin Rose of all of the 24 who actually of course has has the experience and memory of Madina. So knows what can happen on the final day at a rider cup. He does. They arrived on the tea to AC/DC. Did those two. They’re leaving to Will Smith. Ollie Wilson, Justin Rose stood on that first tea before he needed to with this club in his hand staring back at the crowd cuz every every match they have to have that official photo looking back towards the gallery. He didn’t need to be invited up onto the tea. He just stood there like granite looking back at us. He’s absolutely the person for that role, right? leading us out in the on the Sunday. He’s been an absolute stalwart. The experience has come through this week and he’s played unbelievable golf. So, he um he just loves to revel in that in that position as the leader even though we’ve got a number of leaders. You could you could come back on that in a moment, Ian. Goalless St. James’s Gary completely and utterly against the runner play. It’s Newcastle United one Arsenal nil. They keep telling us Mark that Nick Volultardada is more than just a towering presence. He scored with a towering header. Close corner taken into Tanali flicked in towards the center of the goal and there was Voltomada rising high as a head pass Ry that after Eza had been denied by Pope Trussard had hit the post. Calipori had headed wide. Mikuel Arteta will be wondering if this is his day. His side have even had their towel confiscated which they’ve been trying to use to take long throws. It’s Newcastle one Arsenal nil. A Liverpool fan among the team is just in a little fist bump there Jamie Donaldson. Yeah, well after our performance yesterday, I was quite happy to hear that. I was going to say I’d be more worried about Crystal Palace chasing you down at the moment. Yeah, that ghee thing early when he didn’t go through the transfer window. Um, you know, that might come back to haunt us. Uh Newcastle one up on Arsenal and then match of the day 10:30 tonight uh with Gabby on BBC 1. Let’s go back out. Well, you want to make a point on Justin Rosen. So, all I was going to say is, you know, he is a fantastic ambassador for the game of golf. But he is also as hard as nails and we saw that on the 15th yesterday in the altercation with Greg Bodí, Bryson Dambo’s Caddy. You know, he will not give an inch. M. He had Ian finish to help him as well, didn’t he? He was a big old unit. Tommy’s Tommy’s caddy. You don’t mess with Ian, do you? No, you don’t. John Murray. Well, everyone is in place now on the first hole. The two players, Cameron Young and Justin Rose have reached their balls and uh and Cameron Young just in the first cut of rough. Keegan Bradley was talking about this last night and saying that he felt that actually players would be better off here in the rough sometimes than in the fairway. Yeah, I think the greens are so soft. You’ve seen an awful lot of shots that have spun too much and spun way back off the green. So in that little first cut, especially with this pin today, it’s 25 on and you’ve got to hit it 20 to get up the little ridge. So having that less spin might just help him and he’s got a good angle coming from the right hand side. So that’s the voice of Katrina Matthew, winner of the Women’s British Open, Saulheim Cook winning player, twice winning captain, including what Luke Donald is trying to do here with his team, winning in the United States. And we’re watching Justin Rose who is over there on the left side of the fairway. His his heels are almost in the first cut of rough white baseball cap. I think it is slightly off-white the shirts that they’re wearing today. Maybe with a touch of gold in them. And gold is what Europe are after today. Rose playing his ball onto the back portion of the green and he does get spin there. But that is all of 25 ft away from the hole for Justin Rose. Yeah, he got it up onto the right level onto the back level, but just threw it probably maybe five, six yards too far. got as you said got a little bit of spin back but 25 footer back down the hill and across the other side of the fairway Cameron Young and the Americans today are wearing it’s a sort of mirror image of what they wore on the first day so a solid white portion on the upper part of their shirts then a blue band and red stripes blue trousers Cameron Young in towards the first and that is short of the hole and it just rolls on by three or four feet but that too round about 25 ft but on the other side of the hole from Justin Rose. Yeah, it looked like he was trying to hit more of a pitch and run. Land it stop land it short of the slope and run it up coming out that first cut but just got that all wrong. Yep. So lengthy birdie puts on the first this first hole under these blue skies, warm sunshine. Applause for Justin Rose. European flags and scarves being held in the air and the players walking under the green mark. Thank you very much. And at the same time as they walk onto the green, Tommy Fleewood and Ian Phillis arrive to greet Luke Donald. There’s a fist in the air from Ian and then a couple of pumps from Tommy Fleewood as well. Luke Donald gives him a hug. Ollie Wilson, David Walsh in the Sunday Times this morning. I find this very difficult to disagree with saying Tommy Fleewood may be the easiest to like elite athlete in the world. Well, it’s a very fair point. I I don’t know of anyone I’ve never heard of anyone say anything slightly negative. He’s just such a cool dude that lives his life in such a great way and he seems to be also phenomenal at golf and loves the RDER Cup. Uh what is there not to love about him? Ian talks about Justin Rose and his status within the game. Jamie Tommy Flewood crosses over. People people who don’t know goal still know Tommy Flewood part partly just because of how how he carries himself. Yeah, he’s so unbelievably chilled and you know Tommy’s part of this new nucleus of uh players when the likes of Justin will move on to captaincy. Um Tommy is one of these new the new breed of youngsters coming through to you know lead um and challenge for Ryder Cups in the future. There’s a lot of lads now that looking fantastic in the team. Let’s go to John. It will be the American Cameron Young to put first in this first match out with the match score now 125 after the withdrawal of Victor Havlin. So Europe needing two points from these 11 matches now to retain the trophy. Two and a half to win it outright. But on the first so important, America want first blood. They’ve got to get red on the board quickly. And Cameron Young now from 25 ft or so. Get in the hole. They show. Will it do it? It’s Oh, it’s up and in all the way. That is just the start that New York wanted. That is just the start that United States wanted. And Cameron Young retains his calm. There’s no fist bumping here. Just a raised putter. And now he walks across here. fixed expression on his face. He flings one arm into the air now. What a start. What a start for Keegan Bradley and his team. What a start. I mean, this crowd just exploded when that ball went in the hole. God, we’re in for an afternoon here. Beautifully judged. The pace was perfect. And as has been said, the Americans have at times struggled with the pace of these Beth Paige black greens, but Cameron Young got it absolutely spot on there. And now Justin Rose trying to follow him in from a similar range, but as I say, Rose on the other side of the hole. So at the back of the green just waiting to see that all is quiet and in order as it should be. Roars coming down from the first te but Justin Rose now after his approximate 11 birdies yesterday. Can he get off? Can he carry that on on this first hole? The ball on the way to the hole and it does not drop. It rolls by on the right. Cameron Young now raises a clenched fist towards the fangs behind the pole here and walks down past us. He’s got the lead. He’s got his nose in front, Katrina. And that is just what this crowd wanted. They’re ready to grasp any little kind of shred of hope they have. And this is the start they needed to get off to. And Justin Rose walks past us totally impassive. A sort of hundredyard stare from Justin Rose trying to cut out all of this noise. Justin Rose in his seventh RER Cup and after the first hole already one down. And here on the first T there has been absolute pandemonium after Cameron Young slotted that putt. that Tommy Fleetwood has held his nerve and fired his T-shot down the right hand side and just clinging to the right semi rough of America, Justin Thomas. And next up is the most experienced player in the American team playing his fourth RDER Cup, Justin Thomas. He made his debut in Paris as did as did Tommy Fleetwood. And Thomas on debut beat Rory Mroy in the singles in France, albeit in overall defeat for the United States. So over it now, Justin Thomas. Silence descends around this first. He just gently shakes his hips from one side to another. His whole body rocking and then into his swing. Makes good contact. The ball fading from left to right. Alistister Bruce Ball going to be watching this one. You should see it down the right side, Alli. Yeah, standing down in amongst the trees. I certainly saw Tommy Fleetwood’s ball land just a couple of inches right of the fairway. He is lying. Okay. And I can see the the crowd here pointing the uh the Marshall towards cuz he didn’t see where Justin Thomas’ shot landed. And he is going over there to show everyone exactly where it is. And there it is. You can just see the top of Justin Thomas’ ball in slightly thicker rough about 5 yds ahead of Tommy Fleetwood. And I’ll tell you what as well, Mark, this isn’t this doesn’t feel like a golf course this first hole. It It feels like a stadium. I I don’t think I’ve ever seen more fans packed around a golf hole down the fairways behind the green. Uh the American fans have been coordinating the USA chance. So, right of the green gives it the U, back of the green gives it the S, and then the left of the green gives it an A. And obviously that’s gone up a notch or two since Cam Young rolled the birdie putt in on the first. So Tommy Fleetwood in that first cut, but I mean lying lying better it looks than Justin Thomas. Both within 5 yards of each other and both with a great view of this pin on the first. Ollie uh Alli talks about it having that stadium field the first green. Europe haven’t actually won this hole in any session. The America on the first on the first hole of the first session. You can see what I mean. So on Friday morning, Friday afternoon, the first pairings out. The Americans won the whole bow times yesterday. It was hardbo times in that very first pair and then went out morning and afternoon. So if people listening blindly, the Americans are up and running already. It happened. It’s it it hasn’t been the hole that Europe have started the session with with a win. No, we’ve been very resilient uh through this first hole. So it’s to be honest, it’s a really poor first hole for a Ryder Cup. It’s wide open. You kind of want to see a really tight hard T- shot because it puts the players under a bit more pressure. But, you know, we haven’t really seen any bad T- shots here. Everyone’s hit good ones, smashing it down. It’s it’s between a 90 and a 50 yard wedge. So, it’s basically becomes a putting competition on the green. So, it it gives everyone an opportunity to ease their way into the round. But the uh the class and the performance of the Europeans have come through post first hole. just give us a a um a golfer’s point of view on what Keegan Bradley said that sometimes it’s better to just be in the rough rather than on the fairway with these greens. That all comes down to spin. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. So, when you’ve got a short par four, um you literally I want it in the rough because these greens are so soft and receptive. If you hit it close to the green, say 190 yards away and you’re on the fairway, it’s very difficult to take the spin off the ball and the ball, as we saw yesterday, was ripping back a lot. So, if you’ve hit it in the roof, which it’s not that penal, you’ve now got an easy shot, but the ball isn’t going to spin as much. It’s one bounce and stop versus spin back. So, we got two pairings out on the course. Uh match number four, Maroy against Sheffller as we wait for match three to come on which is Bryson Dashar and Matt Fitzpatrick. But quickly looking at Rory James Greg. Yeah, Rory Maroy just striding with purpose. Chest puffed out onto the putting green. Get your pop popcorn ready for the matchup of each team’s best player. Well, effectively anyway. Mroy enjoyed a pair of emotional matches yesterday, didn’t he? In a partisan environment. On the flip side, Sheffller looking to avoid that historical low of going non for five in a week that he needs to seriously forget. Matt Fitzpatrick about to come on to the first T who’s hit one of the shots of the whole of the 45th RDER Cup in the gloom on 18 last night to help Europe win that match. Up ahead on the first green alley. So Europe one down in the first singles match thanks to the Cam Young Birdie. Tommy Fleetwood is at his ball. He has had an impeccable RDER Cup. Four matches played, four wins on the board. I will strike a note of caution there when he did that in France back in 2018. I think all the energy was spent by the time he got to the singles and he went down 6 and4 to Tony Fen. Now today he’s up against the world number five Justin Thomas. His RDER Cup singles record reads played three won three. A redoubtable opponent. The wedge shot on the way to the first and Tommy Fleetwood looks dead at the flag. bounces to the right of the flag and then just grabs and rolls on maybe two or three feet. Leaves himself about 12 14 feet for the birdie. John Murray on the second. The T-shots. Justin Rose already one down. His T-shot just off the left side of the fairway. Cameron Young missed it by a distance, but uh might have bounced down off a tree. I don’t know, but he’s in the long grass. Justin Thomas then coming out of the slightly thicker stuff for the USA. John Murray has already described the outfit. It is always some form of red, white and blue. Main body of the shirt is white. Blue and red stripes across it. Dark blue trousers, white shoes and the bright red baseball cap shining in the New York sunshine. Little bit of mud on the ball. Can’t do anything about that. But this ball sitting in the rough. We can just see the the top of it as Justin Thomas addresses. Pulls the club back. Sends it on its way. This one landing shorter than Fleetwoods online. Hits that slope at the front of the green. rolls back and I would say Tommy Fleetwood about 14 ft, Justin Thomas, Andrew McGee, his ball rolling back maybe 25 ft or so, although Cam Young just hold a cracker from around about there. Yeah, that’s the difference between being in the first rough and then the second rough where Justin Thomas was a little thicker lie. You could hear it kind of come out a little little fluffy and it came up way short. So there you go. Talk to me about the atmosphere out here. Atmospheres you’ve played in, how you compare it. Well, I mean, I’ve never played in a Ryder Cup. I’ve been to nine Ryder Cups now. There’s nothing better than the morning of a Ryder Cup, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. The energy on the first, he’s amazing. This energy was just epic today. Yeah, and as Luke Donald said, for Europe, it’s all about using the energy, the crowd, using it as best they can. Fleetwood and Thomas both march onto the first green. Thomas will put first up the hill. John Murray on the second. Just watch the approach shots from Young and Rose both on the green. Justin Rose a distance away probably 40 45 ft. Cam Young much closer. Katrina 25 ft. Yeah, I’d say Cam Young 25 ft. This pin is right at the back of the green, just five yards behind it. So, they’re both a little bit wary of that, but definitely slight advantage to Cam Young here on the second. Oh, first hike of the round. The heat is searing Ali. Yeah, Justin Thomas sizing up the birdie putt on the first. Fabulous view. We are so lucky on the BBC radio team to get to the spots we get to on this golf course. Trying to paint the picture here. Andrew McGee and I are just standing just on a down slope, a little hillock to the right of the first green. We’re probably 10, 15 yards from the action. Long grasses in front of us, gently swaying through the breeze. And the trick is to just find your find your spot, get as clear a view of the green as you can. And we could not have a better view here right now. What about this putt for Justin Thomas, Andrew? Yeah, a little bit like Cameron Young’s putt up the hill. Can he get it there? Usually a little bit nervous in the beginning holes, of course. up a hill. Easy to leave it short, but yeah. Amazing gallery. There’s 20 deep over there. There’s 10 deep over there. It’s just an incredible first hole. Justin Thomas loves the Ryder Cup. The American fans love Justin Thomas. He will certainly get them going even more so if this drops. The world number five sends the first putt on the first green on its way up the hill. Is it going to have the speed? Oh, it was nearly just right. Perfect for speed. just left of the hole and he lets out a huge exasperated side there. He knows how close it was. Chance for Tommy Fleetwood to win the hole. 15-footer to come from the right of the hole here. Yeah. Is he Mr. Lovable now? Was that the name? Mr. Lovable. I just heard that on the radio earlier. Mr. Lovable. This is what you don’t want as an American is leaving your opponent with the final putt on the hole to win. This is the place you don’t because you have nothing. can’t do anything about this but watch and grimace. Well, the putts yesterday for Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood were dropping from all over the place. They had each other to fire off. Today for the Europeans and the Americans, they are out there all on their own. I’m just going to creep to my right hand side here to get a view of the hole. Get down on bended knee and have a a good clear view of Tommy Fleetwood in the white shirt of Europe. Yellow and blue bands around it. Dark blue trousers. Putt ahead behind the ball staring down intently. And now the part is on its way towards the hole from Fleetwood. Oh my goodness. I thought it was going to drop. It just slides away. Looked like it almost slid over the hole from Tommy Fleetwood. First hole halved in pass. It’s all square. John on the second. Justin Rose with that long put for Birdie has just rolled by on the right hand side to three feet or so. So that means Cameron Young from around about 20 ft, maybe slightly less has got a chance very shortly Alli to win the second as well and to go two up. In fact, we will see what unfolds Katrina here as Cam Young trying to keep that pace. In fact, he’s conceded Justin Rose’s put three ft. That maybe shows a little bit of confidence there from Cam Young. I mean, this is shorter than the patty hold on the first. He’s got 20 ft just up a gentle slope. Might just move a fraction from right to left. A bit of New York swagger from the man from the Bronx. You’re not going to be needing that, mate. Let’s see. Well, it was a beautiful putt at the first from Cameron Young. These two of the best performers for their teams this week. Cam Young, Rder Cup rookie, played 312, lost yesterday with Justin Thomas in that match against Mroy and Lowry. But here he is now, Young on the second green at Beth Paige Black for a roaring start to the singles for the United States. But I think it’s going to miss on the left hand side. It does. So there we are. The hall is halved and Cameron Young remains one up after two in the first match out. Ian and here on the first, Bryson Dambo to get underway for the United States after seeing his opponent Matt Fitzpatrick go into the rough down the left hand side. He’s got the wind behind him. He is lining up. He is going for the green, taking the shortcut across the dog leg from left to right. And here he goes. as he smashes the ball and it climbs into the sky and it heads towards the green and he raises his driver as he marches off purposefully and the ball lands and the crowd erupts and Catherine DS you can tell us where it’s landed. It is in A1 position. Ian, what a monster of an opening T-shot from Bryson Desambo. He was the first American on that first te on the first day of this Rder Cup. He unleashed a big that day and he’s done it again here. Remember, he and Justin Thomas birdied that first hole to get the US off to an absolute flyer on the first day. He’s cut a bit more of a subdued figure over the last couple of days. He’s just won one of his four matches and America’s hype man has been a little bit uh more subdued than the Americans would have hoped. But that is a a flyer of a start from Bryson Dambo and it’s sent the crowd into ratches here. Just to give the uh listeners a little perspective from the very back te it’s 366 to the front. The te’s up just a little bit. I think it’s 30 335 down 12. So we’re going to have to work on Bryce a little bit. He’s getting a little shorter as he gets older. So, how long is that drive? Probably about He That’s probably 3:30. 3:30. Little bit of wind behind. He’s come up on the first little fringe, the short stuff shy of the green. He’s just going to be You could putt it from there. He won’t. He’ll probably flick it up with a wedge, but he is about 60 ft shy of the flag. Tommy Fleetwood, as Ian said, in the rough down the left hand side, well back from the green. It’s advantage Bryson Desambo in this third match out Matt Fitzpatrick against Bryson Desambo. So the Americans one up in the first match through to that’s Young and Rose all square after the first between Thomas and Flewood Dash Shambo and Fitzpatrick are underway and next the buzz around the first T for Scotty Sheffller and Rory Maroy. Halime at St. James’s Park. Gary Flint. Well, there is some buzz here Mark. This game has fizzed from the very first minute. Newcastle won Arsenal nil. Nick Volultardis towering down with header from a well worked short corner divides the two teams here on Tinside. But that goal came after 15 minutes of Arsenal dominance. Trosard hit the post. Eza was denied by Nick Pope and Ricardo Caliporiori headed wide. But the big talking point in this first half is the penalty awarded to Arsenal. Victor Yareesh brought down by Nick Pope went to V. They changed their mind. They said Pope got the tiniest of touches and so the decision was overturned. It’s Newcastle one Arsenal nil. Ollie Wilson alongside us here above the first tier. Beth Paige Black. If you’re Max Fitzpatrick, you know that that’s what’s going to happen, don’t you? I mean, you prepare yourself in advance. That’s not a surprise. It’s got everybody going, but you know that he’s he’s going to try and do that. Yeah. I mean, in match play, you always prepare for expect the unexpected, you know. So Matt knows that he’s got to just stick to his game. It’s funny, just as Bryson is getting on the tea, the wind started to pick up straight down. It’s the first time it’s been downwind all week. Um, but it’s a it’s a big hit. He’s hit a perfect T- shot. Gets the crowd going, but it’s early days, you know. He’s just he’s got to try and play his own game, make the birdie his own way, and he knows Bryson’s going to be hitting driver all day, way past him. It’s not something that he’s is uh unused to. So, just got to stay stay within his routines and try and beat him the old fashioned way. One thing to say, Mark, I don’t know if you noticed when Dambo came out, just head down, marched purposefully, didn’t acknowledge the crowd, just eyes for his captain, shook hands with him or bump fists, but no histrionics at all. Complete contrast to when he came out to hit the first t-shot on Friday morning. Yeah, he he he you say March, I would say he stomped he stomped from the mouth of the tunnel all the way over to his captain and to Matt Fitzpatrick who’s handy shook. I’m not sure if I’d Fitz if I was Fitzpatrick. Just for health reasons, I’d have held my hand out for fear of getting my fingers crushed by him. He’s about to play second. Here’s the Englishman into the first cap. And what contrasting figures they cut mark as they walk down this first fairway. The slight Englishman slight stature and the big burly Californian with those bulging muscles. Matt Fitzpatrick slashing one out of the rough down the left hand side up towards the pin. Has played sublime golf so far at this Ryder Cup. And it’s another great approach shot from Matt Fitzpatrick. He has been dialed in as he’s been firing for the pins. No, just another fantastic iron shot from the Euros. That’s certainly something we’ve seen all week. So, the pressure that Bryson put on Matt on the first T-shot has now been reversed. Matt’s got a really good opportunity for him about five or six feet. Yeah, superb stuff from Matt Fitzpatrick. Never won a singles match at a Ryder Cup and this his fourth Ryder Cup, his third on away soil. So he is he’s well adept to to dealing with these hostile crowds. He absolutely is. And so as we’ve seen for the third straight day in a row, they’re playing lifting in place today. We had a little bit of overnight rain last night. And so that’s really not it’s more of an advantage now to be in the fairway, but it’s just something you don’t normally see in a big event like this. Bryson Dambo just calling in the referee there to to double check that that is the rule before he takes on his second shot just shy of this first green which is buzzing with anticipation. Mark. And here further down on the first TE, we are waiting for the world number one who is walking through this big red tunnel. It’s got various American Rder Cup stats on it and he’s about to come out of that tunnel onto the first. His head was bowed as he came down the tunnel. We still don’t have eyes on him as he heads here as they blare out Mr. Bright Side on the first. And now he comes and he literally puts his thumb in the air and a little nod and nothing more. And like most the Americans as they walk onto this tea, barely undemonstrative. Bryson’s second cap. He’s bumped it up and it’s caught the little ups slope as it runs up towards the flag and it’s come up slightly shy. I think he was hoping to get inside 3 ft but he’s outside six feet. Mark and now Rory is in the tunnel and that is on the big screen and this is a first te that I think Ian has got more Europeans around it than on any other day. They have helped create the atmosphere today and very shortly Rory Maroy will come into view on the first te to take on the world number one at a rider cup in New York. Yes, there are plenty of European supporters here. And here he comes. Rory Maroy marching forth to the first teambo stomped. She chef loped and Maroy is strolling and he emerges onto that first te’s captain is waiting. The cap comes off from Maroy. A warm handshake and a hug with his skipper. A warm handshake with Kapov with uh Scotty Sheffler, his opponent. Really looking forward to this match. World number one Sheffller against world number two Mroy. Sheffller who’s lost all four of his matches so far in this Ryder Cup. Mroy unbeaten. Do you think it will help Rory today? Look, we know how how good Shepher is. He struggled obviously during this Ryder Cup, but he’s the world number one. But do you think it will help him Jamie on atmosphere wise that that he is playing with probably the least demonstrative golfer there is on the American team? Yeah, I mean Scotty’s so chilled in he but he hasn’t been playing the golfer he normally does and it’s just incredible how people especially Scotty how good he is, how dominant he is to have not won a point so far. He’ll have something to prove. Rory’s playing unbelievable not lost the game. I mean, it’s just going to be a great match. Rory’s just giving him a hug on the tea. Up ahead, you may have heard the groans because on the big screen, we just saw C. What happened to Bryson? Yeah, what a contrast. That enormous roar after his huge drive, but the 10-ft birdie chance drifts by and that means that Matt Fitzpatrick has a puck from about 8 ft to win this first mark. And very quickly there was a second groan because John Murray John Murray’s other but Cam Young missed his par on the par three third and cat Fitzpatrick sinks the eight footer birdie on the first and there is a splash of blue on the board. The Americans are up in the top match but it’s Advantage Europe in the third match out on the course. Fitzpatrick with a birdie on the first and Bryson Desambo the hype man for the Americans on the back foot in the early stages as America chased this record comeback here on the first team. We were waiting for this announcement but I think the announcer was also watching what was going on on the big screen. A singles match between the European team represented by Rory Maroy and he just looks up and gives a little nod. United States of America team represented by Scotty Sheffller. Sheffller just waves his right hand. He’s got his white glove in his hand. He moves off to the side on the team representing Europe. Rury Maroy and the TV camera circles around him like a a buzzing wasp and then exits away leaving Maroy and his caddy Harry Diamond in isolation on the tea. Diamond moves away to the right. Mroy te’s up his ball. He’s got driver in hand and he’ll be looking to hit this ball over those trees away to the right. the oaks, the pitch pine, the eastern red cedar, and he is taking aim on the angle towards the green which is located around about 370 yd away as the crow flies or as the ball flies. And the ball is flying. Mroy underway. The ball turning from right to left and heading down towards the green area. Just finding the rough down on the left hand side just short of the green. Beautiful strike though from Maroy representing the United States of America. Scotty Sheffller Sheffller who’s won the Open Championship, the PGA Championship this year is just one away from a career grand slam which of course was completed by Maroyy’s Masters victory at the start of this year. So we have the holders of three of the year’s four major titles up against each other. But it’s all about the RDER Cup here. And Scotty Sheffller looking for his first point of the week. There goes this drive. And this one is turning over from left to right and angling towards the green and landing in the fairway. Superb shot from Sheffller as we take you to Alley. Shouts of go on Tommy around the second green. Go on Tommy lad. Tommy Fleetwood continuing his sensational form. Iron shot on the second fairway into seven ft and he’s rolled the putt in for a birdie. So Fleetwood one up on Justin Thomas after two. Andrew McGee. Special goal from Tommy Fleetwood. Yeah, special golf. Hit a good T- shot again. Pin high with his uphill iron shot in there to 8 ft. Drain the putt. Justin Thomas in trouble all the way around. Justin Thomas one down. Justin Thomas one down. Andrew McGee as well. Mark having to take evasive action to avoid Justin Thomas’s second shot. You may well see Andrew on the big screens. He missed the fairway to the right hand side with his drive. And as we were waiting for him to hit his second. Andrew went if he comes in low here, he’ll struggle to hold the green. Sure enough, the ball came straight towards us, bounced about a yard in front of us. Andrew duck sharply left. It smacked into the sort of protected glass at the bottom of the grand stand, landed at Andrew’s feet, and then Andrew’s dive and subsequent sort of You were showing off the biceps at the end there, Andrew. got a big completely completely showing off my college colors and I got a big roar for that one too. That’s that that alley once happened to me at the oval with Chris Gale pulling a ball for four. You can imagine how frightening that is. Yeah. No, that is sc that is scarier than a Justin Thomas Iron shot into the second green. But anyway, Tommy Fleetwood one up after two. Fleetwood one up after two. Fitzpatrick one up after the first and Justin Rose has pulled it back on the third. John Murray, the the red is off the board in the opening match after Justin Rose hold from 8 feet for a birdie. So the match is back to all square after three. So Katrina Matthew not for the first time this week. A roaring American start has been pegged back by Europe. Yeah, they’ve just never quite managed to keep the momentum so far this week, have they? I think it was actually pars they made on number three there just Rose holding his pot for par after they both missed the green short. Quite correct. So, uh, Justin Rose winning it with a part three. So, the match all square, Cameron Young and Justin Rose. And Katrina, that really has been a highlight of the week, hasn’t it? That that any fast start from the Americans has been very, very quickly negated by the Europeans. It has. I mean, we’ve heard their huge cheers in the first tea and then round that first screen. I mean, it’s just surrounded. And the Americans have, as you’ve said, have been birdy that hole more than the Europeans. And they’ve got the huge crowd. the crowd are into it and then suddenly the Europeans just start pegging them back. How how hard is that in singles match play, Jamie? Not not to get too carried away or too down over the first few at least when you’re in forms or four balls, you’ve got plenty of other people around you to talk through. Yeah, it’s all starts with this message from your captain, uh, which he’ll have drilled him last night to say, “Listen, lads, you know, we’ve got a healthy lead. Uh, we don’t need a lot, but it’s kind of irrelevant. You’ve got to go out there, uh, keep the foot on the throat and go for record point scores. You’ve got to try and push for the absolute maximum.” So with that implanted from Luke last night into the players, you know, they’re super focused and ready to on their own deliver that point. We’re waiting for Rory and Sheffller to play their second on the first. Ian Carter will be following this group. He’s had to get down from the back of the grandson all the way to the first green which is going to take some time because the grand stand once Maroy and Sheffle are underway emptied quite quickly which might say a lot about who the Americans want to watch. Patrick Campway is next up on the first cap. Yeah, there is a huge entourage following this one inside the ropes as well. I can see a European vice captain Thomas Bjorn. Keegan Bradley the American captain is here as well. He needs the world’s best player to produce something here. But remember, his opponent is the second best player in the world, Rory Mroy. Two adversaries with great respect between each other. We saw a lovely moment after the end of play uh last night in the the gathering evening when uh Rory Maroy and Scotty Sheffller embraced. Maroy was celebrating after that stunning day’s action for the European side and Scotty Sheffller walked over, took off his hat. The two of them embracing, shaking hands, a real moment of sportsmanship amid a day of uh headlines that have cast the RDER Cup in rather negative light in terms of sportsmanship as Scotty Sheffller bumps his second shot in towards the flag, bounces once, twice beyond the pin, then puts on the brakes. He’s up above the pin and he’ll have a 10-footer for a birdie. Well, he doesn’t have a terribly difficult puck right there, but I I think I find it it’s not by accident that these two are paired together in the final match. I mean, of the 12 matches. Come on. It’s it’s but it’s as as they said, you know, the crowd is is huge. Everyone seems to want to watch this match. One versus two, Muhammad Ali versus Frasier. This is what we got today. This is it. This is the big ding-dong. At least that’s what the crowd here are hoping. And the majority of them, of course, draped in the stars and stripes, hoping for 10 points. That’s what the US need from this 11 Sunday singles matches. Victor Hovland pulling out uh because of a neck injury and that meant that Harris English has also been withdrawn from the American side of the thing. So, 11 matches is what we have. And Rory Mroy, I don’t know whether he heard something from the crowd there, but he was addressing his ball, addressing his second shot, and he’s just backed away. State troopers line the fairway just as they did in the closing stages of the Saturday four balls match. Shane Lowry and uh Rory Mroy receiving the big end of the barracking from the New York fans yesterday. Mroy playing a very similar shot low and bouncing into uh the flag. And that one coming up below the pin. A similar distance almost exactly the same distance from the pin as Scotty Sheffller’s 10 ft. They’ll both have 10 ft for a birdie. Straight shootout on the first. Shan McK those are the shots that you see from the fairway, but you’re going to have to make a little bit of an adjustment. As soft as the Greens are, you’re going to be forced to put a little bit more air underneath the ball. But Rory’s got a straight uphill 10-footer. So there we go. Second shots have been played into the second mark. 10 foot each for a birdie. Let’s go straight to Alli. Third green par three. Justin Thomas under a little bit of pressure. One down. Fabulous chip shot from the Americans. 60 70 ft to negotiate. He’s knocked it into about four 5T. But you just said to me, Andrew McGee, Tommy Fleetwood’s come up just short. He’s got a birdie putt to come from 30 ft. Pressure on already from Tommy Fleetwood. Yeah, here we go. Just constant pressure having to get up and down. Missed two greens in a row. Justin Thomas just it’s just mindn numbing. This is so difficult. How long do you give up that you want to keep fighting and fighting this when you’re about to lose anyway? Reminds you of the match score. Little bit pessimistic from Andrew McGee, but I can understand it. Europe 12, USA 5. So to win the singles today, USA need to win this session. I beg you pardon to win the Ryder Cup today. USA need to win this session 9 1/2 to 1 1/2 to win this RDER Cup match which is what Europe have come here to do they need to win two and a half points Tommy Fleetwood is one up after two just measuring up this putt thousands of spectators lined up row after row of them staring towards Flewood at the front of this third green which is drenched in sparkling New York sunshine Flewood about to putt here Rory Maroy also So about to putt. I’m going to take you there very shortly. 30 ft. Here’s Fleetwoods on its way. Rory on its way and missing just to the right edge. Alli. So Sheffller will have a short birdie putt to win the opening hole. Thank you. Ian Flewood’s missed two. 30footer. He’s rolled on a little bit by. I’m just going to see whether Justin Thomas is going to concede this or not. He’s just replacing his ball marker having moved it out of the line of Tommy Fleetwood’s putt. And Fleetwood’s putt has not been conceded. So um little bit bold with that one. The Englishman. Well, he’s trying to win just by making those long putts. He’s done he’s done it quite often this week. But again, here goes Justin Thomas putting first four or five feet. I would guess Tommy Fleetwood’s in 2 to 3 ft range, but uh it’s really all about this one here. Can Justin Thomas keep the metal? Can he can he stay mentally tough early on and fight off this early offensive by Tommy? It’s hard to not call him Tommy Thomas in this tusome, but we’ll try the best we can. Stars and stripes on the heels of Justin Thomas’s shoes. 4-footer Scotty Sheffller with a birdie putt to come on the first. We’ll take you there very shortly. So, this is for the Thomas par. Back to Ian. Scotty Sheffler 8 ft putt ahead behind the ball putting from his own shadow. This birdie was to go one up on Rory Maroy. The ball heads towards the hole and misses to the left. All square going to the second Ali. Thank you, Ian. So Sheffler and Macroy all square after the first. Justin Thomas hold the putt. Never felt he was going to miss. He moves off to the left hand side of the green. Looking immaculate as always. Playing in a fourth consecutive RDER Cup. This one the first one without his good pal Justin Spe. They have formed a very formidable partnership down the years for the American team. But this is all about singles play, individual combat. Ian Finnis, very distinctive figure. Tommy Fleetwood’s giant caddy with the blue European bib on stands in the middle of the screen supporting his man. The flag just casually leaning against his shoulder as Fleetwood this can only be 2, three feet for Tommy Fleetwood. Familiar long hair flowing out of the back of that white baseball cap onto the shoulders. Rocks himself into position. Short putt for the par and the half and he knocks it in. Does Tommy Fleetwood. He keeps his lead. One up after three for Tommy Fleet against Justin Thomas. Mark, we are myself and Jamie Donson still standing above the first T where Ludvig goar and Patrick Canley are going to get underway. But we watch Scotty Sheffllers put on the big screen here. Um if you’ve watched him over the course of this season on the PGA Tour, if you’re at Port Rush watching him demolish the field there as Livico Bear stands over his ball, he doesn’t miss puts like that. No, never ever. Like you can watch him the last two seasons, you know, and uh he just holds foot off the foot. If he gets inside that sort of range, six, seven ft, it’s normally a procession. And he’s missed the hole by, you know, 2 in, which is just incredible. It mindblowing to think how good a player he is. And for him to hit a putt like that is totally out of character. John Murray is watching the uh first match out. Young and Rose, which is all square. They’re on the par five4. That’s right. Cameron Young won the first hole, but Justin Rose won the par three third. And now here at the par five, Justin Rose actually with his approach shot through the back, but he’s played a lovely chip up onto the green, which has been conceded again. It’s for the second time, Cameron Young has conceded probably a three-footer. Yeah, it was a delightful little chip up a steep slope for Justin Rose. And now Cameron Young has this eagle putt from 25 ft to win the hole. So this to go back in front, this to get red on the board again in the top match. So what Keegan Bradley needs as much red on those scoreboards early as is possible. So Cameron Young has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders here as the rookie in the first match out. And now he goes for eagle on the fourth from 25 ft. And it is not dropping. That did not miss by much. It did not. That just slid past the edge, isn’t it? And being conceded by Justin. So a half in birdie. Yep. Half in birdie fours for Young and Rose. And the match remains all square. And this single session of the 45th RDER Cup is well and truly underway. There are five matches out on the course. There will be 11 in total today. Victor Hovland earlier pulling out with a neck injury. Harris English therefore pulled out by the Americans. That match is harved. So if you are listening to us or watching the screen at the same time and you see that the score is now 125 when overnight it was 11 and a half 4 and a half that is because the English hover match won’t go ahead. They both get half a point and it leaves Europe even closer to winning this RDER Cup on opposition soil. Back to St. James’s car. Newcastle a goal up on Arsenal. Gary Flinttoff. Yep. 12 minutes into the second half now Mark. Newcastle won Arsenal nil. A significant change at Halime. Celiba on for Mosca who in truth did struggle in that first 45. Volto there hit the crossbar just a minute into the second half although it wouldn’t have counted. He was offside and Jo Linton has just showed the kind of footwork you see on Strictly on a Saturday night to dance into the penalty area and shoot just wide of the far post. This is a great game. It’s Newcastle one Arsenal nil. Uh so Patrick Canlay and Ludvic Ober are underway. James Greg is going to be following those. Where did their T-shots end up? Well, Patrick can plays way, way left into the spectators down the left hand side. Ludvig Oberg steely as anything. Straight up the center of the fairway. Don’t expect a lot of emotion in this one. Both players not necessarily known for their characteristics in terms of whipping the crowd up, etc. Can’s played largely solid golf this week, hasn’t he? One and a half points to his name. Moberg was on the losing end of two matches of course when the Americans have only won four matches all week. His only victory of the week coming alongside Matt Fitzpatrick on Friday in the forom. So he’ll want to keep his good record going and he’s off to a nice start with his ball safely on the fairway here at the first mark. One of the things that I noticed as I just crank the music up here Jamie Donaldson is that once Sheffller and Maroy were underway Keegan Bradley moved out on onto the course. So Luke Donald has stayed here for every member. I would imagine Jim Furick was the one who welcomed Canle onto the course and kind of that sums up basically that that Bradley feels he’s got to get out there with his leading groups to stand any hope in what is of the lawn champ. Yeah. And just to give him all your help and they possibly can to get them revved up and trying to get some red on this board. But, you know, obviously keeps going down to these matches and then they all all the buddies like three or four of them come driving back towards the tea. I think that’s maybe trying to intimidate watching these buggies flying back up to the first tea at pace. Uh, we can’t Yeah, Bradley’s not down here at the moment. Is he still with you then, Ian? Yeah, I think so. He came through the tunnel with us. I thought that was quite surprising. Normally the captain waits and greets each and every one of his players before heading out onto the golf course. So that’s an interesting development there. Let me just tell you about the T-shots that have uh happened here of the second because Scotty Sheffller has found rough down the left hand side and a really horrible lie with some thick wiry grass immediately in front of his ball. Mroyy’s in the rough down the left as well, but with a better lie and a better shot in to the second. We were talking to Jamie Donaldson Ian about the the putt that Sheffller missed and you watch him you know week in week out his his putting this week some sometimes even even his iron play this week is just not him. No it’s it’s he hit one on 18 yesterday which was like was gobsmacking into a bunker. Absolutely. It’s just such a a different dynamic and I feel that, you know, when you see him as we as we did at the at the at the Open Championship, you know, he’s in his comfort zone when it’s him and Ted Scott and he’s very, I think, individual in that in that respect in the way that Tiger Woods was. And maybe it’s maybe have to be like that. Now he’s hit his second shot here and he’s hit that right off the thin end of the golf club and it has gone like a missile through the back of the green and with no control whatsoever. But that I think Ollie was pretty much all he could do from the lie here. Yeah, he tried to take it down the left side of the fairway, overcooked it and got an awful lie with a big tuft of grass in front of it. So he really didn’t have a whole lot. He had to really commit to it and get it up to the top of the green and it’s just come out like an exercise. is caught up in the rough of the over the back of the green on a down slope. So, he hasn’t got a whole lot of room to work with there. Whereas Rory Mroy is hitting in to this second green, the flag located in the back right corner. He’s hit a monstrous T-shot and we can see the top of the ball in the rough. So, a much better lie. And that ball flying up to the green and landing nicely for Rory Mroy. And he’s put it to 20 feet. So definitely advantage to the world number two against the world number one here at the second. Two European fans down below as they got massive cardboard cutout heads of Maroy and Fleetwood and Hovland and Rose and they’re just bouncing them up and down and down in time to Eminem here. Bryson with a chance to win his whole cup. Yeah, he’s one down at the moment. Bryson Shambo to Europe’s Matt Fitzpatrick who’s standing looking on with hands on his hips. His pup from 3 ft was conceded rather generously we thought by Bryson Desambo. But now a 10-footer, a slippery one down the slope for Bryson Desambo to win the hole and get this match back to all square. Swelteringly hot around this third green. It’s protected by the trees. It’s not a breath of breeze. And Bryson Desambo’s ball, well, it’s not just missed the hole. It’s gone by five ft. Yeah. and he gave a little look over to to uh Fitzpatrick and Fitzpatrick just put his head down like ah I’m not going to give you that putt he’s not going to give him that and that raises the question doesn’t it Bryson Dambo will possibly be kicking himself for giving Matt his three-footer it’s the strategy of it you know it’s do do you give putts early and then make him putt late when they’ve not made them it is it’s hard to say I mean Fitzpatrick I think was inside of a couple feet so no reason no reason not to give him that putt but Bryson Shashambo’s winning position has now turned into a defensive hit. Yeah. Well, that’s the that’s the the difference is, you know, he’s got a downhill putt and you in your mind you’re thinking, I can make this putt. How much pace do I give it? And he’s given it too much. He’s given it too much. He’s flown by 5t, maybe six feet. Ian, quick update with you. Scotty Sheffller with his chip shot and he’s fluffed it off the downhill line and he’s not got out of the rough cap. Desbury standing over this one 5T I think it is back up the slope vivid dark shadow cast by the overhead sun it’s right overhead it’s scorching it’s beating down on the broad shoulders of Bryson Dambo sending the ball up and towards the hole and he’s missed it he has missed it Bryson Dambo with a 10-ft birdie putt missed to win the hole he’s lost it and Matt Fitzpatrick moves two up as we head to the fourth Ian here with the second Scotty Sheffler chipping for the second time this looks much out. Oh, and it shaves the edge of the hole, lips around it, and runs to 3 and 1/2 ft. So, that at best is going to be a bogey five. Maroy will have two putts to win the hole. Yeah, a little bit of an error there. He had the face wide open on that down slope and just went straight underneath it. Just trying to land it on the fringe. Came up three yds short and left it in there. Cardinal sin there. Great, great second effort, but really poor error there by Scotty. So both Mroy and Sheffller carved out birdie opportunities on the first. Neither could take it. It’s going to be a bogey five for Sheffller at best here on the second. I think it’s Marcus still down. And here is Rory Maroy with two putts to win the hole for Europe and go one up in this match. He takes one last lingering look at this 20 footer. It looks relatively flat. Maybe a little movement from left to right. Mroy over it now. This for Birdie. But two putts to win the hole. On its way delicately down the slope turning into the hole and it’s a birdie. Mroy makes birdie. He didn’t need it. He only needed a par, but emphatic in it goes for the first birdie of this match. And the world number two leads the world number one. One up going to the third TE and blue on the board for Europe from Rory Mroy. Ollie Wilson. I was just going to say he could he had two pots, but it sends an even bigger message that he just took the one. Exa. Exactly. Anytime you can stamp any authority, you have to take it. And that’s what this European team have fired up to do today. Just keep the pressure on at all times and do it as well as you can. We are an hour into the singles at the 45th Rider Cup here in the Sunshine at New York. John Ram has just teed off against Xander Schoffé and the leaderboard away to my right has plenty of blue on it. Justin Rose and Cameron Young all square. Fleetwood one up on Thomas Fitzpatrick two up under Shambo. Mroy one up on Sheffller. They’re off to a flyer 125 up as well. Let’s just pause. Here’s the latest BBC news. Carl Har. And out here on the first green, we have Patrick Canley, the man we call Patty Ice, standing over a 3 and 1/2 footer to hard the hole against Sweden’s Lick Ober in this Sunday singles. Gant has been a rare brightish spark. One and a half points to his name here at this Ryder Cup. steadies his feet in the way that he always seems to do before he lines up a putt of any length. Such a consistent metronomic routine, unfaced, unflapable, unfussed. But this one will make him think after a chip from the back of the green. This is where he left himself. And this is to keep it at all square. And it does just about hoop in. So a nice start for Patrick Can who manages to just have that hole against Ligberg. And I’m going to just scurry my way through the little walk towards the second. So up in three in the matches at the moment wherever you are across the globe listening to our BBC radio coverage whether that be on rydercup.com maybe it’s on the incourse radio maybe you’ve got that in your ears and you can see whatever you can see happening in front of you. I hope you’re enjoying our company and we’re certainly enjoying yours on what is once again another scorching hot afternoon in New York here at Beth Page Black. So, I’m going to be sounding slightly out of breath as all of our commentary team have done, walking all the way up towards that second T and then I’ll hoop my way round up that almost reverse ski slope of a golf hole. That is the second the 389 yd par four and I’m walking with this group all afternoon long. So, Young pegged back by Rose at this hole that I’m about to stride onto earlier on. So that match is all square. All square in two of the matches that are out on the course. Tommy Fleewood, I think, has an eagle opportunity on the fourth alley. On its way from 25 ft, creeping towards the hole. He hasn’t quite given it enough, but it cozies up next to the hole just to the right. His opponent Justin Thomas bends down, picks the ball up, throws it to Tommy Fleetwood. So Fleetwood taking no risk there. He’s got the birdie in his hand. Justin Thomas having missed the third green the par three away to the left did the same with his second shot into this par five on the fourth he’s flopped it up to how far do we think here Andrew McGee maybe 10 ft or so for the birdie of the half very scrappy golf from Justin Thomas at this point working hard to stay in this match desperately needs to keep in this match just to stay one down here 10footer after hitting his second shot he’s had a bit of a pulls which means he’s hitting it left way left to where is looking when he’s standing over the ball. Justin Thomas over the ball 10 foot for a birdie to stay one down. Thought we were going to get a little bit of American commentary there from Andrew McGee. But here’s Justin Thomas with the ball on his way. Desperately needs this to go and it doesn’t. and it misses on the right like Tommy Fleetwoods and he rofily scratches the back of his head with his forefinger and all of a sudden he finds himself two down after four and you just get the feeling Andrew and you said it even on the second hole when Fleetwood would hit that iron shot in close just squeeze just keep the pressure on and let your opponent make the mistakes. Oh, I love that word squeeze. It’s just squeezing the life out of the American team, out of the American opponents. It just feels like that if you’re Justin is like, “Oh my gosh, I can’t I can’t do anything about this. He’s squeezing this lemon so hard. I’m just suffocating.” Only European golfer to go. Five matches played, 51 in the modern Rder Cup since 1979. Franchesco Molinari played four of them alongside Tommy Fleetwood, of course, in France 2018. That is what Fleetwood is looking to do, Mark. He started well. He’s two up after four against Justin Thomas. Okay. And what were what were you saying at breakfast alley? You you could make a case for all the Americans in the singles. No, I think I think you sat down in a very pessimistic put your put your clipboard on the table. Yeah. I think what what I was trying to do was I was trying to put myself in the shoes of a pessimistic European golfer. I was going glass half empty rather than glass half full. And when I saw the singles order come out last night, I just looked at them. I thought, you know, I I don’t think the USA have played brilliantly as a team, but this is singles golf, and if they’re going to win this, it’s going to be through individual excellence. We know individually there’s a lot of brilliant golfers. I just thought the order shaped up well. It hasn’t started like that. Right. Justin Rose is in a in a bit of a pickle on five. We’ll go there shortly to Rory on three first. Ian, both Mroy and Sheffller have found the green on this long car three. Maroy marginally further away, probably about 50 feet, something like that, with this birdie putt. He’s stalked it from be behind the hole and from behind the ball. And now he’s addressing the ball, just gently adjusting his stance with those white shoes, the blue, navy blue trousers and that kind of imulsion colored shirt. And on its way it goes, heading towards the hole. He’s watching intently. It looks good. It looks good. And it’s a fine effort. Yeah, nice. I don’t think he ever had the line, but it’s pretty good pace. Not quite sure from here if it’s stone dead, but the European fans right behind the green was giving it a good cheer. So, I think it was a good effort. Scotty Sheffller with a similar looking putt. It’s been conceded. So, it is a par three. Yeah, slightly different line. So, I don’t think it’ll have learned too much from Rory’s put there, but really just trying to lag it up there in this situation. Yeah, Mroy one up in this match courtesy of a birdie against a bogey at the second. He’s made a good composed start. Very solid. He’s uh executed his T-shots really nicely. That was a lovely one on the second. Bent it around the corner. 40 yards past Sheffller and two solid T- shots here from both players. So, good solid start from both of them really apart from Scotty’s little wobble on the on the last green. One lone puffy cotton wall cloud in an otherwise unbroken blue sky overhead. And the man who has yet to win a match in this RDER Cup for the United States, the world number one Scotty Sheffller sends his birdie attempt across this third green. It’s not going to drop for him. He walks up. I think it has been conceded. He’s got it in nice and close. And yeah, it has been conceded. So the hole is halved in par threes. Rory Maroy ticks another one off and he leads one up going to the par five fourth. Thank you very much to St. James’s Park. Gary Flint off. It’s Newcastle one Arsenal nil. 18 minutes to play as Aula almost went through there but the referee didn’t see any foul play. Volto’s goal in the first half separates the two sides. Both managers have made multiple changes. Trippia, Osula, Alanga all coming on for Gordon, Voltoada and Murphy. And for Arsenal, Saka and Caliporiori off, Martineelli and Mourinho on. Arsenal looking for a way back into this one. They’ve got all the possession, but it remains Newcastle one. Arsenal nil. Sports extra if you want to listen to that. Shalay and Rahm are on the first. Shalay’s got a 20 foot maybe a little bit more uphill for a birdie. Ram 20T maybe a little bit more downhill for a birdie. John Murray on five. Yes, there’s lots to tell here but firstly and most importantly they both have puts for par. The match is all square. It’s Cameron Young to play first from 15 ft and he hits it now. This for his par four that does not drop just catches the right lip. So that stays out. It’s a bogey after he was in the back bunker. And now Justin Rose from three or four feet after a right kathuffle in the front bunker. His approach shot Justin Rose landed somewhere near the lip possibly in the sand. And bizarrely they couldn’t find it. And we had a we had a scene where Justin Rose, his caddy Mark, and Jose Maria Olafar were on their knees scrabbling around in the sand with their fingers. Yeah, they were all looking for the ball. Now I think I was just talking to one of the European support staff and I think it had just missed the bunker and was in the bank and it was embedded. So he’s actually ended up with a free drop here and now got a putt for par and it’s a little longer than 4 ft isn’t it? I think this is possibly five or six. So this for a par but this to win the hole and this to get Justin Rose in front in the match which he does. He holds it and providing we are absolutely right Katrina and that that was a free drop which we believe it is that is Rose one up. Yeah, we believe that. We’ll just need to absolutely confirm that, but we do believe that’s a par for Rose and he’s one up there. Yeah, the referee was right in the middle of that, Jeff Kiddy. And uh it does appear indeed that that put has won Justin Rose the fifth hole and having been behind after the first. Rose is now one up after five. Katrina, I do have a question on it. John Ram though with a birdie putts win the hole on the first and it goes to the left of the hole and goes on by some five or six feet. So he’ll have that coming back that won’t be conceded by Xander Schoffé to have the first hole. It it honest it looks like it got buried in a in a hole in the grass at the top of the bunker. That’s what it looked like. And they had to sort of almost as if it had gone into a very a sort of set created by a very small animal. And they’d had to they had to put their hands in to try and pull the ball out with thumb and forefinger. Well, that certainly adds a little more to it all, doesn’t it? But yet, it certainly took them a good probably one, two minutes to find it. And as John was saying, there was three or four people looking for it. They were on their knees kind of scrabbling around trying to get it. But in a way, a slightly fortunate break for Justin. Yes, I’m not sure that the the great captain of Madina, Jose Maria Olafo, necessarily thought that at his age he’d be doing that, but it’s had the desired effect. And when you say a small animal, bigger than a tick, but smaller than a rabbit, it’s quite a big That’s quite a wide range. Well, it is, but you you went you went unnecessarily small with with your with your first animal. Well, it it is tick season. It is tick season and John Ram has missed his putt on the first and all of a sudden there’s red on the board where there was no red at all until that but Xander Schoff has won the first here and the Americans are one up in the sixth match. Cat with a chance of eagle I think for a European. Yeah, we’ve had two chances for eagle. Matt Fitzpatrick has matched Bryson Desambo blow forblow up this long par five up the hill in this sweltering heat. 7 517 yds it is and up a steep slope. It’s quite the walk let me tell you and Matt Fitzpatrick had a 45 foot putt for an eagle here at the par five. He’s just cozied that up to the whole 3 ft or so. We noticed though Shan McKel that Bryson Desambo didn’t give him that one. No, I think from now on I think he’s just going to make him putt everything unless it’s inside inside the leather as we say. He’s going to make him put every one of those. And now it’s Bryson Desambo’s turn to try and better Matt Fitzpatrick. This for Eagle from 40 ft. It’s a fairly flatl looking putt from the back left edge of the green. A pin cut towards the back right side today. And Bryson Dumbo rocks those big broad shoulders and he sucks the shaft of that long putter through the palm of his hands. Watches the ball cozy up around the hole. Drifts just by. So both of them will have short range birdie tap-ins. In fact, so short that Matt Fitzpatrick has given Bryson Desambo his birdie. And now Fitzpatrick needs to make this to remain two up Sean. Really, you know, the difficulty of Matthew’s putt. It’s pretty straight, but it’s just straight downhill. So then we saw what Bryson did on the hole prior. Do you firm it in? Well, you you got really no choice here. He’s got to make this putt just to just to tie the hole. How you feeling after that long, hot, sweaty walk up the hill? I I’m deciding that I should not have worn long pants today. No, he’s very jealous of my shorts today. Aren’t you Sean? It is swelteringly hot. It’s about 28 29°. Matt Fitzpatrick just flicking away some imperfections off the surface of the green. They’re invisible to us from where we are because the greens look absolutely immaculate. Just smooth green tabletops. And Matt Fitzpatrick steps back, takes a deep breath, folds his shoulder blades back into his spine to open up his chest and loosen off any tension, and now slides the blade of the putter behind the ball and into the hole just a couple of feet. The hole is halved in birdies. And Matt Fitzpatrick stays two up in this third match out on the course. Mark, you you are the most Europeanly dressed of all of us though, aren’t you? in the in the sense that you have gone European colors today, Catherine. I have. Yeah, I’ve got a bright yellow top and navy blue shorts. I have to say I didn’t mean to wear this. And I was warned as well, you know, don’t dress in European colors with these New York fans, but it’s my last shirt. I’ve got no choice. And on a day like today with a league like this, I think I’m fairly safe. Do you not do you not plan Do you not plan your golf outfit for every day? I mean that’s that’s that’s Well, I know you do, Mark. Absolutely. But no, some of us are a little more slap dash with our wardrobes. Alli, have you planned your outfits for every day? Yeah, I mean I I I I think I think my sort of modus uh operandi is is just bringing enough clothes for the week and then whatever you grab in the in in the dark room in the morning, that’ll have to do. I’ve just I’ve just gone all blue, all dark blue today, Mark, we’re um we’re up by the fifth green. Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood have just arrived. We’re looking at one of those big screens away to our right that has blue, blue, blue, blue, blue with Oberg now one up on Canlay uh in the fifth match out on the golf course and because of that Andrew McGee I mean it was absolute bedum at the first the atmosphere was something to behold. It’s felt very very quiet out here last couple of holes. Spectators are blue. They’re very blue. Let’s see how long they stick around. I think they should open the keggers up and let’s get them going. But no, we’ve seen how they behave here in New York. Tommy Fleetwood, which is keeping the pressure on middle of the fairway, excuse me, he’s on the right rough to about 50 ft here on this big par4. And Justin Thomas about 25 ft away for birdie. Let’s see what happens here. Yeah. So Tommy Fleetwood is stalking his fifth green at the moment. Rose one up on Young. Fleetwood here, two up on Thomas after four. Fitzpatrick two up on Dshambo. Macaroy one up on Sheffller. Oberg one up on Canlay. And then the first red you see on the board is Shalay one up on Ram in match six out on the golf course. Rder Cup singles on five live and BBC sounds blazing hot sunshine in New York drenching this fifth green. There are thousands of spectators around. I can see a giant Irish flag displayed on the far side of this green. And it has dropped. Very quiet now because Fleetwood is putting. And as Andrew says, 50 foot for Birdie for Fleetwood. Lovely crisp strike of the putter head on ball. He’s trying to get it to turn from left to right. He’s got the pace absolutely perfect again. Just nerdles up to the side of the hole. He’s a couple of feet away. Let’s see what Tommy Fleetwood does with this. Bends down, picks it up. That’s been conceded. So Justin Thomas needs to make one here, Andrew, to to get him going, get the crowd going. But showing some sportsmanship there. Was he the only American yesterday showing a little bit of sportsmanship? Yeah, he was terrific. We covered that match and that was lovely cuz we don’t need the fbombs flying at a golf event. Okay. Some anything else but an F-word. Yeah, Justin Thomas was was trying to get those American fans to support the team in the right way and did his best to try and keep a lid on it in that explosive opening four ball against Maroy and Larry. Here he is against Fleetwood. And let’s not forget Justin Thomas defending 100% record in RDER Cup singles, but he’s two down after four. Needs something here. Shuffles the red, white, and blue heels of his white shoes into position. Gives that a good firm wrap. It’s on its way. It’s on its way. And it is pulling up just to the right. And if it had turned just an inch, a cintilla more, that would have dropped in on the right hand side. Tommy Fleetwood says that’s okay. Justin Thomas says, “Thank you very much.” But again, Mark, I think you can hear the atmosphere around the fifth green. Fleetwood marges off. He goes past us just now. He’s two up after five holes. And there there’s a few shouts of encouragement for Justin Thomas and go JT, but it’s um it is very subdued out here at the moment. Yeah. And there’s not not a great deal from the American point of view here on the first either. I mean, Shane Larry just walked out the killers. All these things are done. And he was beaming, Jane. Yeah, he was bouncing. There’s loads of Irish fans cheering him on at the front, but the American fans, it’s very quiet. Uh, Shaneo ready to go. Looks well up for this. Rose one up, Flewood two up, Fitzpatrick two up. Her Berg one up. Mroy ahead of Bberg on the fourth. One up. And where is he, Ian? He threw the back of the green of this par five in two. He had 197 yds in. And both players were hitting from basically the same spot. Maroyy’s ball just trundled off the back of the green. So he’ll be chipping from there around about a 20 yd chip. And Scotty Sheffller with an excellent approach shot. Really judged it beautifully. Landed it just over the bunkers that guard the front of the green. And he will be putting for eagle across the back of the green. Yeah, really judged that distance well. Landed it right on the front. Looks like the greens maybe have a little bit more firmness to them than the rest of the week. And that’s just trickled down to 25 ft. Roar is uh just ped a little too far and it caught the back slope and it’s actually rolled like 15 ft over the back. Left himself a really tricky chip back on. But should be uh maybe slightly back into the wind. So should be able to give himself a good chance at birdie. He does enjoy these chips though, doesn’t he? He does. He’s got a very underrated short game. It is phenomenal. One of the strengths of his games. But uh you know and up and down here we don’t know if it’s going to be enough with where where Sheffley is. Let’s quickly nip to Newcastle. Gary Flintto. Arsenal have what they will feel they more than deserve and that’s a goal. Newcastle one, Arsenal one. The substitute Mikuel Mourinho with a flicked header from a short corner again. It went in off the post. Nick Pope could only stand and watch. And Arsenal will feel they deserve that for their play here today. Newcastle fans clearly felt it was going to be their game again Arsenal, but it’s 1-1. Commentary continuing on Sports Extra. Now here comes Mackoy with his third shot on this par five. Delicate little chip from down below the back of the green. Slides the club underneath it. Flies the ball all the way. It needs to grab. It doesn’t grab enough and it runs on and he’s put it to 10 ft. Yeah, I think that came out really low and hard. Just had a little bit too much uh pace on it and uh it did grab but not quite as hard as he was looking for. So he’s got some work to do for a four there. He has. And Sheffller being the world number one, being the open champion, being the PGA champion, being the winner of six tournaments this year, he’ll be fancying this Eagle P. Well, they will, but he has to uh you know, obviously we all know he wants to win. He needs to get some red on the board, but you don’t get tons of opportunities and this is one that he really needs to take. Try and turn the momentum around as fast as he can early on this last day. Ted Scott just getting a feel of the green as well by straddling the line is Caddy. Interestingly, there was a social media post from Ted Scott today with Franchesco Molinari because they had heated words yesterday in that Justin Rose Tommy Fleetwood match against Bryson Dashambo and Scotty Sheffller and uh it was peace in our time. Great mutual respect between the two men. So everything being done to just sort of calm the fury that was bubbling away yesterday both inside and outside the ropes. And I have to say we haven’t seen or heard anything untowards so far. Scotty Sheffler sends this eagle putt across the back of the green. This to win the hole and level the match. Oh, and it shaves the right edge. So Maroy will have a 10-footer for a half. Johnston Rose misses his putt from 8 ft at the sixth. And because Cameron Young was already in for his birdie from a similar range, the USA strike back in this match. And it’s back to all square. Katrina Matthew. Yeah, they both had really good chances there. Had lovely little wedgies in just to 9 ft and 9 and 1/2 ft. And as old adage with match play, first in wins and Cameron Young strokes this one in and Justin just pulled his a little on the left. So the top match Ian back to all gray, all square on the board, but there’s lots of early blue up there. Isn’t there? There is indeed. And that will be just beautiful viewing for Luke Donald, the captain with Europe just needing two and a half points from the 12 singles today. Leading 125 after the withdrawal of Victor Hofflin. Now here’s Rory Maroy to keep blue on the board in his match from 11 ft. Misses and it is a hole to Scotty Sheffller. This match has gone all square as well. It’s been won by a birdie from Scotty Sheffer. He missed the eagle putt. It didn’t matter. Maroy couldn’t get it up and down and so we go back to all square. Yeah, it just takes a couple of strips of blue off these big leaderboards up ahead on the first. Sepraker has given himself a 5-ft putt for Birdie. That was a very good second in there. Jamie, yeah, lovely little shot. Took the spin off it. Bit of draw, bit of right to left spin, leaving him about 4t from the hole. And he made that birdie. JJ Spawn had a maybe 12t opportunity for birdie as well. He obviously didn’t take that. We haven’t seen that on the screen but Straka made his and so whilst blue disappears a little bit further up the board. It comes on a little bit lower down. There are four Europeans who are up at the moment. Fleetwood and Fitzpatrick are two up. Straer is one up and Lberg is one up on Canlay. James Greg really really nice T-shot at the par three third from Leviggoberg with a chance to go to up from 12 ft. He just let it slide by the right edge and it was really really tight once again from Patrick Canle who made Ligberg put from well I would say about a foot away as he walked down towards the fourth TE. I think he knew he was going to knock it in but he’s trying everything here to throw the Swede off but it’s not going to happen is it Ludwig Goldberg still one up after three. And they’ve just shown a shot. I don’t know if he’s here today or if he was one of the people who’s trying to get the crowd pump beforehand, but I think the late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon is here in a a red and black USA jacket. He may have been one of the warm-up guys before that maybe nobody knew about because he had a cap and sunglasses on, but they’ve just shown him celebrating uh on the big screen. Xander Schoffé has gone two up on John Ram through two holes. So he’s the only red on the board at the moment. Four Europeans are up and there are 1, two, three that are all square. Now when we were leaving last night, Katherine DS and we were stood outside the media center for a little while in the dark. Bryson Desambo came out onto the putting green and I think a few of us did think what on earth is he doing that for now with the score as what it is and and at the time it was whether it is for show and he’s had a bit of a ropey start hasn’t he? He has had a bit of a rope start he’s been hitting drives as well on the range for about an hour as well. They’d been absorbing the uh the songs and the chanting and the jeers of the European fans who’d gathered behind that driving range to sing Bryson as he hit drives in the dark. It looked like quite a miserable way to be spending the evening, didn’t it? And then he went on to the putting green and yeah, he has had a bit of a miserable start here. He is two down to Matt Fitzpatrick. He hit a stunning drive into the center of the fairway, but he left the approach shot short and he’s just splash splashed out of the sand. But Matt Fitzpatrick safely on the green in two here. Sean McKill. Oh yeah. And we’re starting to see just a little bit more wind shift back into him a little bit. And Bryson being the very high ball hitter just brings that bunker right into play. As you can see, Matthew Fitzpatrick flights the ball down quite a bit lower. And once again, he’s proven the worth of a US Open champion because he’s hit a great long iron shot into about 8 ft. That’s spoken by a USPGA champion. So a game recognizing game there. And uh Matt Fitzpatrick now has a 15 ft birdie to move three up on Bryson Desambo. Desambo is about 56 ft away after splashing out of the sand. He’ll have that to save his par, but Fitzpatrick with the birdie putt here. Alli can hear some roars from elsewhere. That is what the American team needed. Justin Thomas with a wedge in his hand has hauled out for eagle from the bottom of the slope at the sixth. Less than 100 yards or so. The red baseball cap is off his head. And could that be the moment that kickstarts? Well, it looks like an impossible comeback they’ve got to try and pull off. But that’s the kind of thing they need to do. Tommy Fleetwood rofully walks onto the green. There is nothing he can do about that. Pit shot. Andrew McGee landed once a foot short of the cup, hopped up, and popped into the hole. Thank you very much. Is it Is it Brookline? Are we going back? They fixing the ball, Mark. just 3 ft in front. Even Even Flee was got to give it a big smile. That was an incredible shot. Obviously, he had a great angle into the green. Blah blah blah. He still hit the shot and he bounces in the hole for two to win the hole. Inspirational from Justin Thomas. Tommy Fleetwood has the practice putt, but Justin Thomas wins. Ah, that’s lovely. That is nice. Tommy Fleetwood having hit the practice putt. Thomas goes past him. He smiles. He has a word. They bump fists. Fabulous sportsmanship in the RDER Cup and a sensational moment for the USA and they are going to need a lot more of that to get back into this this afternoon. Fleetwood is still one up in the game. That was something special. [Music] Matt Fitzpatrick though undistracted by the enormous cheers ringing round at this fifth green because he has drained that 15 foot birdie putt. So he moves three up on Bryson to Shambo. And interestingly, just like Tommy Fleetwood did, as Justin Thomas uh sank that putt, he made his putt. He went went ahead and and practiced the putt. Bryson Desambo did exactly the same thing. So, what’s going on there? Is it just that Bryson Desambo wants a bit of putting practice? Are we seeing a bit of gamesmanship? Well, there’s probably a little bit of both there, but we saw him miss that short bird or that short par putt back on the third hole. So, he may just wants to kind of build in his confidence a little bit that he can make those putts when they need it, especially. It could come down to the very end and you might need that putt. So Matt Fitzpatrick having to wait just a few minutes to take his T-shot on the six because Bryson Dashambo insisted on making his par. But Fitzpatrick three up. John, the opening match has to and froed. Cameron Young was one up. Justin Rose was one up. Now they’re playing the seventh all square and Rose’s approach shot from the middle of the fairway lands front right of the green with the hole right away on the other side, the left hand side. Yeah, he’s left himself a long putt there. probably a good 60 70 ft perhaps, but coming from 238 yds, that was a kind of a midair iron. He was hitting Cameron Young a little further ahead of Justin Rose, but not too far, maybe 10, 15 yards, something like that. It’ll be Cameron Young with his approach shot as well. We can see his vivid red cap. They are absolutely red, white, and blue in their uniforms today. the United States. The stripey tops again. Stripes of blue, broad blue, thin stripes of red, broad stripes of white, blue trousers. And here he goes. He’s got the whole of the green to the left of Justin Rose’s ball to play with. And on it comes. We can see it against the trees and the blue sky above as well. A little murmur. And it lands in the middle of the green and rolls on much closer. still 20 ft, but they’re again an advantage in terms of the the length of birdie put to the United States that Cameron Young will have here. Match all square, Mark. Yeah, that’s all square. And as always on Ryder Cup Sunday, it’s just about trying to when we come out of the commentary, all I’ve got to do really is just try and keep you up to date with the 11 matches eventually that will be out on the course. Victor Hovland injured earlier. That neck problem kept him out. So, his game with Harris English doesn’t go ahead. They both get a half. It means the score going into the singles became 12 and a half. Out there on the call at 12-5 out on the course at the moment. Europe up in four. The Americans are up in one, all square in the others. And we’re waiting for four to get underway. Ian is watching one of the all square matches. World number one against world number two. And the world number two Rory Maroy with a brilliant approach into the par four fifth. He’s put it to 10 feet. flew it straight over the flag, sucked it back and that after Scotty Sheffller missed the fairway down the right and then missed with his approach and has gone into the bunker that guards the front of the green. So advantage Mroy after being pegged back at the last just came up Scotty’s lead shot into the right rough again and found it hard to gauge the distance and uh shortsided him. Just didn’t quite carry that ridge pitched in it rolled back. It’s going to be a tough up and down from there. Back to Newcastle. Gary Flintto in the 97th minute. A goal for Arsenal. Gabrielle with the header. Everyone was inside the penalty area as the corner came over from the right hand side. Gabrielle rose highest and headed it down and right at the depth. In the closing seconds, it’s Newcastle United one, Arsenal two. So that means in both the Premier League and the Scottish Premiership today, we’ve had what looks like 2-1 away wins because earlier Rangers won 2-1 at Livingston. In the early game in the Premier League, Aston Villa came from a goal down uh to beat Fulham by three goals to one. And in amongst all the action that’s going out on the course at the moment, I just want to pay a little notice to who are on the tea at the moment, which is Ben Griffin and Raasmas Hoygard, who both will be chomping at the bit, Jamie Donaldson, because neither of them played yesterday. So, they’ve had one afternoon, four balls each, and will have both been gutted not to have featured yesterday. Yeah, that’s the problem with the rookies. If you don’t win your first match, you’re literally not playing until the uh till the last day. And you know, they’re both uh really good players in their own right. And like you say, Chappers, they’ll be both chomping at the bit. So they’re about to tee off here. And then that leaves us with just two to get underway. Colin Morawa against Turrell Hatton. And finally, Sam Burns against Bob McIntyre. Ian back here at the fifth. Scotty Sheffler bunker shot. Third shot at the par four. Cuts it out of the bunker very nicely indeed. The ball trundles down to pin high 4 ft to the right of the cup. Yeah, played that really nicely. Managed to uh get right underneath it. It looked like the ball had rolled back into the bottom of the the bunker. So, I was able to elevate it and get it to stop pretty quickly. But still some work left there to do. Right, let’s uh quickly move to the top match. John Murray. Yes, Justin Rose has got this long long put right across the seventh green from right to left that we were mentioning earlier. He’ll do, you know, this would be a very good two put. It’s on its way and rolls by on the left hand side. Keeps going probably four or 5 ft. Ian here it’s a 10-footer for Rory Mroy to get back in front against Scotty Sheffller. Fantastic approach shot. That’s brilliant. As soon as he hit it, he was walking straight after it. He knew he had the line and the distance. It was probably expected to spin back a little closer, but perfect golf shot exactly where he’s trying to land it. Really interesting. The American captain, Keegan Bradley, is out here with this match. He is not staying on to give that sort of encouragement and the handshake to his tail enders. So, I mean, Ben Griffin must feel like he’s been completely blanked by a skipper in some respects. Well, I guess they’re relying on the uh the other vice captains, but it’s a very strange decision. Here’s Mroyy’s birdie attempt. Oh, and it just just cult pulls up short. Goodness gracious me. Picks the ball up. Sheffller’s still got four feet to negotiate for the half and keep the match at all square. Back to you, John. Yes, on the seventh. Bright bright bright sunshine and Cameron Young now then with Justin Rose already having put it for his birdie maybe 5 ft past. So Rose may well have to make a put. But first of all if Young holds this he’ll have won two holes in a row and the Americans will be back in front in this match but it clips the right and stays out. So birdie attempt failed but Justin Rose still has a put to have the hole. Ian par attempt here to have the hole for the world number one Scotty Sheffller and he’s giving this every care because by definition it is no gimme 4 ft fine bunker shot but still 4 and 1/2 maybe 5 ft to negotiate here for a park to remain all square over it now putting from the shadow of his left leg sends the ball forward looks good yeah right into the middle of the cup good work by Scotty Sheffler to keep this match all square as we go back to the top match. John, so it’s a nervy one, Katrina, for Justin Rose to half the hole and to keep the match all square. It is. They’ve both raced their putts with a little bit past Justin Rose probably 5 ft. He’s just getting ready and Cameron Young probably put his three and a half, four ft past. So, it’s a a test of nerves here on this seventh green. Yeah. So, Young’s put not conceded yet either. He gave it a goal and has left himself with work to do. But Justin Rose has got to hold this though. This is par four. Given it touch the Oh, the gentlest touch and it’s rolled by on the right. A miss from Justin Rose. He you could tell there was a little reaction from him there. A nervous twitch almost. Just annoyed at that. You’re always annoyed at a three putter even though it was from 60 ft. Looks like he perhaps just pushed it a little bit. It was always a possibility from from where he was on the seventh green. So now this to get the United States and Cameron Young back in front in the opening match. He was one up after the first and the second. All square after the third and the fourth. Justin Rose was one up after the fifth. Back to all square now. But this to edge the United States back in front. Looking at the scoreboard to my left. Europe are up in seven matches currently. In fact, six, it’s just changed. Six matches. And remember, after Victor Hovland’s withdrawal this morning, Europe need two points today to retain the trophy and two and a half to win this RDER Cup outright and win away for the first time since Madina. But Cameron Young trying to get some more red on the board if he holds this putt for par from a good four feet actually. It’s on its way and in for the four. So Cameron Young wins the hole with a par four and the United States are back one up after seven in this opening match of the 11 out on the course. Yeah, they’re up in two now. are the Americans. Lower down the board for Europe. They’ve had a good start. Seer just hold a 15 20 foot put for par on the second and that’s kept him one up on JJ Spawn. And Shane Larry has started well and has gone one up on Russell Henley after the first hole. Matt Fitzpatrick very nearly did a Justin Thomas on the sixth and hold his second shot. Will go there very shortly after he nipped to St. James’s Park and Gary Flint off. And the massive result for Mikuel Artetta and his Arsenal side. They’ve won here by two goals to one. Gabrielle’s winner came in the 90th plus sixth minute. And it was a well worked header from a corner kick from the right hand side. It only equalized with 6 minutes to go. Mikuel Mourinho also with a header that after Nick Volultard had given Newcastle the lead. This really has been a great afternoon, a great advert if you will for Premier League football. But Arsenal will be heading south with the spoils. It’s finished Newcastle United one, Arsenal 2. Villa beat Fulham 3-1. Ellen White and Joe Hart alongside Gabby for match of the day at 10:30 tonight on BBC 1. There is a European who has an opportunity to go four up through six holes. Catherine and it’s Matt Fitzpatrick. He is three under for his first five holes. He’s playing some absolutely sublime golf. Bryson Desambo, his opponent today. That late night putting practice that we were witnessed to last night, it hasn’t worked. He had a 10-footer for birdie here on the sixth and he missed. And that means Matt Fitzpatrick has a 4-footer to go four up, but this is a slippery one. Well, it certainly is, but if to go four up, these this is for his fourth birdie. So, I mean, Matthew Fitzpatrick’s not winning these holes with pars. Bryson’s just not making any putts. But this is a this is a this is a delicate putt. I mean it’s going to have a little bit of break from right to left. And of course it’s really quick. Wipes the blade of a putter on the palm of his hand. Walks purposefully up to this one. Looks supremely comfortable. Matt Fitzpatrick and sends the ball towards the hole and he strides forward after it and plucks the ball from the cup because after six holes Matt Fitzpatrick is four up on the big hitting Bryson Dambo. How about that? four up and four under. I mean, what a what a round of golf he’s playing today. I mean, Bryson looks a little bit bewildered. That’s the third time we’ve seen Bryson get up to hit his putt and get Dak down and remark it. So, I don’t know if he’s just not reading the greens right or misjudging the speed, but he can’t afford to to miss many more of those. Shaping up in the early stages to be a career defining RDER Cup for Matt Fitzpatrick. Mark Sean. Sean, if you if you were Bryson Desambo’s coach, would and I know you have to do what works for you, but at some point, would you go seriously, mate, go and have some food and have a rest? Well, you know, look, he I think that’s maybe why we were seeing him out so late last night. Just maybe something is just not looking right. I mean, that’s why they practice. I mean, he was the only person out there practicing underneath the lights. Some of that is because he loves game and there’s there’s never enough sunlight for practice for him. Uh Europe up in five, the Americans up in two, all square in one. Let’s find out how the Justin Thomas back is going against Tommy Flewood. He hold his second at the sixth. What’s he doing on the seventh, Ali? Well, it’s going from the sublime to the ridiculous for Justin Thomas. He has had a bit of a case of the the lefts today, missing left. He did it on the third, he did it on the fourth. Clearly, he didn’t do it on the sixth, the last hole. That was dead aim at the flag and straight in. But with a long iron into the par seventh, he has hit a careering shot away to the left hand side. He’s missed the green by about 10 yds left. There’s a hillock just to the left of the flag here covered in the long grass. He went over that into the legs of the spectators and they’ve now made that sort of familiar horseshoe shape surrounding his golf ball. So, he’s going to have a tricky shot from there to try and make the up and down. Tommy Fleetwood, meanwhile, Andrew McGee doing the same old thing, isn’t he? Fairways and greens and just sticking in there. Nothing you can do about Thomas holding out for Eagle, but he’s responded well. He’s found this green in two. Yeah. I mean, Fleetwood’s got a good plan here. Just hit the cuz I think he knows Justin Thomas is a fader, which means a left to right shot for a right-handed player. And and Justin Thomas is aiming left of the screen. The pin is on the left edge of the screen, trying to fade it gently to that pin, but he’s got the pulls, and it’s it’s a tough one to fix. Yeah, he produced some magic on the last for the Eagle. He is going to have to do it again from shorter range on the seventh shortly. Mark 125 to Europe overall. They are up in five matches in this one. Fleetwood one up on Thomas. We’re on the seventh. The Americans have just gone up in a third as well. And that’s the last match that has just got underway. Raasmus Hoygard bogeying the first. So the American Ben Griffin has gone one up which means at the moment out of all the games on the course, all the matches on the course, only one is all square. Ian, yes. It’s this one between the world number one and the world number two. The first time in RDER Cup history that the top two players have squared off against each other from the world rankings. And it’s the man on top of those rankings, Scotty Sheffller, who’s over his second shot here, just over 100 yards in to a flag located tight left of the green. And he fires in. This looks very good. The ball though just lands a fraction short. Doesn’t spin back. Did a good job of taking this spin off. and he’s put it to 15 feet. There’s a little wind picking up right here. He was stood on top of the hill on the back of the green and you can really feel it. He was down in the valley and I don’t think he could feel it um quite so much. So, he’s just misjudged that a little bit. Played cautiously on the right hand side, but it’s still a good opportunity of Birdie. Sheffler played from the middle of the fairway. Maroy coming from the left rough. Yep. Won’t have to worry about any spin here. Not a great angle, but he’s only gotten probably 90 yards of a slight upslope. So, good opportunity to get it in inside Sheffller. This match all square. Maroy won the second hole with a birdie to Sheffller’s bogey and then Sheffller’s birdie at the fourth leveling it up. Here comes Mroyy’s approach. It goes right to the back of the green. No spin on it so it doesn’t suck back and Mroy is probably 30 ft from the cup. Alli just waiting to see if Justin Thomas can pull off the miracle again. He is to the left of the seventh green. He’s gone over the long grasses. The grass where he is will be trotten down. He’s disappeared from our view at the moment. Shout anyone when you need it. But Justin Thomas is looking to find some more RDER Cup magic. Hold out for Eagle on the sixth with a wedge. Here he is to the left hand side of the green and all we can see are a mass of spectators surrounding him. The silver of the shaft of the golf club occasionally when he goes through the practice swings and phones held above heads trying to capture the moment. Tommy Flewood waiting patiently on the green. Justin Thomas is waiting to play. Silence descends around the seventh green. The Marshall’s hands go up in the air, which tells you this shot is on its way. Very shortly, we’re going to see this golf ball appear up against the bright blue sky. It is going to have to go high and land softly. What have you got this time, Justin Thomas? Tommy Fleetwood is probably thinking, “Please, not again.” Still waiting here for Thomas to play. One down against Fleetwood after six on Ryder Cup singles afternoon. Here it comes. Comes out a little bit lower. A couple of bounces towards the flag, couldn’t hold it. It rolls on and on and on and is a good 40 ft by John. Yes. On the eighth, the par three, this picturesque par three, actually ruggedly picturesque, I would call it at Beth Page State Park with Cam Young one up on Justin Rose in the first match out, but he’s got a tricky putt here down the slope, 25 ft, one foot below the other. So this this needs the touch of the genius and it’s on its way now towards the hole and he throws out his right arm which kind of indicates that he wants it to slow down I think. Yeah, I think that’s just trickled on a little bit too far, hasn’t it? But he was watching it for a little while. Yeah, he I think it’s been it’s been conceded. Yeah. So Justin Rose will nevertheless have a put from the opposite side of the hole. So down more on the right level from maybe 18 ft. Yeah, just that little bit closer and he’s left I mean the pin was just quite near the front here. So he laid a good shot in to leave it below the flag and given himself a good chance here on a very similar line from the other side of the hole from from Young. So he should have got a good idea of the line here. Rose one down in this match in his seventh Ryder Cup. But believe it or not, he’s only ever beaten one man in the singles at the Ryder Cup. Guess who after we hear from Ian on the six Rory Maroyy’s birdie putt from 30 ft. Not bad not bad but just to the left of the hole and it’s only going to be a par John. I think Katrina knows Rose is about to put for his birdie and this to win the hole and bring the match back all square. Liked it but didn’t drop. Yeah, he liked the look of that one. And it’s just a slightly different story from yesterday afternoon when these putts were just dropping as is so very often the way in golf. So off goes Justin Rose. Phil Mickelson’s the answer. Beating him twice. Justin Rose Harley loose from Justin Thomas here. You heard us describing the uh the attempted chip shot from the left hand side of the green having gone a bit wild with his second shot. What it means Andrew McGee? Tommy Flewood has two putts from 40 ft. If he can get down in two, he wins the hole and he gets his two up advantage back again. Yeah, boring golf for Tommy Fleetwood, but he’s got about to be two up if he can just just nick this up there close to the hole. Tap in. It’ll be conceded by Justin Thomas. Justin Thomas is very loose with his golf game today. He’d be fortunate to uh he’s just done that. Tap it up. It’s going to be a gimme for Tommy Fleetwood. Yeah, boring but beautiful from Tommy Fleetwood. He’s two up. Ian Scotty Sheffller just backing off after getting ready to hit one last check of this putt from 11 ft this to take the lead for the first time against Rory Maroy. This for Birdie at the sixth. Bright sunshine burning down on this green as he sends the putt towards the hole. Has he given it enough? Oh, it just veered away to the right edge. Chance missed by Sheffller. This tight, tense tussle remains all square. It’s interesting watching Scotty today. I had the pleasure of watching him at the open and uh he was incredible and it’s a stark difference of the player, but I was reading what Russell Henley said about him yesterday and talking about what a great team player he is, which is great, but I think that’s part of the problem. They uh they not quite understanding what that means. He’s the world number one. He should be complimented by the team, playing to his strengths and not being uh passed around the team for to partner with anyone to bring them up to his level. They should be he should be picking the team, picking his partner and who he feels the best to go out and get those points. And I think that’s partly where they really struggle with this team concept on the US side. Interesting thoughts. Oie Wilson who played in the 2008 Rder Cup team for Europe with us here on Five Live. So let me just tidy up a couple of things that have gone a bit lower down the uh the leaderboard here. Russell Henley birded the par for second. So that brought him and Shane Lowry back to all square. Saps trackers off to a great start. He birded the par 33rd. So he is two up on JJ Spawn. Russell Henley’s hit a fantastic shot at the par 33 to give himself a birdie opportunity. But Shane Larry has just sunk his birdie putt from 12T there and that is likely to remain. You would expect, wouldn’t you Jamie Russell Henley to get that birdie and they’ll be all square going up four. Yeah, but it’s classic m match play. Shane just outside makes a great foot for birdie. Pressure now on Henley. He’s got about a fivefooter. It’s not over yet. Keep an eye on that. America up in three. Europe up in four. Tommy Flewood and Justin Thomas are on the eighth. Yeah, on the eighth T. Tommy Fleetwood staring down intently at the ball. Pictures par three. 210 yd from up on high over the water to the pin cut at the front of a sloping green. the shout of get in the hole to Tommy Fleetwood’s ball. That looks absolutely bang on. Wow, what a shot from Tommy Fleetwood just beyond the flag. Probably 10 ft past or so. Stops dead. Fantastic shot, Andrew McGee. Just hitting darts. This is so impressive. You’ve seen so many of these European shots right over the top of the flag stick. Dead online so many times. Americans off 30 ft, 40 ft. Love that. Right at the pin. Tommy Fleet with two up after seven. Let’s just repeat the stats as well. As one of his first four matches in this RDER Cup, the only other European golfer to go 5-0 in a Ryder Cup is his good friend Franchesco Molinari, which the most of which he did alongside Tommy Fleetwood in their fabulous partnership in France in 2018. He would become the first European golfer ever to do it uh on American soil. And I think there’s only three men that have ever done it uh since it became Europe USA in 1979. Dustin Johnson was one at Whistling Straits in 2021. Larry Nelson back in 1979 and Franchesco Molinari the other. Sir Tommy Fleetwood trying to take a big step towards history. He won’t be bothered about that though. He is trying to win the RDER Cup for Europe. His opponent today is Justin Thomas. Tall angular figure set over the ball. Lovely smooth rhythmical golf swing that’s heading a little bit left. Coming down from a great height. It still looks good. if he’s got the distance just clams onto the front of the green pin high left maybe 30 ft or so I’d say from here Tommy Fleetwood in closer mark and he’s two up after seven Russell Henley made that birdie on the par three third so he’s all square with Shane Lowry uh Ben Griffin one up on Rasmus Hoyard they’re going down two Hatton and Morawa have just got underway Sam Burns and Bob McIntyre are waiting on the tea that will be the final match out Victor Hland and Harris English have got a half a pointy after Victor Hland withdrew injured when you went out at Glen Eagles. Jamie, you were at 10th and beat Keegan Bradley 5 and three. What are the challenges when you go out lower down this order? Well, it’s quite funny really um Mark because basically as the uh the first games go off, all the crowd follows the first games and uh by the time you get to hit when you’re number 10, literally the whole crowd’s out there. There’s not many people here and you’re playing with not much of a ripple of a crowd. There’s a few people here uh but nothing like it was at the start and as soon as those matches a win or finish uh sorry at the front of the order everybody starts to drop back and by the time we got to the 15th when I was playing at Glenn Eagles it was like the whole of the golf course turned up on my hole. Wow. Which then inspires you. Yeah. Yeah, I mean suddenly looking around I you know we were told not to look look at leaderboards. We were told to concentrate on your game, win your point and but the fact that everybody had turned up at the same time only said one thing. It was all on my game. Pull your finger out. The Europeans have stayed in this first grand stand. The chance of Bobby Bobby McIntyre ringing out at the moment. Europe up in four, America up in three. all square in two out on the course. Hatton and Morawa up ahead on the first green. McIntau and Burns about to get underway and then all the singles will be uh on the board uh here at the 45th RDER Cup. The most dominant golfer out there at the moment, Matt Fitzpatrick, who is four up on Bryson Desambo. They are on the seventh. And we will go to Catherine. Could be five soon, Mark, because Bryson Desambo’s approach shot was duffed into the bunker short and right of the green here on the seventh. Matt Fitzpatrick with another beautifully judged approach. He’s put it to 15 ft from the cup. And Bryson Desambo now has a 20footer to save his par with Fitzpatrick’s birdie putt to come. And he’s going to give Matt Fitzpatrick a really good read on that birdie putt as well, isn’t he, Sean McKil? Well, Bryson’s hit every fairway today. In the last two of the last three holes, he’s hit really two scrappy mid irons. Here’s his putt. Sends the ball on its way towards the hole. Bryson Desambo. And that one hasn’t dropped. It’s going to be another bogey for Bryson Desambo. The second of the day. And that means Fitzpatrick has a birdie putt to come to go five up. James Greg. Well, look, the gober is lining up a perfect perfect little uphill eightfooters go two up over Patrick Can. Stunning approach shot. Oh, the Swede sees that one just slide by. It’s been a very touchy start from both players in this one. Can does eventually concede that one. That’s the first putt he’s actually conceded to the Swede in this one. Ligberg on his second RDER Cup appearance having lost his singles last time out at Marco Simone looking to try and pick a point up. Alistister Bruce Ball Justin Thomas Birdie pad on its way across the eighth green from the front left turning from left to right. Thomas stands lean stars and the ball doesn’t drop. Fleetwood’s got a birdie chance to come down the hill to get himself three up. cat. So, here’s this birdie pup for Matt Fitzpatrick. 15 ft up the hill. There’ll be a little bit of movement from left to right on this one for Fitzpatrick. This to go five up after just seven holes against the two-time US Open champion Bryson Desambo. Ball on its way, but Fitzpatrick is up and out and walking after it already. He’s left it short and that is uh conceded. So Matt Fitzpatrick doesn’t make the gain here on the sixth, seventh, I should say. And Matt Fitzpatrick just walking past us now. Actually, he did have two putts for that, didn’t he? He did. But I tell you, Bryson just walked by us. He just does not look like the same person that he was on the first hole. His frowns kind of turned upside or his his smiles turned upside down for a frown. He’s just not just doesn’t look good. His iron game has not been very sharp today. He’s not making any putts. He’s run up against a pretty strong European player, Matt Fitzpatrick. Yep. So, my mistake there, that par from Matt Fitzpatrick is enough to go five up against Bryson Desambo. And that means Dambo is now facing a comeback almost as big as that which his team is trying to tackle. Ally Tommy Fleetwood couldn’t make the downhiller on the eighth. Justin Thomas still has work to do. Few booze and jeers from the American fans. This one must be quite close. Andrew McGee and I think the American fans are thinking, “Come on, Tommy. Your team’s miles ahead. You’re two up here. You’re playing the best golf. You can give it to our man, can’t you? No, I think he’s struggling. I mean, again, let’s squeeze this lemon till there’s no juice left. Let’s see. Justin Thomas wiggling everything. Ball just appears in front of his left foot and it’s in. Yeah, Justin Thomas makes the par from a couple of feet away. Tommy Fleetwood means business. This European team means business. And Fleetwood two up after eight against Justin Thomas in the second match out on course. Europe need two points to retain two and a half to win the match. We’ll take you to Ian Carter on the seventh where Rory Maroy is up against it. She cheffler on the green on this long par four in two. Excellent T-shot from him. Maroy just backing off his second shot which is in the rough down the left hand side and he’s caught a really horrible lie between two thick clumps of grass and then on his back swing there is long wiry grass as well which he has to worry about as well. So this is going to be awkward for Maro. I’m not sure how far he can advance this one. You never know with these highly talented golfers, but this is a difficult shot. And he gets a good swipe at it. The follow through is truncated. And the ball has gone way out to the right. It’s gone over the wiry grass to the right just short of the bunker and he’s probably 40 yards from the flag. He’ll be pitching over the bunker to the pin in the back left corner. John on the ninth where Cameron Young is one up on Justin Rose. So the USA up in this opening match and here they both have presentable birdie chances. Cameron Young about 17 ft and Justin Rose a little closer. It’s the American to go first and he was actually right at the roots of a tree with his opening T-shot. Katrina. Yeah, he was quite fortunate. He just pulled his T-shot a little left, but he was lucky he had a swing and just punched a lovely little wedge out there to about 17 ft. So, this would be a very good birdie if he’s able to hold it and would pile the pressure again on Justin Rose. Cameron Young red cap right over the ball and that ball is rolling towards the hole and in for the birdie for Cameron Young and the United States well hold. He’s got massive New York support here, let me tell you. The family are here, the friends are here, and now Justin Rose. Justin Rose has got to follow him in otherwise Rose will go two down. Yeah, that was a really nice birdie after the T-shot from Cameron Young. But Rose here has only got about six feet here for the half after a wonderful approach shot from Justin Rose. But he has missed put after his birdie fest of yesterday afternoon. when he was winning with Tommy Fleetwood. Today the puts have not been dropping. Maybe he’s due one. This is 6 ft or so. Rose that familiar hitch of the left arm of his shirt and tucks it under his left arm. Steps forward and Rose this to haveve the hole with birdies. Rolls rolls it in. Yeah, nicely done. minimum of fuss. The hole is halved in birdie threes and Cam Young remains one up for the United States in this match at the turn. Yeah, here’s one up. And then going down the list, Fleetwood two up on Thomas. Fitzpatrick five up on Bryson Dambo. Sheffller and Maroy are all square. Hair one up on Kantlay. Uh Sheffley is two up on Ram. Straer two up on Spawn. Henley and Larry are all square going down the fourth. Griffin one up on Hoygard. They’ve played two. And Tierrell Hatton birdied the first. So he has gone one up on Colin Morakawa. So we’re just waiting for Sam Burns and Bob McIntyre to complete the first and then all 11 singles will be underway. Yep, that is absolutely the case. And I’m a little further up the course than the rest of those back singles matches that are yet to go out there. And with Patrick Canvig Oberg, the Swede at the moment one up in this match after a brilliantly constructed birdie at the second. He’s had a good look as well at the next couple of holes. The par three, he had a chance as well after a stunning towering iron shot. And then at number four, the Swede having a super look from around 8 ft straight up the hill. Just tugged it wide. So, canlay breathe the sigh of relief there. The pin here on this sixth hole is tucked over on the left hand corner of the screen. It’s going to be the American to play first. The man from Long Beach, California, 33-year-old eight-time PGA Tour winner and his third RDER Cup appearance, a decorated player as well too in the red, white, and blue. So from around 80 yards or so, it’ll be can play to try and go out of Vantage USA at this getable hole. Oh, very nearly flew it in. And that ball sucking back towards the hole. That’s going to be within kick in range. Patrick Han Clay says over to you, Ludvig Oberg. Wow. And now this 25year-old has to respond. A similar yardage. Their balls on this fairway are very nearly next to one another after two piercing T-shots playing down the breeze as well. So much shorter than its yardage of 380 yds or so. Just a little armsy pitch required from the twotime PGA Tour winner. man eight years the junior of Patrick Canle won with Fitzpatrick in the forsomes 5 and three over Shefflet and Henley on Friday morning but then two defeats since in the four ball and the forsomes now here we go wanting this one to do the same as can plays two stunners absolute stunners and there we have it two looks for birdie to come here at the par 4 sixth hole we can get back with the rest of our commentary team down there on the golf course, wherever you’re listening from, [Music] but we’ll just stay here for a couple more moments. Can play walks up. Red cap on today. Hand in the pocket for the coin. It’ll be interesting to see if Ludiggoberg actually gives him that. That’s a very very very short range putt that he’s left himself the American after a glorious approach shot as the Olay’s ring around this wonderful little hole that all players have been earmarking as a potential chance and Patrick Can just tidying up his pitch mark. Prominent it was on these wet greens. big thick crevice that it left itself. And here comes Oberg again, reaching for the coin. And you’d say that these are two gimme birdies really, but I think either of them are not willing to let the other one pick one up. Basically, they’re going to be putting everything. And you can understand it from a Patrick Handlay standpoint. Of course you can. Stunning uh lie controlled beautifully and he put it to 3 ft to the right of the hole. Really class class shot. But Sheffller hit a wonderful shot in to this green and he’s got 25 ft for Birdie to take the lead and the ball is heading towards the hole now. Turning from right to left but not enough. It did in the end, but too late. Finished behind the hole. And Sheffller sportingly raised his hand to uh acknowledge the brilliance of Maroy shot that should yield a half here for the European Cat. First mistake from Matt Fitzpatrick on the par 38 here. His T-shot flying into the sand, that sprawling sand bunker to the left of the green. He’s just picked it up out of the sand and plopped it to within six feet or so, maybe seven of the flag. Bryson Desambo into three feet. He’ll have that for a par as will Fitzpatrick. This is only two and a half feet for Rory Maroy to make his part and get a half. But then just as he goes to address it, he backs off. He wants to just reset himself. He got a pat on the back from Thomas Bjorn, the assistant captain with Europe, who is here watching this match for the European hierarchy. Here’s Mroy for the half. And in it goes. In it goes. What an up and down that was from Rory Mroy. And the match remains all square. It really is a tight tight tense tussle between the top two players in the world. Let’s go to James Gray. Well, Ludviggoberg has made a brilliant birdie at the parall sixth hole. The only problem is for the Swede is that Patrick Can unflapable and unfazed has left himself a couple of feet to have the hole. It will be Can’s first birdie of the day just steadying himself now is the man from Long Beach, California in his third Rder Cup appearance. And this place will love to create a bit of noise which they do. Polite ripple of applause. Two excellently constructed birdies. Katherine DS what news of you. Ludvigberg still one up. Yeah. Matt Fitzpatrick just calling in his caddy Dan Parrot for a second opinion on this line because it’s a really tricky looking putt from six feet for par on the on the eight. Yeah. Well, both par threes. Matthew Fitzpatrick has hit about two iron shots into the bunker. Now he’s this Bryson needs something whether it’s a par, he just needs a win somehow and he’ll take it however he can get it. And now we’re starting to see some jeers a little bit from the crowd just to try to spur on Bryson as much as they can. Yeah, Bryson Dashambo raising his hand in the air to call for silence from the the jeering booing New York New York crowd here. They feel that Fitzpatrick has perhaps taken a little bit too long over this putt and he’s missed it. He’s missed it as Matt Fitzpatrick. So that’s a bogey four for Fitzpatrick on the eighth. And now Bryson Desambo has a chance to get one of these five holes back. You’ll take anything you can get, whether it’s a mistake from your opponent or a good shot on your own. But he’s look, he’s already missed. He’s missed one of these already. So we’re about to see if he can if he can make this one and get some confidence back with his putter. Threefooter for Bryson Desau to get the match back. Four down he would be if this finds the bottom of that little white cup carved into the sloping surface of this eighth green wide stance for Desambo and into the hole it goes. So it’s a par for Desambo on the eighth and he has cut the Aras. He’s just four down now. Still a big lead for Matt Fitzpatrick as we head to the ninth. But Bryson Desambo has struck back and maybe that’ll give him a little bit of momentum as will the roars of those New York crowds as he walks up the slope towards the ninth TR. Uh there is plenty of blue on the board. Uh the final match is underway. Bob McIntyre having the first against Sam Burns. I just uh bumped into a couple who I’m assuming are from Sheffield because the man had a Sheffield United shirt on. And they they told told me Alli that they became grandparents at exactly the same time as Matt Fitzpatrick hit that second into 18 last night. So I they seem they seem to be Ali as excited about about Matt Fitzpatrick’s second shot as becoming grandparents yesterday. So they didn’t give me their names. But if your parents are out here and you’ve just given birth, then I’ve just had a chat with them from Sheffield. Okay. Uh plenty of two and fro here. Actually, we’re at the back of the ninth grade. This is one of the rowdiest spots on the course, I think. Good atmosphere around here today. Tommy Fleer just staring into the galleries. He’s taken a few few insults here quite often about the length of his hair. A lot of European support around here as well. You’re talking about blue on the board. There’s six or seven European fans with the blue hair, the big blue bushy curly wigs away to my right hand side. And we’ve had plenty of choruses of Tommy Tommy Fleetwood. Andrew McGee. What about this then? Fleetwood two up on the ninth. 40 foot for Fleetwood, 20 foot for Thomas. I’m just trying to figure out how to call the PG of America and help him with some chance. Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Flewood. It’s beautiful. Yeah, it’s so sweet. What do we have? USA. USA. Every single year, Tommy’s got about 50 footer playing very conservative, but he may just need to play conservative to win this match. Just seen Eduardo Molinari, one of the European vice captains, step in. So Tommy Fleetwood did stare into the galleries there. heard something he didn’t like. Eduardo Molinar is coming to report and three of the security officer, couple of the state police are listening to the complaint from Eduardo Molinario’s fleet continues to play. Great goal for Europe and he’s cozied another putt up. He’s just playing very steady, very short from 40 ft. He’s inches away. So absolutely rock solid par. No pressure on the shorter parts. And Justin Thomas, he just keeps saying to Justin Thomas, come on then. Do something special to beat me. Which Thomas did with the eagle on the six. But it’s it’s squeezing the lemon. And you and I eventually, Andrew, when we get on to the margaritas after the golf tonight, we will be squeezing the lemon. It it’s hard to make 20footers. And he has a 20footer. He’s not feeling that cut shot that you know, you you you can fade the ball. What did What did Luchino say? You can talk to a fade, but a hook won’t listen. So, but he has a pull going right now. He needs to get a little fade so he can get some control with those iron shots. Tunnel vision from Thomas staring at us because we are right behind the line of this putt. Gets ready to send it on its way. Needs something to happen. Rocks the shoulders to loosen up a little. Looks along the line of the putt. Two down after eight. Can he make it one down at the turn? Needs this for the birdie. You’ll know about it if it goes in because this place will explode. The line looks good. Is the pace good? Oh, has it stopped there? How has it stopped there? That is peering into the bottom of the hole. It’s one of those that could almost topple in right at the end. It doesn’t. That needed a smidgen of a roll. A millimeter away from dropping in. And Tommy Fleetwood keeps his two-up lead. Two up at the turn mark. Andrew McGee, do you do you wish we had some more creative chance? Oh, of course. This is uh it’s just monotonous. It’s it’s not good. I’m embarrassed. We don’t have anything but USA. It’s all we have. Do is there a history of of chants and songs? Like if you go to college football, college basketball, is there more? Yes. Yes. College more creativity. Yes, they have some creativity. But I guess when you get older, you lose it. Ain’t that the truth? And by complete fluke, I don’t This is just the way this has panned out. John Murray. How did I know that was coming? I was told to go to you. I didn’t so predictable. How else am I meant to link that? Yes. That also made me raise an eyebrow earlier when you suggested there were more pessimistic people on the team than than you. Anyway, on the on the pessimistic side for Europe here, but on the optimistic side for the United States, Justin Rose is going to do very well to avoid losing this hole and going two down. He was in the sand off the tea. He then mish hit his approach shot from there. His his third shots ended up in a in the green side bunker. However, he splashed out with a brilliant shot right by the whole side. So, I’m I’m thinking, yeah, that’s conceded. That’s conceded by Cam Young. So, that is actually not a bad bogey five. No, a very good bogey five. He’s kind of made a hash of his way up this hole, but a wonderful bunker shot. Nearly went in, but conceded by Cam Young. But um Cam Young obviously in the driver’s seat here on this hole. Just hit a shot into the front right of the green. So not probably only 20 25 ft away. Justin Rose is just going to see what Cam Young does here and make sure that he doesn’t race it past which you’d like to think he wouldn’t, but I suppose in the Rder Cup you never know. Yeah, I think it’s fair enough. You’ve got to make him hit one putt. Um yeah, I mean when you’ve got two putts for it, take them. But um quite right for Justin making him making him take one putt. You never know. Yeah. So um so very shortly I think we’ll be on our way swiftly up the 11th with Cam Young two up in this match. But let’s see. Let us see. Cam Young down on his hornches. I’ve noticed he’s very good at getting up and down on his hornches. He must be very flexible. All those squats they do. That’s likely it on this glorious afternoon. Honestly, blue sky, the warmth, the lovely breeze. It’s like one of those days in the UK that we had this summer, those glorious summer days. That’s what it’s like here at Beth Page Black today. And Cam Young over the ball, rolls it down towards the hole. Gently, gently. Yeah, Justin Rose puts his thumb up. That’s conceded. And so, USA two up in this opening match. Young against Rose. Ian eighth green. and Rory Maroy long range putt looking for a birdie but he’s come up well short there and he’ll have a bit of work to do gets the marker from his right pocket and the door goes a little a jar for Scotty Sheffller here he’s putting from similar distance Ollie Wilson but a much easier putt because he’s coming up the slope having hit it onto the front right corner of this par three yeah he was trying to turn it in and just left it out there Rory over turned. It went a little long left, but as you say, this is straight up the hill. 25 ft. Can be relative aggressive with the uh pace here. And uh see if he can get himself going. Yeah, it’s neither of them has quite fired yet, have they? No, not quite piecing it all together. They’re both playing pretty solid golf right now, but uh there’s been a few ragged shots. Nothing really been converted. And uh you know, it’s been a long week, but I think something needs to get going for the Americans in this match pretty quickly. from Sheffller’s point of view just to get a point having lost all four of his matches so far. The putt is on its way looking for a birdie and it comes to rest above ground. Mroy walks up and uh just nods to the world number one and says, “Yeah, that’s good.” But Mroy will have to putt here and there will be a little bit of movement on this it looks like. Yeah, he um he actually got it pin high from his first putt, but it just massively under red. So I think it’s about 2 feet, but definitely got some break right to left in here. He’s given it all the care in the world as uh it’s obviously very important try and keep um the momentum for going in the match for him right now. But the first put was quite weak. A little bit disappointing from there. There’s big beast pride at stake here as well, isn’t there? Oh yeah, I mean world number one, world number two. It’s uh you can tell just with the amount of people out here how big a deal this is and certainly the rest of the team will be looking to this match as well. Keegan Bradley has been with this match every step of the way. The American captain Maroy makes his par putt and on we go to the ninth. There’s only ever been one hole in it and it is now still all square heading to the final hole of the outward half and Maroy and Sheffller climb the hill up to that ninth T. John Ram pard the fifth uh Color Mar sorry Zander Schoff bog the fifth. So that gap has now gone to just one down for John Ram. So there’s still Europe up in five, America up in three, and three are all square. Matt Fitzpatrick, four up on Bryson Desau, but I think cat he might be in a spot to bother. Oh, he is. And he’s just slashed this ball out. It looks like it’s going to be a remarkable scramble for Matt Fitzpatrick. The American crowd are cheering because it’s skipped through the green and just nestled down into the rough beyond the green. But wow, what a scramble from Fitzpatrick. A couple of wobbles from him. He’s carved out this big lead. He was five up standing on the eighth TE, but he put it in the bunker and bogeied the eighth. So Bryson Desambo got one hole back. So he is four up as we walk down the ninth fairway. And Matt Fitzpatrick’s T-shot missed the fairway here on the ninth. Went well wide into the trees. And we’ve talked about how the rough is cut very short here. It’s not really a problem, but beyond the rough and beyond the fairway, you’re into the woodland. And that where that’s where Matt Fitzpatrick was. Just tell us, Sean, what a great shot that was for Fitzpatrick out of the trees. Well, that was a fantastic shot. And he he would have been back here with us in the grand stands if the greens weren’t soft. But I mean, you know, we saw in the last hole where the fans were maybe just starting to give him a little bit. He backed off. He missed that putt. Bryson was having to try to calm the people down. People were excited that he missed the fairway and now we saw the f this really the first cheer I’ve really heard today of him missing a green. Of course, that’s probably the worst shot he’s hit all day, too. He has. He’s through the back of the green here with Bryson Desambo just ploning his approach shot down 20 ft from the pin. It’s advantage to Shambo once again here on the ninth. He’s rallying a little bit here. The former US Open champion James. Well, Ludvig Oberg is eyeing up an eagle putt here at the par 57th hole. A glorious high towering iron shot to leave himself 25 ft. Canplay’s eagle tried to come. The ball on the way from the Scandi superstar. Oh well, it just grazed the left edge. And despite the fact that Canlay’s been very frugal with conceding putts, I suspect that that one will be lifted up. The Swede bends down, lifts that ball up and into the pocket it will go. So can play will look to try and even this match up with an eagle. Remember both players coming off the back of birdies at the previous. It was really, really good stuff. It was there as it has been here. can play with a nice sliding left to right for iron of his own to just go beyond this pin and now can play this talismanic figure who’s had a decentish week to be fair who thrives in the thrill of the most intense of battles is ready to go here Ice as he’s known an eight time PGA Tour winner three President Cup appearances and this his third Rder Cup appearance although American crowd would have loved this one if he could bury this one to peg this one back to all square. Look for Goldberg just glancing over his shoulder at how that leaderboard looks and he’ll be pleased with what he sees. He providing one of many splashes of blue at the moment. The ball on the way. Can play stays down. Likes it. Asking it to slow down actually as it dribbles on by. It dribbles on a good way by. Cat downs. Where what news of where you are? Matt Fitzpatrick has reached his ball that’s bounced through the back of the green after that remarkable shot from behind. a big towering oak tree down the right hand side of the night. The ball skipping through the green. He couldn’t control it and it’s gone through the back and now he has a little chip back up towards the pin. Bryson Desambo into 25 ft. He’ll have that for a birdie. And an American Wasp has decided to take a dislike to Matt Fitzpatrick just buzzing in his ear. So Fitzpatrick swaps that away. Steps away from the ball now standing ready to swing this club. Sends the ball up. It bounces in the long rough and it’s trundling down towards the hole, but it didn’t get the line that he wanted. Didn’t find the landing spot that he wanted, James. And he’s got six, seven ft or so to save his par with Bryson putting for a birdie, James. So, can play taking really good care over this one. He was obviously so intent on the line and trying to find that eagle to even this match up that he’s forgotten all about the speed and that’s a classic case of things that can go wrong in match play. And Ludvig just takes the cap off, wipes the sweat from his brow. It’s a very very hot afternoon as John was telling us earlier on. Can play now just rocking the shoulders just practicing that stroke as he hopes to just keep this match where it is. One down can play at the moment to keep it that way. This to match the birdie of the Swedish superstar in Ludvig gober. Eight years his senior is the American long in the tooth. Will hold many of these under the kosh and he does knock that one in as well. super standard. We’re seeing Oberg has three birdies, but he’s only one up cat. They’ve been chanting his name, Bryson Desambo, as he walked up to this ninth green. 25 ft for a birdie to beat Matt Fitzpatrick here on the ninth. Sends this one up and through his shadow. That’s the track it will take. Just doing a couple of little practice swings as he nestles the putter into the crook of his left elbow. That rigid stance with the rounded shoulders, head bowed, red cap today for the American team. Looking once, twice towards the hole. And now he’s ready to pull the trigger and send the ball towards the cup. And it’s in. And it’s two holes on the bikes for Bryson Desau. He’s gone from five down to three down in the space of two holes. All it takes is one win of a hole to change the momentum. We can feel it. Matthew Fitzpatrick hit a really poorly executed drive and left himself 200 plus yards into a tucked pin. Bryson hasn’t made a putt all day, but now he’s made his first for many more to come. So we make the turn here and the Aras have been cut. It’s Matt Fitzpatrick leading three up and he needs a bit of a reset here Mark because Bryson Dambo has got some momentum behind him and he is bouncing off towards the 10th T. He uh he slammed his putter Jamie Donaldson, didn’t he? Into his bag. Lowfived captain Keegan Bradley who then also patted him on the backside as well. He’s pumped, but he’s going to need more than that. He is. He’s obviously won two holes in a row, which is fantastic. But playing against uh uh Fitzpatrick that’s got Sheffield steel running through his veins at the moment. He’s still three down. Let me just uh take you through all the scores on the course because we have to keep doing this now. All 11 matches are out there. Victor Hovland injured. So him and Harris English get half a point each. That’s what’s taken us to 125. So Cam Young two up on Justin Rose. Tommy Fleewood two up on Justin Thomas. Matt Fitzpatrick is now three up on Bryson Dashambo. Sheffller and Maroy are all square as we’re hearing from James Greg. Ludvig Ober is one up on Patrick Canle. John Ram has won two holes on the trot. He’s won the fifth and the sixth. The first in pard, the second with a birdie and now he is all square with shoffley. Seps tracker one up on JJ Spawn. The American has just won the fifth to reduce the deficit there. Uh Larry and Henley are all square. Lowry won the first, Henley the second, they are on the fifth. Uh Ben Griffin continues to be one up on Raasmus Hoyard. He was two up through three, but Hoyard’s just pulled one back on the fourth. Tier Hatton one up on Colin Moracawa and McIntyre and Burns are all square. And as I was reading that list, Shane Lowry went one up on Russell Henley on the fifth. So Europe are now up on 1 2 3 4 5 6. The Americans are up in two and we are all square in three. We will go to Alli. Europe then closing in on victory, but still plenty of work to do as Justin Thomas hits a little flop from a collar of rough over a bunker towards the pin on the 10th green. He’s judged that pretty nicely into about 6 ft. Chance, Andrew McGee, for Justin Thomas to win a hold back here. Two down at the turn. Both of them missed this 10th green from distance. Justin Thomas has been struggling with his irons. He came up short and right. Tommy Fleetwood in the bunker on the left hand side, one of these vast sort of sprawling white sandy bunkers. And he’s only managed to get that shot to about 30 feet, maybe even a little bit more. Yeah, it’d be easy to see. We were just talking about this, that they have to be tired. I mean, can you imagine Fleetwood last night thinking this thing is kind of wrapped up. Probably didn’t sleep a whole bunch last night and and then Justin Thomas has played every match. Um I think that’s almost three or four for Thomas. Uh but this is I mean we’re tired and we’re just out here walking carrying you’re carrying a microphone. I’m carrying an empty bottle of water. It’s a it’s a long week. Um their shots are pretty loose at this point. Yeah, Fle Fleetwood’s played four, Maroy for Ram for Ian Carter. What’s happening with Rory Maroy? Well, at the ninth he’s got his second shot in and he knows he’s under the Kosh from the rough down the left hand side because Scotty Sheffller has hit trademark Scotty Sheffller all over the flag. Beautiful approach finishing just to the left by about five six feet. So a real look at Birdie and pressure on Mroy. this match all square between the top two players in the world. Mroy, it’s only a wedge in after a booming drive to this par 4 ninth. Sends it up into the clear blue skies. I don’t think it’s got the length. It lands on the green and it settles down and it’s 25 ft from the cup. So advantage on nine alli. Well, Tommy Fleetwood has has raced his parad attempt on the 10th way by the hole here. Justin Thomas 6 feet away for par. Has has Tommy Fleetwood lost his turn here, do we think, Andrew McGee? I think he is next up. Let’s just let’s just say Thomas is 5T. So Fleetwood is further. He’s doing his aim point. What is that exactly? Can you explain it to the please? I think I think having Having having done the walking I’ve done. Okay, forget about it. Let’s just watch the shot. Tommy Fleetwood at least 6 7 ft past the hole for bogey. It’s a method for lining up putts, isn’t it? It’s where the golfer stands facing the hole directly. So, they’re side on when they hit the putt, but they line the putt up by sort of standing over the line of the ball and they’re trying to get the sort of feel of the slope in the green underneath their feet while pointing out their hand. And with the fingers, I think they’re working just how many sort of fingers it is outside the cup. Is that is that a reasonable explanation of aim point? I I think I got it, but not a single listener got that. No, they won’t have a clue. Tommy Fleetwood putting for bogey. It’s probably not going to be enough. It goes in. He gets it in. So Tommy Fleet down in five on the 10th. John Murray, what’s happening with you? Thomas has a putt to win the hole here on 10 to get back to one down. Okay, Cam Young has a long long put. This would be to win a second consecutive hole against Justin Rose, which is 30 ft or more up by the whole side. I think that is conceded. Yes, but Rose still has to finish off to have this hole and to stay two down. Okay, Justin Thomas ready to go. He’s going to take every care here. I mean, it is vital. I mean, the USA up in two matches at the moment. Let’s not forget they win need to win these singles 9 and 1/2 one and a half to pull off the most remarkable comeback win in Roter Cup history. It is so unlikely at this point but every single putt counts and Justin Thomas protecting the 100% record has never been beaten in singles has won all three of his matches in previous RED Cups. Here he is two down against Tommy Flee but just brushes a little imperfection away behind the ball on the putting surface. Gets down on his hornes behind the ball. Slings out his right arm just to loosen the sleeve. There’s always a little bit of this sort of touching and you know what he’s doing. He’s got his right hand. He’s like he’s like he’s bowling. He’s he’s swishing his right hand like he’s bowling the ball into the hole and how that break would look. There we go. Got a bit of crown green bowling expertise from Justin Thomas. Four five ft. I think this for par and that will be enough to win the hole. And Tommy Fleetwood will be one up with eight to play. Thomas gets it. Fleetwood one up eight to play. on Justin Rose does haul out from 4 ft to have the hole and European cheers in the stands but the Americans two up in this match. Cameron Young two up in the opening match out Ian ninth green Rory Maroy the 36-year-old from Northern Ireland with a 25-footer for birdie that he will feel is must make because Sheffller is in close after a brilliant approach. Maroy strikes the putt. It begins his journey. Looks good, then shaves the hole. Gave it too much and it’s run on by three and a half, four feet. Yeah, really aggressive attempt there from Rory trying to stamp. I think he feels like Scott is going to make this. So, this could be a bit of a turning point in this game. That was classic Sheffller with his approach. It was. You could see it was a stock shot for him. Just sort of feathering it in from left to right. Right hand underneath the shaft, holding it in there, pin high. Perfect shot for him. 5 ft. Not too much movement on this put either, it doesn’t look like. No, it looks pretty straight. I think uh given the pace that Rory hit that, he knew that this was really important to get in. So, I think in his mind, he’s probably thinking this is in and I’m going to be one down heading into the back nine. Seen a couple of former American Rder Cup captains out watching this match as well as Keegan Bradley, the current Ryder Cup captain, who seems to have scooted on and rejoined Bryson Desambo. very quickly to James where Patrick Can has a birdie putt from around 3 ft here at the par 38 eighth to tie this match make it all square Ian back to you quickly. Yeah, here is Scotty Sheffller now. He’s ready to go with his five-footer to go one up for the first time in this match. Ninth green Sheffller the world number one misses to the right. That was poor. That was really poor. Back to you James Can finally ready to knock this one in. He very nearly held out with his T-shot. Did Patty ice unflapable, unshakable and makes this match all square. Lovely birdie three for the each of them Ian and can play in Oberg. All square through seven. Oh yeah. Back here at the ninth. Little bit of byplay between Mroy and Sheffller. Maroy as I say has got good three and 1/2 ft here to save his par make the half. That chance missed by Sheffller and at first it looked like it hadn’t been conceded but it was. Maroy makes his par putt. So, this tight tussle continues. Going to have to find a different way of saying that. But anyway, it’s still all square and we’re into the back nine. The players are off to the 10th. Neither at the height of their powers. It’s a real grind for both of them. And the tension of the match seems to be bleeding into their performance a little bit. That was a real missed opportunity as far as Scotty Sheffller was concerned. It was. You can’t afford to miss those against world number two Rory Maroy. But a huge bonus for Rory. He would have had in his mind that he was heading one down on that back nine. So to uh to be going into it all square hill filler like that’s a bit of a bonus. Yeah. Nine-hole shootout in this match, the fourth one out on the course. Rory Mroy against Scotty Sheffller. Ollie, can you can you understand that it might be a bit of a grind for the two of them given the overall match situation and they’ve played every session? Oh, 100%. I mean, it’s a tiring week. Um they’ve both got the sort of weight of the worlds on their shoulder. I mean Russell Henley said exactly that that Scott is sort of carrying the team and you can tell that he’s carrying that that pressure. Rory I think is probably just fatigued. It’s been an incredible display of golf for the next the last couple of days. So it’s impossible for them to be fully fresh. They’re just digging deep in energy reserves and adrenaline trying to carry that through and that’s why the crowd’s so important from American perspective too. And look, just before just I just wanted to complete the point that I was making earlier about the former captains Cory Paven watching this match. So too Tom Layman and I I sort of teed it up and I didn’t get to say it. So no problem. I just thought I should finish that. Yeah. And you would imagine Katrina as well that if if the score was I don’t know 9 and a half 7 and 1/2 that that match Maroy Sheffller would have a very different feel to it. Yeah, I think perhaps there might just be a little more intensity to it. Um, I think they’re kind of probably just toying with each other a little bit. I mean, it is tricky. I’m surprised that Keegan Bradley’s stayed with that game for so long. I thought he might have been bouncing around these top three games, especially with Cam Young, you know, out first, a rookie playing Justin Rose, an experienced player. I mean, I’d have thought Scotty Sheffller, world number one, could cope with it. Could cope with it on his own. At the moment, Europe are up in four. The Americans are up in two and five now are all square out on the course. That’s with with Kantlay reeling in Ober on the one side and Ram who’s reeled in Schoffé on the other. Where should we go? We’ll go well as as John Murray’s alongside Katra. No, we’ll go to the other cat. Catherine uh watching Bryson and Matt Fitzpatrick. Yeah. And there’s a real tension now to this match. Matt Fitzpatrick still three up, still with a good advantage, but Bryson Desambo has won the last two holes on the bounce. He’s won the eighth, he’s won the ninth. And the two of them just slightly misjudging their approaches into the 10th here. So Bryson Desambo overegging it, bouncing through the back. He’s playing from just in front of the thousands of spectators that still ring this this 10th green here. They’ve given him a warm welcome as he’s walked up the fairway. pops the ball up and that one gathers on the slope and is borrowing down towards the hole. Lovely little chip from Bryson Desambo. Should be able to nudge it in there for his part. Well, that really was a great shot, but a huge error by him flying it over the pin there. He had a great opportunity there and he had the tougher of the two chips. Now, this is the third green in a row that Matthew Fitzpatrick has missed, and it gets us a chance to look at his cross-handing chipping style, which is is quite a bit unusual. Yeah, because he puts his left hand down below his right, but he plays obviously the rest of his golf the other way round. Well, we certainly see a lot of players that putt cross-handed, but you don’t see very many. There’s Matthew Fitzpatrick, BJ Sing, and Steuart Sink now to do it. Well, he’s popped the ball out of the rough now. And that one has landed on the green and that is rolling up towards the flag. Comes up about 4t away from the cup, though. So, I think from where we’re standing, he’s going to have the longer putt for par. He will, but he’s got a pretty straight straightforward four or five footer. You know, we turned in chipping contest and now we’re now we’ve got two partners, two players putting for par. But I think Matthew Fitzpatrick may have a little bit longer of a putt than than Bryson. And he will be feeling the heat here, won’t he, Fitzpatrick? He built up such a big lead. Five up he was as they headed to the eighth T. And you once you’ve got a a lead like that, it must start playing in the back of your mind. I can’t let this one snow. It’s it’s like a player getting on a bogey train. You think you’re playing pretty well, you make a bogey, make another one. It just gets gets inside your head. He had flawless golf and all of a sudden one one hiccup, one misplayed shot into a par three and now he’s lost two holes in a row. So Fitzpatrick looking to steady the ship here with a par up from about four five ft. And it’s noticeable as we’ve walked further down the course and and the scoreboard has changed that the decibel level among the crowd has changed. They had such belief at the start of the day. The US fans determined to try and roar their side to this record comeback. They need 10 points from the 11 singles matches out on the course at the moment. Looking away at the big scoreboard over to the right. The European team are up in four. The US team are up in two matches. And all of the other 11 are all square. A few booze and jeers ringing out there, Sean, for Matt Fitzpatrick. They’re a bit annoyed by how slow he can be on the greens. Well, now Matthew has backed off a couple. He’s brought his caddy in and he hasn’t done that pretty much all day. So, there’s been a few things change and you can start to get the sense that he slowed down just a little bit. And I’m sure Bryson Bryson doesn’t like that. He’s a He’s a quick tight player. But, you know, I imagine Matthew to go ahead and make this putt. But we It’s really quiet back here, isn’t it? It’s really quiet. It is. It is. It feels like Feels like a respectful golf crowd once again, doesn’t it? just those few booze as Fitzpatrick backed off that one and he sends the ball up and into the hole. So, he’s in for the part and now Bryson Desambo has won from about 3 ft or so after that lovely chip from the back of the green for the two-time US Open champion. And that would mean that the hole is halved in par. And that would be quite important for Matt Fitzpatrick just to stop the the advance of Bryson to Shambo. Well, we call it stop the bleeding is what we say say here. But again, Bryson’s got the tough of the two putts, but one thing about match play, you got to make the putt. You can pick a firmer line and play it more straight. Yeah, I saw it. I saw it. Big shouts echoing through the trees from elsewhere on the course. I’m sure we’ll update you with the action here on Five Live in a few moments time. Just staying here on the 10th to see whether Bryson Desambo can put this one away. 3 ft or so. Slippery one down the hill for Desambo. His bright red baseball cap is picked out amongst the the myriad colors behind the green here on the 10th. Enormous dragonfly. Looks like a miniature helicopter buzzes above the green as Dambo tickles this one down the slope and it’s in and a roar of approval from the crowd. So the hole is halved in pass and Matt Fitzpatrick is still three up here as we go to the 11th alley. So just looking at the big screen away to my right hand side. 11 singles matches out on the golf course. Five of them halved at the moment. America up in two. Europe up in four. Three of the matches Europe are up in only one up Fleetwood Striker and Lowry. Andrew McGee and I with Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas. And he’s whipped them up here. Justin Thomas and not by waving his arms and jumping around by a fabulous shot uh from the left hand side of this fairway. Missed it with the driver like he’s been doing this afternoon. The pin is right at the back of this 11th green. He went bold and brave there. Andrew McGee. He’s knocked it into That’s got to be inside 10 ft. It’s difficult to tell from this distance. And as you were saying, Tommy Fleetwood just looking a little bit tired at the moment. Found a fairway bunker off the tea. Good shot from there, but he’s a good 30 ft from the hole. Fleet’s got to find something here, hasn’t he? I think he needs a banana. There you go. Little banana. Little little help. But we we did have Keegan Bradley run up and rile the crowd up a little bit. Let’s go to Cat. Let’s see what’s going on. Ian, sorry. Yeah, we’re at the 10th. Rory Mroy in a fairway bunker down the left hand side and he’s missed the green by quite some distance short and left and there is trouble down there and Mroy backed off his T-shot earlier on this 10th hole pointed to someone in the crowd. So the first moment or incident of this match Luke Donald has been here with him and has walked along. Mroy had a word with the referee after uh what happened there as well. So, we’ll just keep an eye on the atmosphere here around the the more boisterous parts of the golf course as we go to Alli. Yeah, we saw a little bit of it Ian with Tommy Fleetwood around the ninth green. Eduardo Molinari, the vice captain, stepped in and made the point, I think, to try and get the individual removed. Fleetwood up the hill from 30 ft, probably more. Turning right to left, wants it, begs it to drop, lifts a right foot in the air, almost as if to try and kick it in. Has rolled it up close to the hole. Difficult to tell how close from here, but the point is it’s not going to be a birdie. He bends down and marks the ball. You can never tell, you know, with Tommy Fleet. I The energy levels must be low, Andrew, because he has really put in an unbelievable shift for Europe. The way he carries himself and walks, it’s always a little bit hang dog. Anyway, so you you can’t quite tell, but I tell you what, if Justin Thomas knocks this in and gets the match back to all square, he’s going to have the energy. There’s nothing much we can say. I think you’ll be able to hear lots of spectators back in this corner. We’re We’re stuck by 10T. We’re stuck by what’s that other hole over there? Number 12T T. There’s lots of holes right here. This back corner of Beth Paige Black. Justin Thomas over have a good look. He knows how important it is to get momentum. You don’t just have to win one hole. You’ve got to pile up wins to get momentum. Talk momentum. Cam Young is up in the top match. Two up on Justin Rose. I was looking back in the history books when they won the USA in 1999 under Ben Krenshaw 106 down going into the singles and at the time that was a record comeback win. Obviously Europe did the same thing at Madina in 2012. The Americans won the first seven points available in that session. They went from 106 down to 1310 up. They got on a roll. The place went nuts and they turned the whole match around. That is what they’re trying to do here. And Justin Thomas is trying to get this match back to all square. He was two down at the turn. So this is for backto- back wins of holes. This is for a birdie standing tall. Grand stand behind him. 11th green. Ball on its way. That was no distance at all. Justin Thomas turns to those American fans. Clenches his fist. Turns again. Clenches both fists. Roars at the fans. Gets them going. He’s got the match back to all square. He still believes. He believes. He said some good shots. That’s what happens when you hit a few good shots in the room. Maybe the pull is out of his game now. And he is he’s a guy we got to get fired up. And like Bryson, he’s our other guy that fires up the crowd. But we have a leader right now. Justin Thomas is our leader for the US team. Yeah. Desambo coming back against Fitzpatrick. Still three down. Justin Thomas has got it back to all square. John Murray in your match. Cam Young ahead. Yes. Of the of the two matches and I do have a screen to my left here of the two matches out on the course uh that are that see red on the board. So two matches in which the US are up. This is the one where they’ve got the biggest lead. The first match out. Cam Young two up on Justin Rose. We’re at the 12th, the par four. And actually Justin Rose has got more than a sniff of a chance of winning this hole. He does indeed. Cam Young missed the green. Kind of pin high left just in the rough. And and I’d say kind of semifluffed that chip. Kind of got away with it a little bit. It’s kind of trickled down and run to probably about 10 ft. And Justin had a pretty good putt up from probably about 60 ft to maybe 3 4 feet. Cam Young has struggled with that shot. I watched him yesterday afternoon when he was playing with Thomas against Mroy and Lowry and and he fluffed a couple of chips and now he now he’s done that again and Justin Rose I don’t think his putt’s been conceded. He did mark it but from 30 35 40 ft he rolled it to uh to quite close range. So now the pressure for the first time in a little while is on Cam Young here to hold this one from probably 15 18 ft. Yeah, you never want to lose a hole to a bog gate. And you know on the on here the the 11th 12th hole, it’s not the time you want to start losing any holes. So he’s going to be wanting to get this one in. So this as he just steps away. This is lengthy putt for par at the 12th. Tiny little grand stand at the back of this hall. one of the smallest and I would say actually probably about 50/50 in terms of Europe support and US support in that stand given their reactions and they are staring down now on the tall curlyhaired at least that curly wavy hair sticking out of the back of his red cabam young who will now put for par and on its way towards the hole it goes and in well played that’s an excellent fall from where he was after the after the flu fluff chip and actually he has not conceded the Rose put. So Rose still has to put out but James Greg what news. Patrick Klay has a put for a fourth birdie in a row and more pertinently in this match. It will send him one up and put some more red on the board here at the ninth. This place will erupt if this one goes in. It’s looking good. It’s tracking. Oh, somehow it’s missed. Somehow it’s missed. Ludvig Oberg with a very lucky escape there. Can gave himself a wonderful look. Ian Carter at the 10th where Rory Mroy escaping from the rough but finding yet more rough. He goes from the left of the green goes all the way over the green and settles down into thick rough beyond the flag. So trouble for Mroy although Sheffller has missed the green as well and has a tough line. John Oh, Justin Rose has missed it. He’s missed the short putt. We thought he might win this hole. He’s lost it. And Justin Rose is now three down. He missed from what, three feet at lipped out. Yeah. And what a huge turning point. It did look at one point as though he might get it back to one down there. And now he’s three down. He just looks, I don’t know, a little little tired, a little jaded today. Maybe all that wonderful golf he played yesterday in the first day is just catching up with him. So the tide in this match has turned against Justin Rose quite significantly. Ian Scotty Sheffller with his third shot to this par for Rory M in thick rough in three to the right of the green. Sheffller in thick rough to the left of the green and just backed off that and now he’s ready to go again. There was someone said something in the crowd or just did some movement that put him off, but now he’s ready. face wide open on his wedge, delicately lifts it up onto the green, allows the ball to release and trundles down. It’s okay. It’s gone to about 12 ft mark. Mroy right up against it here. Needs to get up and down for some thick rough. Well, I I wouldn’t say Europe are up against it at the moment, but they have had a terrible half hour or so. Remember at one stage they were six up. Oh, six games they were up in out on the board. Now that has properly turned round with Cameron Young going three up on Justin Rose. But let me tell you what else has happened. Some of this you will have heard. Fleewood and Thomas are all square. Matt Fitzpatrick still three up on Bryson. Maroy and Shefflet are all square. Can’s got Ober back to all square. Schoffé and Ram Ram are all square. JJ Spawn has pulled it back against Seer by winning the seventh. They are all square. Lowry is one up on Russell Henry. Ben Griffin one up on Rasmus Hoygard and Colin Marakawa has gone from one down against Tirrell Hatton to one up by winning the fourth and the fifth. McIntyre all square with Sam Burns and all of a sudden you can feel it around the 14th here Ian. There’s no golf here yet. They’re starting to wait for the players to come through here but the US have got some momentum. You can feel it here as well. Mroy fluffs his chip from the thick grass. It only just makes it onto the edge of the green. Well, not even the edge of the green, just the the moan fairway portion, the apron if you like. So, he’s now had four shots here and he’s still not on the putting surface. Sheffller three shots. He’s got a par putt of around about 12 ft to win this hole and go one up. And it just feels like Sheffller’s got the ascendancy at the moment. Just sloppy for Rory there. looking at one of those real match plate mistakes where he’s just giving almost given the hole to Scottish Heffler. I thought he would have gone and looked at Scotty’s liar given the fact that he’d hit it over there in the rough but he didn’t. He just went about his business and uh and maybe just a little bit too aggressive getting in there and he’s you know one of those cardinal mistakes. But here we got Scottish Heffler 15 ft for par and to win the hole. Yeah, with Mroy who’s going to be either chipping or putting with his next shot, his fifth shot on this hole if he needs to play. Here comes Sheffler to go one up. Sends the ball forward. Will it disappear? No. Story of this round. Burning the edges of the hole, but never really looking like holding anything. No, it was a clumsy chip from the rough. Um, just I think a little bit thinking about what Roy had done gone through. He knew that he he just need to get it on the green and give himself a chance and there’s a strong possibility of winning the hole. But he’s left the door a jar now for Rory. It’s not a straightforward put coming through that first cut, but about 12 15 ft to try and extend this match and keeping it all tied. Very quickly to cat. Well, Patrick taking his time just putting the ball down and con conversation with Caddy Dan Parrot. He’s got this birdie pot from about 30 feet or so up the slope of the green on the 11th. Bryson Desambo missing with his approach. He’s bounced down into the rough beyond the green. So Fitzpatrick here to pile the pressure on Desambo. If this goes in, Desambo has to chip in and he’s ready to send this on its way. But Ian, quickly back to you. Yes, is Mroyy’s attempt to make the half. And no, it doesn’t. So Mroy has lost the 10th to a bogey. Double bogey for Mroy. Bogey for Sheffller. And that’s enough for the world number one to move ahead in this match for the first time. He goes to the 11th T and leads one up. Back to you, Cat. Fitzpatrick’s long birdie put misses only just. It’s conceded. So Fitzpatrick in here on the 11th for a par. And listen to the crowd trying to G Bryson to Shambo up. They know if he can chip in from just a couple of paces off the back of the green here, then he will get another hole back. And that will be three in four holes going the way of Bryce and Desambo. American captain Keegan Bradley is here. He knows that Desambo’s got something on the move here. And this would well this would send the whole place absolutely crackers if he can find the bottom of the cup from the back of the green. He’s just swishing the face of the club through this long grass. Now he’s ready. Little gentle pop up. Now he’s leaning, trying to steer the ball around to the right, but it’s not going to go. and he swishes the club into the rough in frustration. And now he will uh he’s been told he’s got to putt it. Matt Fitzpatrick is not conceding anything here. He stands completely unmoved as the crowd boo. He hands his putter to Dan Parro and he folds his arms Matt Fitzpatrick as if to protect himself from the booing and jeering of the crowds. But he’s going to make Bryson Desambo part this. And you would as well, wouldn’t you, Shawn McKel? You know, I think as a player, it doesn’t really bother you too much because you just expect the player not to give it to you unless it’s within kick in range. So, he’s he’s not bothered by this. But you you can certainly tell by the approach shots who was behind. Matthew Fitzpatrick played a very conservative kind of approach shot in here. And Bryson Bryson’s forced to try to make birdies, but he’s got such a great short game and we saw it right there. So, I mean, he’s just got to take on some some risk in order to try to catch catch back up in this match. Just a couple of feet then for Bryson Desambo. Matt Fitzpatrick is staring down at the the toes of his shoes. He’s got his hands on his hips as he watches his opponent sizing this one up. Greg Bodin, muscular calves of Bryson Desambo’s caddy. They’re at our eye level because we’re down below the level of green looking up at this elevated putting surface. Steep slope from the back to the front. And Bryson Desambo is going to send this one just rolling down that gradient and towards the hole, tucking the ball marker into his navy blue trousers. The shirt with the bands of blue and red and white wrapping around his thick torso, muscular arms gripping tightly the handle of that long putter. And now he touches the ball into the hole and the hole is halved in par. Matt Fitzpatrick three up with eight holes left to play. So Europe are up in two at the moment. The USA are up in four. Five are all square. It’s still more than enough. Jamie Donaldson Riser Cup winner in 2014. More than enough. The final score would be 16 and a half 11 and a half. But but all of a sudden you can feel it as I’ve said and there’s there’s there’s just the odd nerve or butterfly. Yeah. But more from us uh instead of them. They obviously the lads individually will not be looking at leaderboards. They’ll be just concentrating on their game doing their best to get their point on the board. Uh as we’re looking at the scoreboard, it’s amazing how much it changes. But as they’re playing, they won’t be looking. How can you avoid them? I mean, they they are they are massive and they’re on every hole. How do you avoid them? You just keep your head down, I suppose. Yeah, you keep your head down. You kind of know where you are. Uh you sometimes see it out of the corner of your eye, but you don’t deliberately look. You look start looking down the hole, one shot at a time, looking at the T- shot, looking at the uh your second shot, and just imagining what you need to do on those individual shots to do your best to get your point one. Is that what you’d be telling your players, Katrina? Scoreboards. Yeah, definitely. I mean, you don’t want them looking at the scoreboards, but to be honest, I think it’s kind of inevitable. It’s tough not to look at them. But, um, I think the the main more of the message is just to stay focused and try and win your point, not not think some not rely on someone else to win, not say, “Oh, well, there’s Fitzpatrick, three up, it does not going to matter about my point.” I think you’ve just got to keep focused on your game. You’ve also got to shut the cheers out as we go to Ali with a birdie opportunity for Tommy Fleetwood on 12. Talking about team captains, Luke Donald has arrived. I wouldn’t say he looks concerned. He’s just turned and looked at the giant screen to get a grip on that leaderboard. Tommy Fleetwood’s 30oot putt for Birdie on the 12th has not dropped in. The momentum for the USA turning in this match. Justin Thomas getting inspired, getting them ramped up. He managed to win the 10th with a par. Tommy Fleetwood made a bogey there. Brilliant birdie from Thomas at the 11th and all of a sudden I mean he’s not finding the fairways anyway but with the irons he is firing at flags he’s he’s hitting close here at the 12th. If he holds this he’ll be ahead for the first time. Yeah this momentum is crazy. What a great fight back for for JT. He’s showing a lot of tenacity out here today. This is a very difficult situation. He obviously he is like the leader of this team. He is the cheerleader of this team right now. And I think I think they they know where he is. The players behind us know this is JT up here doing this and they see his numbers on the leaderboard and that that fires up the whole team. USA have had a very good half hour or so RDER Cup singles afternoon boiling sunshine in New York. You’re listening to it on Five Live and BBC sounds and it takes a lot to win these Ryder Cups particularly away from home. Europe have only ever done it four times. That has been the mission this week. the message, our time, our place. And Luke Donald, the man with the message, has his right arm on Tommy Fleetwood’s left shoulder. Good time to talk to Tommy Fleetwood to give him that extra little bit of motivation and energy. But they are watching Justin Thomas try to move ahead in this crucial second match out on course. Cam Young three up on Justin Rose after 12. Sheffller one up on Maroy after 10. Matt Fitzpatrick still ahead against Bryson Dashambo in the third match out on the golf course. But here’s Justin Thomas and he loves moments like this. In the sunshine, in the spotlight, in the American uniform, they are trying to pull off the most incredible RDER Cup winning comeback of all time. They need everything to drop. They need putts like this to go. Here’s Thomas on its way. No distance again. Yes, he’s got it. He’s got it. He is a man inspired for the USA. And they are having a very good spell here on the Sunday afternoon. Lots of red on the board. Cam Young three up, Thomas one up, Sheffller one up. Three of the top four matches go in the USA’s way and Europe have to dig in. Mark, they do red on three of those top four now, which is Young and Thomas and Sheffller. Fitzpatrick holding off a Bryson Dashambo charge though he remains three up. A little bit further down. Xander Schoffé just birded the ninth. John Ram then had a 10-footer to match that birdie. Otherwise, red was going on the board in that match. Rahm made it. It stays all square. The middle group. Can obele Ram Spawn Striker are all square. Lowry continues to be one up on Henley. And it’s going worse for Justin Rose at the top. John things going rather arry for Justin Rose who is middle of the fairway off the tea here at the at the par 513th but inexplicably carved his second shot way way right Katrina into the woods. Yeah, he went for it. He hit a perfect drive and went for it with his 3-wood and I think he just caught the cart path and it’s career down behind the 13th T down into the grand stand. So he’ll be getting a drop from there. Meanwhile, going to have tree trouble, I would say, for his next shot to a tight pin on the right hand side. Meanwhile, Young Cam Young was in the bunker off the off the tea, but splashed out into the roof on the opposite side. However, he has for his third shot hit a terrific effort right at the hole, which is back right, and he actually has got a birdie chance of about 9 ft. So, it this could well go four up United States here in this top match. Katrina, G, given your ex all your experience with these things, if people are listening to us and and starting to wobble, what would you say to them? I think you just got to tell them just to just to keep concentrating on their game. I know it sounds so so ridiculous to keep saying the same thing, but I think again it’s just, you know, try and not look at the leaderboards, just try and concentrate on your game, not worry about what’s happening in else and and try and block out the cheers. Ian, we’re at the 11th. It’s very boisterous here. There’s a lot of momentum about Scotty Sheffller, but it’s been a bit meh from the world’s top two players with wedges in to this par 4 11th. Sheffller spinning his ball back down the slope. The flag located right at the back of the green. So, he’s got a monster putt up the hill and Mroy trying to get it in close, trying to take the spin off a little bit. Tugged his left to the back left corner. James. Well, Ludviggoberg is eyeing up a putt to go back one up in this match. It was a great little barrage of birdies from Patrick Can who birdied six, seven, and eight to make this match all square. Making the turn though, the big Swede has a chance to put some blue back on the board. Some much needed blue here on this final afternoon of the 45th RDER Cup. Here on BBC Radio 5 Live, Ludvig Goberg sends this birdie putt on the way. He stays down on it. He keeps a good eye on it. Oh no, it’s just going to hang on the lip. It’s going to hang on the lip. Canlay still has about 8 ft left for his par. So there’s no guarantees that the Americans do remain all square. Walking towards the 11th T. Ian, back to the 11th green with you. That’s Scotty Sheffller down on his hunches, putting the ball down on the green, picking up the marker, retreating a couple of paces, and repeating that squat just to take one final look at the line for this very long birdie putt. Yeah, it was a bit of a clumsy shot in by Scottish Sheffle. Maybe a slight misstroke and spun it back down that slope. Left himself a tough put up the hill. It’s on the way now, working right to left. Just coming onto this top shelf. It’s h going to be just tailing off to the left. Pretty decent effort, but I think he might still have a little bit left to do on that. So at best a par for Sheffller here at 11. Mroy with a birdie putt to come. James where can is taking good care as he always does over a putt to have this 10th hole in falls. this long 500 yd brutishly difficult par four putting back up the green having chipped well heavy-handedly past this to stay all square against Sweden’s Ludvig Oberg in this fifth match the ball on its way it’s going to stay above ground so well done Ludvig Oberg who put some much needed blue back on the board headed towards the 11th Ian packed grandstand at the back of the 11th green and then they stand at least 40 deep away to the left hand side on a gentle slope. People craning their necks to watch the world number two here looking for an unlikely birdie to level this match. Scotty Sheffller one up on Rory Mroy. Mroy strikes the putt. It’ll have a little bit of left to right. It’s on the way. He likes it. He likes it and he loves it and he clenches his fist because the ball has disappeared into the hole and at the very first opportunity Mroy bounces back, levels the match all square. Brilliant. These two heavyweights have been shadow boxing. No one has landed a blow until then. That was a monster from Mroy and it disappeared to level the match. What a pop from Rory Maroy. Jamie Donaldson. Just unbelievable. What a time to do it. Board starting to go red. Obviously, he’s not looking at that, but he’s hit a great put across the green. Big swinger right into the middle of hole. Magnificent. And just before he did that, a little bit of red disappeared off the board as well. Ben Griffin bogeying the seventh. Raasmus Hoygard winning that in a par. And so they go back to all square as well. So Europe are up in two, the United States are up in three, and all the others, the other six are all square at the moment. John Murray where in the first match out as we as you heard from us last time you were with us Justin Rose who was three down in this match had carved his second shot way right of the green at the par 513th and I I mean I’ve never seen anyone down there all week and I’ve got a great view haven’t we Katrina down the hill so the green is to our right Cam Young’s ball is on the green and he’s got a very birdable chance from probably 7 ft and looking at him standing on the top of the Well, then swiveing left, there is a huge drop down a grassy bank, trees all around. There is a wooden fence. Then there’s a cobbled verge. Then there’s a road. Then you come to the 14th T with all of the red awnings on it. And then there is another cobbled verge. Then there’s a grassy bank. And Justin Rose’s ball was in that grassy bank up against the back of the 14th T. Yeah. And he’s got the rules official down there and they’re just going through their options. If he did drop it down there, he’d be he’s on a bit of a steep slope, the ball above his feet. So, I saw his caddy there, Mount M. Future. I’m not sure whether he’s able to drop on the other side of the stand as well. He was up looking to see if he’d have a shot over the trees, but there certainly the referee’s on talking to someone else trying to get the options that he’s got from down there. Yeah. So Rose, I mean, I thought I saw him taking the drop, but the the referee, this is this is Jeff Kiddy, the referee who was on his who was overseeing the uh the sand incident, if you remember uh a little earlier on the fifth when everyone was on the ground clawing the uh the sand with their fingers and so Justin Rose is still very much in discussions. The referee’s pointing his finger at the ground, pointing up here towards the green. Yeah, they’re still I mean the crowd are getting a little restless now wanting a decision made, but um they’re still definitely going through their options which side of this um penalty area they can go to. Not penalty area, so temporary immovable obstruction the stand. So this may go on for some time Mark uh while uh the uh the uh the caddy in fact he is running up here Mark Fulture is running up here towards the green. So nothing’s going to happen immediately. So let’s go to cat downs on the 12th in the stand here. the grand stand away to the back there is a a man dressed as George Washington. He’s complete with the gray wig with the plat down the back and the gold epolettes and the blue tail coat. He’s been leading the chance of Bryson Bryson as the American has walked up to the green here and he has a putt of about 25 ft from below the level of the cup up the hill then for Bryson Desambo for a birdie here. Matt Fitzpatrick beyond the cup by about 20 ft. So, a slightly shorter birdie opportunity to come for Matt Fitzpatrick, but it’s Dumbbo to putt first and he’s ready to go. One last wiggle of those very solid looking shoes of the big Californian. And now stock still. Everything silent. Just a little breeze blowing across the green. Insects dancing and the ball on its way to the cup. I’m not sure he’s given it enough. Oh, he has. He has it. snatched in by the left side of the cup and Bryson Desambo lets out an enormous bellow and he slaps his chest and he shouts, “Let’s go.” How about that? Well, he he’s super excited. I think he thought he missed that putt out to the right and it just kind of caught the lip. That’s what good speed will do for you when you’re putting. You can You saw the aggressive putt that he did on the on the par three third. This one he rolled it up there. Nice speed and it caught the hole. Had he hit it a little firmer, that would have slipped right out. George Washington flew out of his seat. They’re on their feet in the stand, the 12th uh the 12th grand stand at the back here. They’re all standing up. They’ve all got their necks craneed. They’re all looking down. The marshall raises his hands to call for silence because Matt Fitzpatrick is now placing his ball down behind his marker. And this is a 20footer for Matt Fitzpatrick. turns around for one last chat with Dan Parrot, his caddy with the the long blonde straggly hair beneath the white baseball cap. And they’re they’re having a really good read of this one. What do you think they’re saying, Sean? Yeah, well, I mean, he knows he’s got to make this. He’s he’s a little out little out of sorts lately, but he hit a great shot into the into there. He’s got a straight uphill 15t. It wouldn’t surprise me if he doesn’t hold this. So, the ball on its way. Will it drop? Will it go in? Oh my goodness me. It does. And Matt Fitzpatrick turns to the crowd behind him and he just says, “Settle down. Settle down.” Yeah. He’s giving them a gesture. He’s giving them a a face that says, “Come on then. How about that? If Bryson can do it, I can too.” Well, how about you just call me Nostradamus. I mean, you just feel you can feel when these guys are playing well, putting well. He really needed that. And that pumped him up. That’s not something Bryson needed to see, though. Ian here on the 12th. Our players waiting for the green to clear here and then they will play from almost side by side on the fairway. Excellent drives from both Mroy and Sheffller. Remember they’re back to all square. Mark, I mean a real contrast here on the 14th where there is a long wait for uh for the Europe for the first match to arrive which is Justin Rose and Cam Young. But a real contrast here with Matt Fitzpatrick hold that putt and we had chance of Yorkshire Yorkshire. Yorkshire followed by chance of USA. USA. I’m not I’m not sure the Americans John knew what the Europeans were chanting. Th this is quite the drama we’ve got here Mark because Justin Rose in discussions with the referee remember he was down behind the 14th T and all of the awnings there. There’s a stand behind the tea and it looked as though he’d been given permission by the referee to actually go up onto the 14th T and play this shot across the valley onto the 13th green behind us. And then suddenly the crowds parted up here next to the green. And who comes running through but Keegan Bradley the American captain comes running through down past us down the steps ran up onto the tea where Justin Rose was preparing to play with his hands up in the air obviously saying stop don’t play this and in the end there was a brief discussion he said we’re not allowing this to happen and Justin Rose has been forced to go back down the steps and go back to where his ball originally pitched up down behind the 14th T and and Gigan Bradley’s walking our way now and he’s wagging his finger. He’s shaking his head. He’s right up here now up the stairs. He’s 2 feet away from me. Keegan. Keegan Keegan. I’ve not heard cheers like that since the early 80s and he’s up onto the tea. Can I ask Katrina a question? Play this shot. Katrina, what what’s it got to do with him? Well, he’s a captain, so he’s allowed to go down and and give his piece. I mean, I think he felt that was probably going to be closer to the hole than where Justin is at the moment. And but to be fair to Keegan, he’s absolutely justified to go down and speak to the referee. Luke Donald’s now down there as well. And here on the 14th, as I say, we’re watching everything on the big screen as well. One American behind us, Jamie Donaldson shouted out, “It’s all about you, Ke.” Yeah, bizarre. Um, they need a few more songs for me. So, just keep shouting USA every 5 minutes. Justin Rose plays this shot now up onto the green and he he has got it onto the green and he’s played it to within 5 ft and European teammates up there are punching the air. What a shot from Rose from down totally out of the game in amongst the trees. He’s found a way through and Katrina’s just been up to have a look. Katrina’s nodding ahead. Yeah, absolutely. What a shot. I mean he just seemed to drop that very quickly after all the time it had taken in the discussions and he set it to 5 ft. Quite unbelievable. And now they are both they are both there in three and we’ve got a birdie shootout. And remember in this match Cam Young has a three up lead. But wow what a shamusle. Yeah that was the most bizarre circumstances. Keegan’s maybe wishing he just let him play it from the tea now. Well that was quite the drama. And Keegan Bradley now just looking across at him and he’s got those those big Nike shoes on. He’s got his his feet crossed and he’s got his arms crossed. He looks he looks like the kid at school who’s just being told to go and stand in the corner. And uh he is standing in the corner of the green and he’s leaving it now to the two players. We we’re now because we’re out of position. was staring between legs at the uh golfers on the green and it will be Cam Young and these are both very burgible putts probably 7 ft and 5 ft. Absolutely. But Cam Young’s probably been standing there for the last 10 minutes thinking go I’m probably going to go four up here with five to go. So that was a a real blow for him after standing there for so long. But I I just can’t really say how good a shot that was from Justin Rose from where he was under the circumstances. Well, at the previous hole, we thought it was going to come back to oneup in this match. It ended up three up to the United States. Now, we might see a what you might call a a complete switch about. So, up on the green, Cam Young, he’s got to settle himself again after all of that hulloo. I can just see his ball in between two people’s hips. He shuffles forward. I can see the hold as well. He’s got it in his sights. White glove peeping out of the back pocket of his blue trousers. Cam Young for his birdie. It’s going to miss. It misses on the right. Oh, what drama. And Rose has got a chance to win the hole. Yes, I know. We never would have thought that 15 minutes ago, but yeah, Rose now with a a very makeable 5-footer to win the hole and get back to two down. Can barely believe that. I mean this is this is this is Rder Cook golfing excitement of the highest order and now just peeping over the shoulders of two spectators and I can just see the hole and the ball. Oh, excellent. The cameraman’s just moved out of the way. Justin Rose then this for an unlikely win of the 13th hole to bring it back to two up USA on its way and in. And in Europe win the hole and Justin Rose just picks it out. There’s a little nod little nod to uh in the general direction of Luke Donald as if to say, “Yep, I thought that would happen.” Yep, it was. And you could see Tommy Fleetwood in the match behind. They had obviously played up and he was standing at the front of the green giving a little smile there to Justin when he rolled that one in. So Europe win the hole in a surprising outcome. Well, it is now two up United States after 13 in this match. If this match switches now, Katrina, I would imagine, thank you very much. Keegan Bradley will be said by some of the Europeans. Ian, we’re at the 12th here. Mark and Scotty Sheffller with a 30footer for birdie and Rory Moy fresh off a excellent birdie at the 11th. He’s hit an excellent approach shot into 15 ft in this car for so he needs to hold this from 30 ft all square in this match. The world number one knocks the ball forward. 29 years of of age from Dallas sends it up towards the hole but it doesn’t drop. I think that’ll be conceded as a par four and the door opens for Maroy to turn one down into one up in two holes. Yeah, solid par for Sheffller but that was a great shot in by Maroy as soon as he hit it gave it his his trademark walk holding his club walking towards the target. Landed 10 15 ft just short. Fantastic shot into this back flag. That 40footer that he hold back on the the green there at uh at 11. What a moment. Great moment. I mean, it’s such an amphitheette around that green. There’s two holes, three holes that actually come together. So many people there. It was fantastic to hear the European crowd go wild with a massive scoreboard right on the the side as well. So, everybody knew the situation might inject some life into him now. And he needed it after the double bogey at 6 to 41 down. This to go one up now for Mroy. Standing in splendid isolation on this 12th green. The ball heads towards the hole. Will it drop? No. No. It moves just to the left. So we’ll go to Alli Justin Thomas. The par five 13th green is cleared after all that hala blue. And the reason we’ve got an eye on this third shot Justin Thomas has won the last three holes against Tommy Fleetwood. Two down at the turn. He is now one up. But let’s not forget the sizzling iron shot he hit on the sixth green to hole out for Eagle. It’s that kind of shot he’s facing now. Pin is cut right at the back of this par five green. Huge grand stand behind me. Expectant eyes watching Thomas in the red, white, and blue. America on the charge at the moment. Here it comes at the flag to the right of the flag. Looks good for distance. Couple of bounces and spins. The pressure is on Tommy Fleetwood now. He’s knocked it into about 9 ft at the back of the 13th. Ian, what’s happening with Rory Mroy and Scotty Sheffller? Just to very quickly confirm for you that the hole was halved in par 4’s alley. Uh the uh putt was conceded to Maroy. Likewise for Sheffler. So we’re all square and they’re off to the 13th. Okay, Tommy Fleet were getting ready to play and hit a very similar pit shot here in Andrew McGee. What about that last 10 minutes around this green? Cuz we arrived when it was all going on. It was all kicking off. We say like a kuffle. A kuffle. That’s what it was. I think John had a I think I figured it really I figured this out. It’s the Mongolian reversal that just happened right in front of our eyes. Switcheroo. John Murray. We’re just making our way up to the 14th green because Cam Young has just hit his T-shot. There is applause from up there. Likewise, Justin Rose too. And the uh the flag today, the hole is way over on the right in the shadows. And uh there is one ball just at the front of the green and I’m trying to see where the other one is. I think it might be in the shadows at the back. John. John. Yes. We’re we’re right by the 14th, myself and Jamie. So just about advantage Cam Young. Yeah. Yeah. Very similar. Cam just a little bit nearer. Rosie got an uphill put. Cam downhill. Europe. Europe up in three. Fitzpatrick Ober and McIntyre. The Americans are up in five. Young, Thomas, Schoffé, Griffin, and Morawa. So Spawn and Striker, Henley, and Lowry and Sheffler and Mroy. The only three on the course that are all square. It is still more than enough for Europe to win the 45th Ryder Cop on foreign soil. Alli watching Fleetwood and Thomas. Well, not just a kathuffle, not just a shamos. The other one we use Andrew McGee as a bum fight and at the back of this 13th green. Trying to get in position to commentate when you’re not 6′ 6 in tall like John Murray. You don’t have the height advantage. Trying to get a view is difficult. This RED Cup is bubbling up beautifully at the moment, isn’t it? Oh, bubbling up. I like that. Justin Thomas on the same line as Cameron Young. He didn’t see Cameron Young’s putt. So, he doesn’t get a view of that break as he was out in the fairway 100 yards away. I would say, oh, aim point. Here we go. Aim point. Tommy Fleetwood feeling it there. Feeling it a little bit higher on his left leg than his right leg. Looks lower. Let me just going to go right from backwards. I did that. Stunning Ryder Cup drama on Five Live and BBC Sounds live from New York. Fleetwood is going to be first to put and we are so close. I mean, we could almost tickle the trouser legs of the players here. So, we’ve got to be so careful that we don’t disturb them as they stand over these pressure. I think both with inside 10 ft. Tommy Fleetwood is fighting hard. He’s at everything pretty much his own way at this RDER Cup. He was two up at the turn on Justin Thomas. He finds himself one down, bends down on his horns. Four, five cameras pointing in his direction just in front of me. Snappers all around waiting to get the shots. He moves from sunshine to shade. Bows his head and goes through a couple of very deliberate practice strokes beside the ball to put the pressure on to make the birdie to force Thomas to make his. Tommy Fleetwood needs this. Here it comes on the 13th. He gets it. He gets it. There is no reaction from Tommy Flewood at all. Straightfaced walks to the hole. European celebrations in the grand stand behind. Bumps the fist with Ian Finnish Thomas’ birdie putt to come John on the 14th green or at least standing just off the back of it. It will be Justin Rose to play first. But there’s not much in it. Probably 9 ft 8 ft something like that. But it will be the Europeans to play first. And remember in this match now Cam Young for the USA two up. Yeah. And two excellent T- shots in here into this back right pin position just 6 yds over the bunker and Justin now over their pot. So Rose in the sunshine but shadows in front of him on the green through the shadows it goes towards the hole and in. It drops again for Justin Rose. Big reaction this time. A low punch looked up to the stands behind us and now the pressure is piled on this rider Cookie Cam Young. Oh, hasn’t it just I mean I think that shot in the last hole from the from the stands has just ignited Justin Rose. So Cam Young to play next but Alli Justin Thomas is not too far away. He heard it. He knows he knows the USA need this. He needs this. He’s one up. He’s on the 13th green fleet. But in for Birdie, those shoes with the USA flag emlazed on the back are really quite something with the red baseball cap on his head. Here’s Justin Thomas to try and follow Fleetwood in. Here we go. Will it drop? No, no, no, no. Slides by on the right hand side and Tommy Flewood gets a hold back on the 13th. All square in this one. Five to play. John back to Cam Young who has to hold this to have the hole in birdies at the 14th. this from round about 8 n ft something like that. This RDER Cup rookie probably dreamt of playing in the RDER Cup all his life imagining what it might be like. Well, now he is finding out. The heart must be absolutely pumping. Has to make this to stay two up. It rolls towards the hole and it misses. It rolls by. Put missed at the 13th. now put missed at the 14th. Justin Rose, Katrina Matthew has won two holes in a row and now the American advantage in this top match is back to one up. Absolutely. I think Cameron Young a little shell shocked after those last two holes. I mean, it looked like he was going to win the hole in 13 and then ends up losing it and then hit a fantastic T-shot in there to pop six, seven feet, misses and loses the hole. And what we’ve witness witnessed, Mark, in the last two holes in this match has been right out of the classic Rder Cup playbook. Do do you know what? I’m just looking at the big scoreboard above the four across the 14th green here. And already Thomas and Flewood are on the 14th team, but the Americans at the moment are up in 1, two, three, five, and the Europeans are up in three. And then the other three are all square. But if the match is where a a team has an advantage, the only match that has more than a hole in it is Matt Fitzpatrick who is three up. All the others one up or all square. And remember Europe 12 up. So we’re behind the 14th green alli. I’m you are I can see you on the far side coming our way. Yeah. In those trousers, you been on the scamper mark. So you know what this is going to sound like. for the next 20 seconds or so. Deep breaths everyone. We’ve got ourselves into position. Europe up in three. Plenty of red on the board. Let’s just remind you of the match situation as well in this one. Tommy Fleetwood’s birdie at the 13th has just got it back to all square. Europe 12, USA 5. Two points for Europe to retain the RDER Cup. Two and a half points to win the match. Brilliant hole this par 314 the pin today cut tight right so you got to be brave got to be bold if you’re going to go at it over the deep bunker in front here comes Tommy Fleetwood’s T-shot right into the heart of the green didn’t risk too much left hand side rolls back to the front 30footer maybe more to come Matt Fitzpatrick beautiful third shot into the 13th here stopped it dead four feet from the pin but Bryson Dambo with all that muscle and all that might has landed his second shot on the green here and he will have a putt of 30 ft for an eagle. Matt Fitzpatrick needs to put this birdie away. Alli, so Tommy Fleetwood 40ft birdie putt to come. Five holes to go in this match. Second one out on the course. Justin Rose has won the last two holes in the top match. He is one down going up for 15th. Andrew McGee, you’ve got more breath than me. How you enjoying this right now? Ah, this is lovely. The shortest part three of the day coming up. They’re taking dead aim to this pen that’s cut way right in the shadows of the big oak tree on the right side. taking a chance. If he get that pin just 10 foot left of it would be a brilliant shot. This reminds me, Andrew, this pin position, the way this sets up of the 12th at Augusta on the final day. Pin on the right over the water. The more you, you know, the more you risk, the more you take on, the more danger there is. This is all square and half points no good for the USA. They need to win matches. Justin Thomas, who’s really got it going on the back n has just been No, I don’t think he’s been disturbed actually. He was about to play, wasn’t he? and then maybe the wind has got up and or something’s just put him off and he’s backed off. Well, if you’re not certain, if you’re not decisive, back off. Everybody listening, make a good decision. You’d rather make a decision than not make one at all, which we do so often over the ball. Maybe a little bit of wind puffing up. He knows the seriousness of this shot. He needs this tight to this right hand pinned over. Is that Race Creek? No, that’s that’s Billy’s bunker over there. Beth Paige Black in New York. Bright blue skies above. Ultimate pressure. Stadium golf. Justin Thomas away in the distance on the raised tea. Hitting over the valley over the cavernous valley. The ball is on its way. It’s got plenty enough. It’s well left of the flag. It lands safely. He wants it to spin right. It stops dead. I think he’s a little bit closer than Tommy Fleetwood, but maybe 25 30 ft to come. And birdie putts to follow cat putt for Bryson Desambo. And he had walked back and he had taken the ball from the hand of his caddy Greg Bodin. But he’s just taking another look at this one because how big a moment would this be if this eagle putt could go in for Bryson Desambo on the 13th. Sean McKiel. Well, we’ve been here for 3 days and Bryson’s probably the only player in the field that could reach his screen and two at 608 yards. I mean, when he when that ball landed on the green, the crowd went wild. This would go a long way in this match for sure. And it has to travel a fairly long way across the green. It’s 30 ft through from the sunshine into the dappled shadows cast by these big pine trees to the right of the green here on the 13th. And Bryson Desambo is ready to take it on now. He’s laid the ball down uh in front of the marker. And now he is lining up the putt along the the shaft of his putter, one eye closed, and now he picks up the marker and he stands behind the ball perpendicular to the line along which he’s going to send the ball. thick grip of the putter in the red, white, and blue colors of the US team is now in the crook of his elbow. One, two, three deliberate, slow swings of the putter. And now he slides it behind the ball. This for an eagle on the 13th, the par five. And this to send the American crowd absolutely bananas. 30 ft on its way up and curving round. Bryson Desambo is looking after it. He likes it. Oh, it just burns the front edge of the cup and he will have a tap in for a birdie and Matt Fitzpatrick will have to make this 4-footer for a birdie to match him. As we’ve reached the green, it’s come to my attention is you got that shadow. The shadow makes it very difficult to read the putts. And even though Matthew Fitzpatrick’s only got about four or five feet, the shadow on the green is going to make it difficult to get a perfect read. Victor Hovland is here. He is standing to the left hand side of the green alongside vice captain Eduardo Molinari. Victor Hoblin with the neck injury that has kept him out of this Sunday singles. We have just 11 matches out on the course here at Beth Page Black. And the US side need to win 10 of them. They’re currently up in five of the matches out on the course. Europe up in two from where we can see the big scoreboard under the trees over to the left hand side. And one of those matches and one of those leads belongs to this man, the 31-year-old from Sheffield, Matt Fitzpatrick. And there is real dappling of the shadow along the line of this putt. 45 foot. It’ll come out of the shadow through some sunshine and then the hole is also cast in shadow. And Matt Fitzpatrick is standing stock still straight, shoulders broad, big puff of the cheeks. You can see the rib cage rise and fall as he steadies himself over this and sends it on and in. And there’s the birdie for Matt Fitzpatrick. The hole is harved in birdies and he’s still three up with five holes left to play out. One of three European players ahead in their matches. Two points to retain the RDER Cup. Two and a half to win it. They lead 125 overall. The 14th green, a cacophinous cauldron of cheering and color moments ago. Now it’s deadly silence. 35 footer Tommy Fleetwood coming right towards us. That is just turning right. That is not going to drop. But it’s perfect for pace and it means it’s a path for Tommy Fleetwood. Matches all square against Justin Thomas. I was a little unkind to the Thomas T-shot. Andrew McGee. I would say this is inside 20 ft, maybe 18 feet, something like that. Oh yeah, I’m going to go with like a 14 ft. Yeah, I was thinking 10T left of the hole would be a good shot. Can’t go right of this hole. Pins cut very close. Maybe four paces to the right edge. Not much green to work with. Justin Thomas with a nice shot coming out of the sun into the little bit of the dappled shadows of this big oak tree right behind us. I’m using words like you do now. Dappled. Dappled. Taking lots of time. That was a that was a long read for for Tommy Fleet. Well, you can tell everybody’s feeling it. We’re getting down to the nittygritty. The 14th green. Okay. Speak American. Andrew. Let’s go. Love nittygritty. It is the nittygritty of the Ryder Cup. And it’s what I love about the Ryder Cup. It goes from It goes from incredible noise levels like like football stadium noise levels and then it goes to deadly silence. The atmosphere changes incredible. We’re going to get another one here because Justin Thomas, I think Andrew’s right. Maybe 15 ft. If this goes in, the place goes boom. All square in the match. Ball is on its way traveling towards the hole. turning from left to right. Oh my goodness me. Justin Thomas thought he had it an inch away from the hole. It turns to the right hand side. Tommy Fleetwood gives him the thumbs up and it is all square with four to play. Mark back up on the 14 team. Matt Fitzpatrick still three up on Bryson Dambo and another European has put a little bit of water between themselves and their opponent. Hugh James Greg. Scandinavian steel of Ludvig Oberg working so beautifully well there. just letting Patrick Can make the mistakes as he did up the 12th hole. The American went long, flubbed a chip, then couldn’t convert the par effort. Oberg just played for the center of the green. Cool as you like. And hey, presto, just like that, he’s two up with six holes to play. Walking towards that 14th T. And how quickly things turn around. Oliver, what 20 minutes ago, the top four were looking as though they could be going with the exception of the Matt Fitz, Patrick, Bryson, Dambo one. Top four ones were looking like they could all go in the American’s favor. But now Young just one up on Justin Rose. Thomas and Fleetwood all square. Fitzpatrick three up under Shambo. Sheffller and Mroy all square. Both went for the green on the par five 13th in two after brilliant drives. Both missed. Mroy over the back of the green down towards the grand stand and just to the left of the green for Scotty Sheffller will have plenty of green to work with with his chip. Um Ober still two up on Patrick Kentlay. Schoffé two up on John Ram. Those two have have won consecutive holes to get their scores. So Shaoff won one and two. Ram won five and six. Shoffley’s now 110 and 11. He’s two up. JJ Spawn one up on Straka. Henley and Lowry are all square. Griffin one up on Rasmus Hoygard. Marikawa one up on Tiroll Hatton. McIntyre one up on Sam Burns. Cat little blue ball bright against the blue sky of Bryson Desambo flying towards the pin on the par 34th. Lance pin high, but the back spin that he’s managed to put on that one sucks it back towards the front edge of the green. The ball coming to rest 25 ft or so from the flag. So, can Matt Fitzpatrick better that? How does he approach this T-shot, Sean McKil? Well, as we saw right there, Bryson’s a very high spin player. His ball was 10 ft at one time. We saw in the last hole with Matt Fitzpatrick really kind of one up Bryson’s two putt for E or two putt for birdie. That wedge play is dynamic. So, Matt Fitzpatrick needs some dynamism here. Ball flying up. Bright blue sky now down towards the green and he’s overcooked this one and listen to the cheers from the American fans. The ball has bounced through the back of the green and it’s bounced off the red hoarding around the grand stand here on the 14th. Big mistake from Fitzpatrick there. Yeah. Well, he’s looking at talking to his caddy about probably about the yardage, but he pulled that and we all know that every time you pull the ball it goes just a little bit further. Green’s pretty soft there. He doesn’t have too tough of a shot, but we’re going to be able to check his crosshanded chipping style right pretty soon. needs to get up and down for a pop. Bryson Desambo 25 ft from the pin for Birdie Mark. Let’s go up ahead to 15. Justin Rose has won 13 in rather strange circumstances. 14 conventionally he’s one down to Cameron Young and now on 15 John Murray on 15 up on the shelf of the green at the par four. Rose is in the middle of the green. So he’s 25 ft maybe a little bit more with his birdie attempt but Cam Young has gone through the back. So, a similar distance, but he is going to chip it from the the fringe of the green, that first cut of roof where he’s not too far away from the the second cut. And we know, as we’ve said, he has been fallible with his chipping. Yeah, he’s just got enough room. I don’t think that that thicker stuff’s going to affect his back swing, but he was instantly out out with the wedge to have a little chip. I mean, under Noram circumstances, he would expect probably to hold this five times out of 10. It’s a a little chip and run. The Caddy’s got the putter out now. Yep. No, just a little chip and run down the hill. Maybe just move a little fraction left to right. So he just backs away down the slope because it falls away quite dramatically off the back of the 15th green so he can get down almost to ground level again down on his hunches. Then springs back up. He is remarkable as springy as his hair. And Young now with his feet in that longer grass and the ball in the first cut 25 ft maybe best part of 30 actually he’s going to send this forward. The American one up in this match now and then he bumps it forward and it rolls down towards the hole and he’s measured he’s judged this pretty well and it rolls by on the right for a moment. There it was threatening to drop. That was looking very good. That was a fantastic effort there. It’s been conceded by Justin for the par four. But yeah, that was really nicely played. Just bumped it onto the green and dribbled it down like a putt. So now Justin Rose, well, how many times have we seen him involved in scenarios like this in the closing holes of big events? You know, I mentioned his wins against Phil Mickelson in his first two singles at his first two RDER Cups. The the long puts that he can hold when it really comes to the crunch. And this is I would say over 25 ft. Absolutely. I mean I think you do always remember that putty hold at Madina on the par three and probably got well half the distance of that up the hill. It’s going to move just a little fraction left to right. Justin Rose two out of two so far at this RDER Cup. He’s now passed the 20 point mark. 20 and a half points as a RDER Cup golfer. That is right in the upper echelons. He’s been in this sort of position many, many times. This to bring this match all square and to win three holes in a row. It’s on its way for birdie. He’s given it enough. Oh, so close but stays out. I thought that was in. That was a fantastic effort. I think even Justin thought that was in. You could see him just Oh, ooing. But yeah, what a great effort. Looking back down there now, he is looking up to the skies. The blue skies above Beth Paige. Black. So close but not close enough and Cam Young still leads one up with three to play now. Ian par five 13th Scotty Sheoffller with a lovely chip from the left of the green to 4 feet. Rory Mroy has taken a free drop after his ball wedged underneath the grand stand at the back of the green. So he’ll be playing his third shot. He’s given himself slightly better angle now as a result of being able to take that free drop. And he knows he’s got to get it in close. Here he goes. Bumps it forward. Oh, he’s got it a little heavy. The ball does come trundling out of the rough and onto the putting surface and he’s put it to 7 ft. It’s a pretty good shot there. It was on the up slow. Got a break from the grand stand, but it was on all the way of the walkway. All the media, everybody walking around. So, the grass was all over the place. So, got it. It didn’t come out quite how he was expecting, but it’s done quite well. Giving himself a good chance at birding. So many people inside the ropes with this group now. Yeah, it’s it’s mayhem everywhere and even more like seems like there’s more people joining on each hole. Um but it’s what a atmosphere it is out here. It’s absolutely unbelievable. Only ever been one hole in this match between the two top players in the world. Mroy ahead early. Then Sheffler hit back around the turn and then Mroy with the moment of the match coming at the 11th holding a 40-footer and all square. Here we are on the 13th heading towards the closing stretch. Such an atmospheric stretch of golf lying ahead. And this one feels like it’s going the distance. It really does. The hole is sitting in shade. Mroyy’s ball is in bright sunshine. And the shade starts about 3 ft out from the cup. Mroy down low, peeking out from beneath the peak of his white cap. And now he’s upright and walks forward and puts the putter head behind the ball. He knows he needs this. This for Birdie on the 13th. Maloy from 8 ft delicately down the slope towards the hole and in. And in. A clenched fist from the talisman of Europe because he’s delivered again with a brilliant up and down. Fantastic up and down that to keep some blue on the board. He needed that. It was a big moment. My bad cap. Matt Fitzpatrick has stumbled here. Ian his T-shot on the 14th flying through the back of the green in amongst the television cables right up against the front edge of the grand stand and they were all peering over the edge with their smartphones. He duffed the chip and now he has a 30footer to save his par here from the front edge of the green. Oh my goodness me. That one misses. It’s going to be a bogey for Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson Dashambo has a birdie pot to take another bite out of his lead. Ian 13th Scotty Sheffller to reply to Mway birdie. This from four feet. This to keep the match all square goes forward and into the hole. And these two top players in the world are starting to play like it now. Hole halved in bird is all square cat rising dambo with a couple of putts here to win the hole on the 14th and that’s because of that big wobble from Matt Fitzpatrick completely misjudged the T-shot through the back of the green really poor chip just managed to get it onto the back edge and then missed that 30footer for his part bogey then in the hole for Matt Fitzpatrick and now Bryson Dambo with a couple of putts this for a birdie from 25 ft Bright sunshine. Bryson Desambo standing in the sundrrenched green putting into the shadow of the trees up the hill. Little bit of movement on this one from left to right. Sends it up along the line that he has chosen. And oh my goodness me, it’s in. Bryson Dambo only needs one putt and he is marching as he has four holes left to play. He’s cut the lead of Matt Fitzpatrick to just two up. Bryson Desambo has really got things motoring here and he’s got these fans on their feet. He’s got them banging and he’s got them believing. Matt Fitzpatrick leads by two, but with four holes to play. What a putt from Bryson Dambo. And what a what a box office moment here on the 14th. Sean McKinn. Well, he really got away with it. He feels a lot better about himself that Bryson made that putt. His first mistake obviously was hitting it over the green. And as we walked by and saw the ball, the grass is going all sorts of directions. makes it very difficult to get a good clean strike on the ball. And then we saw he hit it. He hit it a little bit fat. Off we go for the final four holes. Matt Fitzpatrick has the lead, but Bryson Desambo has the momentum. Mark. Yeah, Fitzpatrick to Jamie Donaldson. You watch Bryson Desambo with that putt there. It went in. He followed it. He didn’t react. He didn’t react until he got off the green and then he pumped his fist at the crowd. Yeah. Just screaming at him, punching his fists in the air as he hit a great put up the green. He only needed two, but he’s slammed it in the middle of the hole and just literally getting revving the crowd as he walks off the green here. So, let me just tell you what’s going on everywhere because so much is happening as you would expect on the Sunday of a Ryder Cup. Cameron Young one up on Justin Rose. Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood are all square. They’re on 15. Bryson Desau and Matt Fitzpatrick as we just said, Fitzpatrick two up. Sheffller and Mroy are on the 14th TE. They are all square. Ober is two up on Camplay. John Ram now three down to Xander Schoffé. JJ Spawn one up on Straa. Russell Henley and Lowry all square. Griffin one up on Hoygard. Ian Rory Maroyy’s T-shot to the 14th and it clears the bunker but it’s drifted to the right of the hole and the green and it is settled down into the rough shortsided. The pin is located tight on the right hand side of this par three. If you go pin hunting, you run the risk of doing that. Just a little bit of a tired swing there as he uh hung out with the club face. Just left it a little open. I think maybe trying to hit a biggestish wedge in there, but not ideal. Needing to keep the pressure on Scotty Sheffller as we come down this closing stretch. I think it’s fair to say that while he’s relishing the contest, I’m not sure he’s relishing the atmosphere. It feels like there are more and more cat calls heading in his direction. It is wearing on Mroy and it has been throughout this Rder Cup. There’s no doubt about that. So, Scotty Sheffller is next to play and he stares out beneath his scarlet USA cap with the blue writing with those three letters on it. And now he addresses the ball on this par three. 154 yds downhill. Flag tight to the right hand side. Sheffller hits in that direction, but this looks a better line. And it comes down and it lands on the green, then spins off and almost to the collar of rough. So neither player finds the green here on the 14th in this match which remains all square. Alli crucial moments on the hole ahead. Second match out on the golf course. Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas are all square. Thomas is sizing up, I would say, a 40 45 footer from the left of the 15th green. This is the one where you have to climb the huge hill to get up there. It’s sort of 70 80 ft above your head when you hit the shot from the fairway. Tommy Fleetwood is closer, Andrew McGee, but but he’s off the green. He he’s just he’s his his approach shot was was couple of feet away from being within 6 ft. He’s just toppled off the back road of the green and he’s chipping from the rough on a steep up slope. Yeah, I think he was influenced a little bit by the crowd noise thinking that Fleetwood’s ball was over the green, maybe down the bank. He is just 2 feet off the back edge. Very close. Thomas lining up the p. John, what do you got? Justin Rose, who is about to play from the middle of the 16th fairway, but he’s just stepped off it, hence the reaction that you can hear. So, if you need it back, Ali, it’s because Justin Thomas’ birdie putt is on the way. Andrew McGee says it’s going to turn from left to right. The pace looks really good and it’s not quite turned enough. It has too late. It’s ended up behind the hole. John Rose now steps forward again. Cam Young’s ball is 5 yds in front of him after their T-shot. They are close on the fairway and close in the match. And Justin Rose hits it close. Right over the flag. It spins back to 5 ft. Maybe closer. I think even just about closer, John. Fantastic shot. He’s back to playing how he was playing like yesterday. The pressure is cranked right up on Cam Young. Ali Tommy Fleetwood assessing the chip. How How do you play one of these then, Andrew McGee? Because he’s he’s he’s 2 foot 3T off the green, steep up slope in the rough, and there’s probably about 7 8 ft of green after that to the pin. Well, he wants to land it on the green. This is He’s thinking chip in. He is thinking how to make this shot. Not getting too greedy, but he’s taking nice big wax at this. So, he’s probably got a 60° most lofted club. He’s going to pump it up and hope it releases. Just on the edge nicely just short gimme two gimmies pars two gimmies Justin Thomas thumbs up three holes to play all square John and Cam Young’s approach shot also right at the flag it lands 8 ft short and then spins away so maybe 14 15 ft big advantage Justin Rose so there is in theory Katrina the chance that this match could go all square depending on what happens on the green it all just depending on what happens there but that was a very good response there from Cam But he’s definitely under the caution now with a charging Justin Rose. Yeah, this is this is boiling up Ian to be a real classic here as well between Cam Young, New York Rider Cup rookie and Justin Rose, one of the great men of European golf over the last what quarter of a century probably Rose never knows when he’s beaten. Here’s Scotty Sheffller chipping second shot. Par 31 14th nudges it onto the green. Lets the ball release. hasn’t given it enough to drop, but that should be conceded as a par three. It finishes 18 in shy of the hole. Maroy nods and these two players who played with great mutual respect today say, “Yep, that’s good enough.” He picks it up with the wedge, effortlessly just bounces it up like it’s a ping-pong ball on a table tennis bat and the ball’s in his pocket. Now Rory Maroy has got to have the face of this club. Wide open, thick, lush, rough. Keegan Bradley down on his knees watching this now. Mroy bumps it up onto the green. Didn’t really make good contact and that’s come up 6 ft short. Yeah, that was a little bit of a nervy one. He had the club face wide open, but didn’t quite commit. It’s kind of hard in this situation to open it up and hit hard enough when cuz obviously with the face open, it doesn’t go that far. So, it’s a little nervy. Left himself a lot of work to do right here. He’s he’s never looked in this match comfortable in the thick grass around the greens. No, I just think he’s um a little tired today. You can see some of the shots he’s played pretty good. It’s just sheer heart and adrenaline that’s keeping him in this at the moment, but this is huge with uh as we go into the final four after this. It uh we cannot uh keep giving any holes away. You got to keep pressure on the other team right now. He’s digging deep. He’s digging really really deep. Here is the Mast’s champion, the career Grand Slam winner, Rory Maroy, down low again, looking at the line of this putt, the hold sitting in the shadow. A couple of dapples of sunlight between him and the ball which is 8 ft from the cup. His caddy Harry Diamond just stands in passively, the flag upside down, resting on his right shoulder. And now Mroy is ready. Sends the ball on its way and misses. And misses. So a bogey four for Mroy. And a par is good enough for Scotty Sheffler. And Sheffller goes one up with four to play in this match between the world’s top two golfers. And as we continue to eb and flow over this Sunday afternoon here in New York, there’s only two slabs of blue on that leaderboard at the moment. Matt Fitzpatrick two up. Ludvig Ober two up. The Americans are up in five. Will that become four? John Murray. We will see over the coming couple of minutes because Cam Young putting from 14 ft for Birdie at 16. It doesn’t drop and he looks over here, looks towards his Caddy Kyle. They work together quite clearly and obviously on that putt, but it didn’t go. And Justin Rose after that marvelous approach shot to four feet has got a chance to bring this match all square. Yeah, he’s got a fantastic opportunity now to go back to all square and Cam Young hit that one maybe just a little bit too hard through the break and he actually looked over to Justin to see if it was given and it wasn’t. So there’s a huge scoreboard there behind I mean you cannot avoid that. 125 the match score after the Havland English half at the start of the day when Havland had to pun out. But there are still even though only two blue strips up there, there are still more than enough points on that board for Europe to win back the trophy here at Beth Page Black today. And if Justin Rose holds this, one of those strips of red will disappear. And Rose will have come from three down to make this match all square. He was three down after 12. He’s over the putt now for Birdie at 16. In it goes. And this match is back all level. He’s won three out of the last four. Justin Rose in all manner of ways. And now two to play. It’s anyone’s match. Anyone’s match. But I’d say Justin Rose’s ascendancy was putting back those three holes. And all ignited by that miraculous shot he hit on the par five 13th. Katrina Matthew, thank you very much. On and up to the 17th. Katrina, I I don’t want to pile on Keegan Bradley’s captaincy too early here, but the moment he created something with Justin Rose, it fired Rose up. I’m guaranteed. Yeah, I mean, I think Keegan Bradley will be now wishing he had just left it all alone. I mean, it looked like he was going to go over to the tea. It was always going to be a difficult shot, but um yeah, I mean, it’s always easy in hindsight to think about these things. Matt Fitzpatrick, one of two Europeans who are up at the moment. He has a twohole lead. He’s two up on Bryson as they go up Mount Olympus. That could go to one up cat. It could. What a miraculous approach shot from Bryson Desau. I can just see his head beginning to peer up the slope of Mount Olympus. We’re waiting for him on the green. And listen to the uh the warm reception. Listen to this from the crowd. because Bryce Dambo’s ball nearly disappeared after one bounce straight into the hole, dancing around the pin, sucked back, and it’s come to arrest 5T from the flag. And Matt Fitzpatrick will need another brilliant putt from the back of the green, just like he produced on the 13th to silence the crowd here. He has 20 ft or so down the slope. Not a bad approach shot for Matt Fitzpatrick, but he’s just been outfired by Deso. Well, the difficult part of that shot is the fact that the guys can only see the top, really the top part of the flag. So, distance control is perfect. But he hit a great shot. I didn’t think Bryson could do much better. He almost hold that. Mark, back to you. We’ve got these birdie putts to come. Bryson Desambo in very close indeed. Let’s go to the par three 17th. Justin Rose has got it back to all square against Cameron Young. So while some Europeans are going one way, Justin Rose is going in the other direction. John Murray. Well, I said at the outset that he is the oldest man on either side as he stands on the tea down there in his his slightly off-white European shirt, navy blue trousers, white shoes. You would not know it. He is, as Katrina Matthews says, in the ascendancy. And now it is the uphill par three. The flag fluttering at the back and he’s landed it just beyond the hole and it pulls up. It’s another wonderful Justin Rose shot and that is to within 8 ft. Yes, a very difficult pin position there just on the edge of the slope down to the front in the bunker at the back of the green. Fantastic shot to by Justin Rosen. Pressure now right on Cam Young’s shoulders. Talk about putting on the pressure. This young man Cameron Young knows he is in a right scrap now. But to cat downs in a moment, but first Cameron Young’s T-shot here at the 17th, 28 years old. He’s played in the President’s Cup couple of years ago. His match went to the 18th and he lost it. But with all due respect to the President’s Cup, it’s probably nothing like this. And that’s an excellent shot from him as well. Right into the hole. And also similar range I think slightly further away than Justin Rose. So there we are. Birdie puts to come here. They are going blow forblow. It’s all happening. Cat downs. Matt Fitzpatrick is wobbling here. Five up on the eighth T, but he’s just missed his birdie putt on the 15th here. And Bryson Desambo has a puff from 5 ft to eat into that lead and to get the lead to just one hole. This one looks fairly straightforward for the two-time US Open champion. Not much to this p, but who would have thought that we’d be in this position through seven holes. Bryson Desau has really put the motors on. Three birdies in the last three holes. Here he is hunting a fourth would really strike a blow into the belly of Matt Fitzpatrick. Just 5 ft this and he’s ready to send it on its way. Light breeze blowing across the green, catching the flags on the big hospitality stands down the right hand side of this 15th fairway. This for a birdie. This to win the hole on the way for Bryson Desambo. It’s in and the roar is deafening. Bryson Dambo punches the air and he marches in a businesslike way across the green. Let’s see what the celebration will be as he walks past us just yards away. Here comes Bryson Shambo. Eyes fixed on the ground as he walks up the hill towards the 16th T. And the lead of Matt Fitzpatrick now is just one hole from five up to one up. It’s evaporating for Matt Fitzpatrick. He is reeling here. He has taken a pounding from Bryson to Shambo over the last couple of holes. Four birdies on the bounce for the American and this is getting very very tense indeed. Boy, that’s a much as much as energy because we’ve seen Bryson. The longer we get into this match, the more fired up he gets. He’s playing some outstanding golf now. Matt Fitzpatrick must be feeling really rather worried given the way that Bryson Desambo is not only playing his body language, his whole demeanor. When you lose one hole, it’s not a big deal. You lose two, it’s not a big deal. But now he’s he’s he’s losing almost his entire lead. He’s going to be feel a little bit of stress. Yeah, he’s got a look of resignment on his face as Matt Fitzpatrick. He’s trying to look calm as he walks up towards the tea here on the 16th looking as cool as he can under the pressure mark. So in the top five matches, Young and Rose all square, Thomas and Flewood all square, Fitzpatrick one up on Dash Shambo, Sheffller one up on Maroy, Larair here on 14 with the birdie putt, two up on Canlay. We’ll come to James Greg after we go up to 17 and John Murray. Yes, in the shadows of the back of the 17th with people all around. There are banking, there’s banking here around this green. There are hospitality chalets. There is a grand stand, hospitality chalets down the other side as well. And people probably 40 deep and on the green slightly deceptive from our angle. So it’s a little further away these two birdie attempts, but maybe 15 ft rows, 18 ft young. Yeah, I would say so. They’re both in a very similar line. just left pin high left off the flag. It’s going to be a little bit of a left to right putt, but this atmosphere, I don’t think Cameron Young will have experienced anything like this. However, I would I would say he’s due one this from 18 ft. This match all square now. At one stage, Rose was one up after five, but then Young three up after 12. And so we now have Cam Young looking at this from behind the line, then steps forward. He is going to put through patches of sunshine, but the hole itself is in shadows. Justin Rose’s ball marker just ahead and to his left. A final shuffle in those white USA shoes. Head right over the ball. A final glance towards the cup. And then the ball rolling from left to right. It’s online, but it just curls away. didn’t quite give it enough. I suspect it was the right line, but maybe the wrong pace. Yeah, I agree with you there, John. I just don’t think he hit that. He had that on the right line, but didn’t quite give it enough. So, Justin Rose will have a chance from 14 15 ft to go ahead in the match with one to play from the 17th to Ian Carter and Rory Maroy at the 15th with his opponent Scotty Sheffler in close after his approach. Mroy hitting from the rough down the right hand side and he covers it over the flag and the ball clings to the very back edge of the green. He’s around about 16 17 ft from the cup. She cheffler is 6 ft away. Justin Rose now usual routine Katrina from Justin Rose the aim point style. Yeah, no matter what the pressure is you want to stick to your same routine and this a fairly good a very good chance here. I would say it’s just sperm maybe just outside the left edge. Millions of people will have followed Justin Rose’s fortunes around the golfing world this year. That heartbreaking loss to Rory Mroy at the Masters and then his dramatic playoff win just a few weeks ago against JJ Spawn on the PGA Tour. And now this to edge himself back in front in this match from 14 ft. And it rolls by on the left. Neither of them able to convert after those excellent T-shots on the 17th. And they will go down the 18th all square alley. Just behind you, John, watching the drama in front of you on the big screen. The tension is unbearable. The weather conditions are perfect. And even though Europe lead 125, it still feels tight. Tommy Fleetwood all square with Justin Thomas putting from the front of the 16th green long range of 40 ft rolling up towards the hole. I don’t think it’s quite going to get there. The line is superb and Andrew McGee applauds because it’s it’s taken the pressure off in terms he’s he’s in for the par. Thomas has got to try and make the birdie. Yeah, that’s a big deal. Get it in there for a gimme like that. Don’t leave yourself any footers at this time of the match. Uh very good putt. It’s given by Justin Thomas. You can walk away and just watch the action. What you making of it? Can USA do this? I I I would have said no before the day, but it’s it just it’s nerve time, isn’t it? Nervy. Everybody’s a little bit. Can they? Should they? Will they? I don’t I don’t know. I don’t think so. So many ties from a bunch of halves together make a hole a whole good one. That’s true. Two points to retain, two 1/2 points to win for Europe. USA need everything to go red. They need to win the afternoon singles 9 and 1/2 one and a half to complete the greatest RDER Cup comeback of all time. This feels like one of those Justin Thomas moments. This is long range. This is over 30 ft. All square with Tommy Fleetwood. Fleetwood safely in for par. Thomas looking for a birdie to make Beth Paige Black explode once again. Good firm wrap. Ball speeding towards the hole. Thomas looks at it. He’s interested. Oh my goodness. This is another one that has burnt the edge of the hole. It’s going to remain all square. I think Ian 15th Rory Maroy 25 ft from the back of the green with Sheffller having hit a fantastic approach into this par four and these golfing Galacticos are separated by one hole in favor of the world number one over the world number two. So Mroy needs this. Just three holes to go after this as he sends the ball delicately down the slope towards the hole. gathering towards the hole. Yes. Oh yes. And he turns to the pack grandstand and he slaps the European badge on his heart and both hands go in the air and then he takes the ball from the hole and then he roars. Rory Mroy, what a man. What a birdie. That was sublime. He’s uh right on the edge. This crowd’s been getting into him and it’s getting worse and worse. Lots of comments coming at him, but he’s been battering it off. He’s been letting the golf do the talking and that was phenomenal effort. Quickly to Alli, Justin Thomas over the short one. Big noise around the green because they’ve shown the Maroy putt just before Thomas is putting here. This is absolutely crucial as well. He’s going to keep going. Oh, he pops it in. Cold as you like. Ice in his veins. Justin Thomas leading from the front for the USA. All square. Fleetwood and Thomas. We’re heading to the dramatic par 37th. Ian, it’s good stuff. It’s really good stuff. Even though Europe hold this commanding lead 125 overall after Victor Hofflin pulled out with the injury that meant he and Harris English ended up with half a point each. That’s why the 11 12 to uh 4 1/2 as it was uh accelerated to 125. Now this match is one up to Scotty Sheffller but suddenly a sixfooter has got a little longer. I tell you what, this is as hard a sixfooter as you can get though. It’s slightly downhill, but it’s got a lot of brake left to right. We’re looking straight down the line a bit. He’s lined this up about a foot left. He’s got to trickle it down. Try and match the weight and the line. Cutting through his shadow. The ball starts its journey. Turns from left to right. Turns and turns and in. And this time it’s Scotty Sheffler looking up at the crowds. Wow. We two brilliant birdies here on 15. And it keeps Sheffller’s nose in front. They’re going to the par four 16th. Sheffller one up. Mroy digging deeper and deeper and deeper to stay in this match. What a great reaction from Maroy to the crowd. He was properly pumped there and the huge gallery that is inside the ropes following Mroy and Sheffller. Follow them off to the 16 scene. That includes Scarlet Hansen’s husband Colin Jo off Saturday Night Live. if you’re interested. He walked past us a few moments ago. Europe up in two, the USA up in three. Everything else is all square. That’s more than enough for Europe to retain the RDER Cup. And to win it, John Murray on 18. 18. Cameron Young and Justin Rose have both found the fairway off the te. Uh Cameron Young just to the left of center but Justin Rose just on the right side but that gives him the ideal angle to come in to the hole at the 18th which is back left today or square in the match I should add. Let’s go to Alli on 17 and then we’ll go to C because Matt Fitzpatrick has properly showed some nerve on 16. But Alli on 17 Tommy Fleetwood taking his time. If you want to go to cat, he’s waiting to get the t-shirt on the part 317th cap. Well, yeah, he needed a good one, didn’t he, Mark? Cuz Matt Fitzpatrick must be feeling right about now like he’s taken four uppercuts to the chin. Four birdies on the bounce for Bryson Desambo. But Matt Fitzpatrick has found the heart of the green here on the 16th. He’s put the ball into the flat part of the green, pin cut to the left hand side. He’s 25 ft away with Bryson Desambo about to play. All thank you, Cat. 17th T, crunch time. Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas all square. It’s two and froed. Fleetwood was two up after nine. Thomas won three holes in a row. Fleetwood with the birdie at the par 513. Got it back all square. He’s standing over the T-shot. Fittingly a St. George’s Cross. An English flag fluttering in the breeze behind him. This big green surrounded by enormous bunkers pin cut in the middle at the back top. Shelby’s nearly hold it. He has nearly hold it. Tommy Fleetwood. It has landed splat down maybe four feet five feet short of the flag on the right. You can see the little crater of the pitch mark. A sensational shot under the RDER Cup pressure. I can’t speak. Amazing shot from 185 yds. A little bit of left to right wind. Just an amazing shot to get the right club into the situation. This immense pressure underneath a hole. A straight in putt. Let’s give it let’s give it six, seven feet. I think he got a little excited. Yeah, I am getting a little excited. Do you know what Andrew? I’m thinking back to one of the rider cups we did with you. One of the early ones when it really got going and your famous comment. I can breathe. It feels like that right now, doesn’t it? Oh, this is excellent. This is delicious. This is so back and forth. This is We should play singles the whole time. No more of this for swims and football stuff. USA fighting hard. 125 overall. Europe two points to retain the trophy. Justin Rose was three down against Cam Young. They’re all square going down the 18th. Fleet and Thomas all square playing the 17th here. Those are the top two matches on the golf course. This has been an epic battle between world number five Justin Thomas, world number seven Tommy Fleetwood. And there’s been some brilliant sportsmanship between the pair as well. The lovely little moment after Thomas hauled out for eagle on the six. The little fist bump between the two men. Now Justin Thomas has got to find something very special indeed. And it is another golfing scene at the Ryder Cup that absolutely beggars belief. This enormous steep slope behind the 17th green festoned with spectators. Thomas getting ready to go. John, what’s happening on the 18th? Rose is about to play his approach shot from the right side of the fairway to the 18th. It’s coming towards us. It’s coming towards the hole. It bounces back left. It clings onto the green and then spins back down and that is 18 ft. 18 ft from the hole for Justin Rose on the 18th with this match all square and Cam Young to play from just to his left further up the fairway alley. Back with you shortly, John. Justin Thomas about to pull the trigger. Tommy Fleetwood into six, seven ft. Match all square. Everything on a knife edge. Deep breaths everyone. Here we go. Justin Thomas, you heard the swish of the club. Everyone turns their heads towards the green. We’re looking for the ball to land. Where is it going to be? It’s up high. It’s top shelf. It’s up to the left, but it is much further away than Tommy Fleetwood’s ball. Advantage Europe all square in this match at the moment. John Young’s ball is on its way to the green as well. And it also lands back left. And they are well, Rose is slightly further away, but they’ve left themselves similar puts, similar distance putts for Birdie. And if one misses and the other holes, then whoever holds will win the hole and will win the match. Brilliantly set up on 18 in the sunshine here as things stand in the top five matches. Two are all square, Europe are up in two and the Americans are up in one. It would mean three points for the Europeans and that would be enough to win the RDER Cup here on 14s under shuffley. Three up on John Ram and with a birdie putt to go four up which just goes past the hole by three or four feet. Let’s go to what is only can only be described as the gladatorial battle between Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson Desambo on 16. Katherine D. Bryson Desambo has been like a raging bull tearing through the last four holes with four birdies and he’s cut the aras. He’s just one down now against the Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick who cuts a a smaller figure than the big burly American off to the right hand side of the green and Fitzpatrick will pop first for Birdie here on the 16th. He’s just outside the ball of the Englishman 25 ft from the flag for Bryson Desambo. Eight holes ago, the American was five down. But here he stands on the 16th green, just one down. And you can hear the chants and the singing from the 17th green as the players walk up over there. It’s a bowl of sound, this knot of the final four holes of Beth Paige Black. And Bryson Desau is looking to add to the decibel count here. Sending the ball across the green on its way towards the hole. Tip of the knees from the big American and he puts his hand on the back of his red cap. It’s not gone in. So, there’s a chance now for Matt Fitzpatrick to win the hole. And it would be a much needed win for Fitzpatrick just to give himself a little bit of breathing space in this match which has become so incredibly tight. Well, you know, he took a big sigh of relief there when Bryson didn’t make that putt. Ever since Mark made the comment back on the sixth green about his coach having him be sent off, he must have heard that. Bryson, whatever he’s figured out today in the last eight or nine holes, it seems to be working. What a great putt that he just hit there. Yeah, he’s just a player for the big occasion, isn’t he, Bryson Desambo? He loves the attention. He loves the shouting. He loves the noise. Part of the reason he’s gone to play on the live tour, the music blaring there and the fans baying at the players. He loves it. That’s the personality he likes. Matt Fitzpatrick with a birdie putt to come to win the match. But John, what’s going on with you? Justin Rose and Cam Young are in position on the 18th. First, it is going to be Justin Rose to play and go for birdie here. This is 20 ft back left of the 18th green and he’s just backed away again, Cat. So, I think you might have a chance to tell us what’s happening with Fitzpatrick. Yeah, he’s missed the birdie putt. The putt’s been conceded though. So, Matt Fitzpatrick in for a par and he’s making Bryson Desambo putt this. He’s been absolutely ruthless as Matt Fitzpatrick. He’s not given to Shambo anything. Just a couple of feet to D Shambo to tidy up for his par and then the hole will be halved in pars and they’ll be one up for Matt Fitzpatrick as they go to the 17th. John Justin Rose has just started his routine again but he has hitched his shirt into his left sleeve so we know that he is about to play this for birdie for Justin Rose from 20 ft on 18. It’s missed on the left hand side and now Cam Young from similar range that’s conceded from similar range. Cam Young has a put to win the match. Alli massive moments in the RDER Cup on five live and BBC sounds. Thomas and Fleetwood all square on the 17th green. Back to the 18th shortly. Thomas from 20 ft for Birdie. Fleetwood’s in close 67 ft away. Thomas senses the moment for the USA. What can he do? Can he find the magic once more? Justin Thomas, it needs to turn left and right. No, it’s staying straight. It’s staying straight. It’s hanging out there. Fleetwood has a chance to win the hole to come. John back on 18. Cam Young now with this 20footer Katrina Matthew. What about it? Well, this is a must make. I mean, his part must just be pounding. It’s just across the slope a little bit left to right. He’s just got to get out on the left side, but keep the pace up. So, this is the moment. This is the moment that Cam Young, the native New Yorker, hopes to put the first point on the board for the United States. It is a vain hope that they’ll be able to come back. But this would be quite the opening win on his RDER Cup debut, his first singles match in this great competition against the European titan that is Justin Rose. With one foot off the green and one foot on the green, Cam Young prepares to go for birdie and for victory. It’s rolling towards the hole and it is rolling in. He’s won it. He’s down Justin Rose. And the United States have their first point of the day. Very likely it won’t be enough. But what a win for the youngest man on this American Rider Cup team against the oldest man at this Rder Cup. Quite the fight back by Justin Rose to come back from three down. But in the end on the 18th, Cam Young wins it. That was absolutely fantastic win for Cam Young. sent out by Keegan Bradley as captain in the first place leading his team out as you say is Ryder Cup rookie, youngest player in the team and he gets his point. He is and he’s he is embraced by Web Simpson the vice captain. Great scenes for him. But Mark, what news? Well, he looks emotional. Does Cam Young point for America 126 from a European point of view? Tommy Flewood on 17. We could do with something. Well, more of the same drama coming on the 18th mark. Justin Thomas, we described this putt. It stayed left. It missed. Tommy Fleetwood had about eight feet, I would say, in the end. Sizzling iron shot into that distance. Andrew McGee, he had the uphill putt as well. It gave him a chance. He couldn’t make it. We’re all square going down 18. It’s more of the same drama again. USA have a point on the board. Incredible. Cameron Young, you got to be happy for the young man. I know. I know Fleet was Mr. lovable. But right now in New York, Cameron Young is Mr. Lovable, too. 126 overall. Mark Fleetwood and Thomas heading down 18 all square. So out of the matches that are out on the course, the Americans are up in four. The Europeans are up in two in all of the games bar two. There is just a hole in it. Xander Schoffé, one of those who is dominating. He is four up on John Ram. And the only other match that has a gap of more than a hole is Ludv Ober against Patrick Canle. James Greg and he could well have guaranteed himself a half point with a birdie putt from around 8 ft up on high on that 15th green curling from left to right. It just agonizingly teetered over the right lip, the bottom lip and then stoke stayed there. So Ludvig Goldberg still looking good. Three holes left to play. He’s two up over the talismanic Patrick Canlay. Let me just give you some extra details on what I’ve told you. Sheffller one up on Mroy JJ Spawn, one up on Striker here on 14. Henley and Larry are all square. Griffin and Hoygard are all square. Moricara is one upon Hatton. Burns and McIntyre are all square. We’re at that stage of a rider cup where cheers are sounding louder and louder and ringing around the course more and more. Europe are okay at the moment. Although Russell Henley has just gone one up on Shane Lowry. So that’s one that has gone from gray to red. Cat Matt Fitzpatrick okay for the moment. One up as he plays the 17th. ball going over the pen and comes into the collar of rough to the back left edge and there are cheers from the American crowd because that ball is a long long way from the flag about 40 45 ft with Bryson Desambo 25 ft away. Bryson did exactly the right thing that he needed to do. He had to give himself an opportunity for birdie. And here again on another par three we see that Matthew Fitzpatrick has hit another ball to the left. He’s done that two other times today as well. And is that just the pressure? Well, it could be. I mean, he’s he’s hitting the poles. You I mean, you can’t go right here. And that’s that’s the one miss. You can’t miss it right in this bunker. Anything a little bit right at the flag on the green goes all over the front. So, he had to try to keep it up on top. But like a pull goes a lot further than just a straight shot. Matt Fitzpatrick just one up Bryson Dumbo with the advantage on the 17th. Ian, we’re just behind you, Cat. We’re at the 16th where our players have both found the green, but are both a long way from the hole. Scotty Sheffer it’ll be to play first from the front right corner with the hole located in the back left corner. Yeah, Scotty Sheffer coming in from the fairway kind of flailed one out just short pin of of pin high. Now left himself a bit of work to do but both players in kind of similar positions and that similar distance. Voice of European tour winner Oliver Wilson played the RDER Cup of 2008 for Europe. Here is Sheffller’s putt across the screen looking for an unlikely bird. He’s watching closely. The ball comes to rest and I think that’ll be conceded by Maroy. He’s uh looking across and uh he’s put his ball down and he’s a good 40 ft away. That was excellent putt from Sheffller conceded. He’s got the par in his pocket. Yeah, Rory coming from the roof I think was expecting it to come out a little hotter than it did this. There is a little bit of wind swirling around so that’s been playing a little bit of a a part in this but bang on line just a little short for Rory but this is the time he’s got a strike. There is a fever pitch atmosphere here and the cheers that went up when Cam Young completed his win against Justin Rose in the top match and obviously here Sheffller has the advantage just by a single hole. I remember two years ago watching Sheffler against Ram’s similarly tight contest that ended all square. If Mroy could do that the way it’s standing at the moment, he could be the man that retains the Rider Cup. He wants this putt. This is for Birdie from the front of the green. 40 ft on its way. He’s watching. He’s watching, but his hands are on his knees because the ball has come up just a fraction beyond the hole. And well, we’ll see whether that gets conceded. No, it’s impact came up a little bit short of the hole and uh Sheffller completely unmoved. So, Mroy will just have to hold his nerve here. I think that was looking like it was right in the heart. It just put on the brakes. Um but this looks pretty short. I guess a little bit of match play tactic here. Any opportunity to uh gain an advantage. Yeah, just a little tidler and in it goes for Rory Mackoy. So they have the hole in par fours and that means that with two holes to go, Scotty Sheffller just edging it by one hole. One up on Mroy Cap. Big put for Matt Fitzpatrick here from the back left hand edge of the green on 17. Just a little bit too strong with the T-OT balling towards the back and coming up resting on the first collar of rough around the green here. Dan Parrot the Caddy brought in to have another read of the line. How long would you say this one is, Sean McKill? Well, first of all, there were so many people around this screen that we couldn’t even tell that he’s on the fringe. We thought that maybe had a little bit of a pitch, but yeah, he’s every bit of 35 ft. And again, it was a safe shot. I think the crowd doesn’t understand kind of the design of the green and and really, really needed to play. Yeah. So, he’s had another walk around this one. Wants to make absolutely sure of the line. Deep in conversation once again with with his caddy. And now they are head to head, cheek by cheek as they stare down the line of this putt. Bryson Dshambo’s ball is 25 ft away from the pin. He will have that for his birdie putt. He’ll be coming up the slope towards the flag. Matt Fitzpatrick coming down and across the slope. Little bit of movement from left to right on this long 40 footer for the man from Sheffield. And he senses on its way. Looks a little bit to the right from where I’m standing now. Yeah, it’s not going to make it. And it’s going to come up short and right at the hole. And he’s got another four or five foot or so to make his pass. Sean, was starting to shake for him. That that he left himself a little bit little bit more than he really wanted to. That’s every bit of four or five feet. It’s going to break a little bit to the left to the right, which under pressure is the worst worst putt you could have for a righthander. And how about this pressure put for Bryson Desau then? How do you like the look of this one? He’s already made enough of these putts. He’s looking right up with right up the hole. Pretty straight. Maybe 20 25 ft. He’s made several of those today. And Bryson Desambo has looked so dialed in, as they say in American golf parliament. He has looked a picture of focus. He’s been marching around with this look of fierce intensity on himself, on his face. And as he walked up to the green here, those big tanned Californian arms conducting the chants of the crowd as he took in all of their energy. He feeds off that energy. He feeds off the love. He’s a player who likes to be loved. And there will be an outpouring of adoration if Bryson Desambo can sink this one. 25 maybe 30 feet for a birdie. And this to peg the match back to all square and take it to a shootout down the last. Remember Matt Fitzpatrick was five up on the eighth T. And Bryson Dambo has come raging back into this match. Just a couple of seconds away from this birdie putt. All alley. Quick update. Tommy Fleet with second shot into 18. match all square against Justin Thomas at the flag but it’s rolled up short 20 ft to come for Fleetwood Cats. Here goes Bryson Desambo then this to get the match back to all square and take it down the last. Here goes Bryson Desambo now sending the ball up through the shadows steep slope of the green here on the 17th big rock of the big shoulders of the big man and this a big putt. Is it going to get there? No. No, it’s not. It falls just shy and Matt Fitzpatrick is going to concede the first putt of the day. It’s the first time that he’s just tossed the ball back to Bryson Deso because that was just a matter of inches shy, but he’s still got a few feet on this one to save his part. When you’re putting in the shadow, it flattens it flattens everything. So, what looked like it was pretty level putt was uphill, which is going to make Matthew Fitzpatrick, it’s going to look pretty flat, but it’s going to break from left to right pretty good. So he’s got four feet or so for the par that will but will guarantee a half point for the European side here on the 17th and the third match. Alli, what have you got? We’ve got Justin Thomas’ second shot on the way. Listen to the American fans. They’re excited. One bounce, two bounce, and stop. It’s inside Tommy Fleetwood, 12 ft for Thomas, I’d say. 16 ft for Fleetwood. Match all square cat. Yeah, it’s six feet. Sean has had a bit of a scamp around the green he’s had. Look at it from a better angle. six foot then. So, this is really going to test the metal of Matt Fitzpatrick. And listen to the rings of USA rattling around this this 17th green. Keegan Bradley, the US captain, is here. Bryson Desambo is biting down on his four finger as he watches Matt Fitzpatrick agonizing over this six-foot putt. This to guarantee a half point in the quest to retain the RDER Cup for Europe. Oh my goodness. It is horseshoe out. Matt Fitzpatrick has missed that crucial putt and we are all square going to the 18th. It’s going to be a shootout between the two former USA Open champions and we’re going to the last. It’s deafeningly loud here. Bryson Desambo is on the march up to the final T. M. Fitzpatrick missed the putt and now Bryson Desambo. Well, he can snatch a point here if he can master the 18. there. And that’s exactly what I said. He whisted it out to the right. Like you said, when you look at a putt, this it’s flat. Alli, back to you. Tommy Fleetwood in amongst the Bedum. A picture of calm. It’s gone absolutely berserk around this 18th green. Pictures on the big screen away to the right of Bryson Dambo’s putt rolling in one soul strip of blue on that leaderboard. Ludvik Oberg two up against Patrick Kentlay after 15. still as scores stand with the other matches all square that are out there. Europe have enough but this is getting very very tight indeed. 126 overall Europe need two and a half points to win the match. Two points to retain the RDER Cup and we we’ve got some pressure putts coming here. Andrew McGee or Ian Carter 17th T. The green is cleared after the drama of Fitzpatrick’s mission. And this is Scotty Sheffller’s T-shot on its way climbing up to land in the shadows where the flag is. Lands on the front edge. Dances might take the slope here. Might take the slope. If it does, it’ll go further away from the hole. It catches the slope. And the ball trundles down all the time rolling further and further away from the hole. And that is going to be a long long putt for Scottish Heffler. Alli Tommy Fleetwood’s birdie put on the way on the 18th. It’s going to miss. Now if he’d hold that, it was a guaranteed half point. He can’t He can’t make the putt. It’s conceded. He makes a four. Justin Rose lost the last hole to Cam Young. The USA won the point. They need every point that’s going this afternoon. This man, Justin Thomas, is the man for this job. Andrew McGee. I would say about 12 ft for Justin Thomas. He laps this sort of thing. Look at him. Look at him drinking in the moment. He looked round at the grand stands first before surveying the putt. Ian [Music] been further left than Shefflers. Lands in the heart of the green. Settles down the better T-shot. He’s put it to 20 ft. Alli, right, here we go. Here we go. Indeed. If Justin Thomas can hold this, it’ll be two points out of two for the USA. Tommy Fleetwood has the baseball cap off his head. He has not been beaten this week. He’s won all four of his points so far. He can’t bear to look. He cannot bear to look. Tommy Fleetwood. He runs his right hand through his long flowing hair. He’s looking at the big screen away to the left hand side. He’s checking out the match. Scores. Justin Thomas has eyes for the hole. Only 12T 18th green. Can he seize the moment for the USA? Shakes the shoulders one more time. One last look at the hole. Here it comes. Get in the hole. They cry. It’s in. He drops the putter. He roars with delight. The comeback is on. Thomas has beaten Fleetwood. USA have won the first two points on the board. James Greg. [Applause] Yeah. So, here we are on the Look, this is Bedum down here. Ian described it as fever pitch atmosphere. It’s now reached boiling point at the back of the 16th green. And Ludvig Goldberg has the chance to quieten everything down because he’s got a 15 ft birdie putt on this 16th green to beat Patrick Can and finally finally seal some guaranteed blue on the board and take Europe within one point of retaining the RDER Cup. So the big sweet 25 years old, he’s played beautifully well. He’s three under for his round, but he won’t care what score he is if he can see this one drop in. Drama everywhere. And now the man from Eslov on his second Ryder Cup appearance needs to stand taller than the New York skyscrapers here. This to win three and two against the formidable Patrick Cant. The ball on its way. Oh no, no, no. Just caught the lip. Ludvigberg is going to have to dig deep here. Mark Chapman. I’m just going to scurry my way through to the 17th hole, the par three. It’s rocking down here. So he stays two up. Yeah. Yeah, that’s right. Two up. Two for two to play. So it’s a guaranteed half point. Okay, it’s getting a little bit nervy. John Ram has lost four and three to Xander Schoffé. So when you are looking at the scores now, the only blue on the board is Love Ober against Patrick Canle who is two up. If you then go further down, Ram has lost four and three. JJ Spawn is two up on Sep Stracker. Russell Henley just won 14 in front of us to go two up on Shane Lowry. Ben Griffin and Rasmus Hoyard are all square. Colin Marakawa and Terrell Hatton are all square. Sam Burns and Bob McIntyre are all square. And remember going down 18, Bryson Dambo and Matt Fitzpatrick who are all square. But in the top two matches, the Americans have won the 18th. It is 128 at the moment. And Jamie Donaldson, there is just a funny feeling in your stomach. It doesn’t look great at the moment for Europe, but the Americans are battling so hard. They’re doing so well. They’ve won those two top matches on the last, which is just incredible golf. Two birdies. Well done. Brilliant. But you know, the lads just got to knuckle down here, focus on their game, see if he can get a point across the board. I wonder whether it’s Rory time, Ian. Yeah, he’s looking at that scoreboard right now. He knows exactly what’s going on. He’s one down to Scotty Sheffller, but he’s in much closer. He’s 25 ft from the cup. Sheffller’s got 45 ft up the slope. Tough putt. Ball climbs that slope, heads towards the hole, and it then turns away from the hole. And Sheffller’s put it 6 ft to the left of the hole. That’s a really tough put up that green. It was the really the worst place you could hit it. And he’s just not trusted this line. Come up little low and pace. 6 ft. It’s not the type of put you want to believe in yourself at this stage. You see that Rory looking at the board. He’s doing all the calculations in his head. Yeah, Rory, no matter what tournament is in, is looking at that board. You think maybe in this situation, he wouldn’t, but it’s hard to not know what’s going on. So, it’s better to look up at that leaderboard and actually see exactly what’s what’s happening. And he knows how big this pot is coming up now. How much movement on this one? There’s not a whole lot. 20 ft pretty straight up the hill. Um, I’d say it’s relatively straight. Maybe a hair off the left, but it’s a put that he would have practiced. Yes, Mark. Projected score at the moment, just tallying up everything that’s on the course. 1513, I think, is how I’ve tallied that. Okay, thank you very much. Here comes Rory Mroy for his putt to level this match on its way. He’s not given it enough. I think that’ll be conceded by Scotty Sheffller. It is. So Mark, just to confirm, 1513 in favor of Europe. Yes, I should have said that actually at that point. Although although [Applause] Burns has just gone one up on Bob McIntyre on the 12. I see that that’s another bit of red. So that would be Oh my word. Hang on. 14 12 13 and 12. Okay. Well, this is a very, very important moment now on the 17th green. The world number one Scotty Sheffller is one up. If he holds this putt, he can deny any chance of Rory Maroy winning this match. He will guarantee a half because he’ll be one up with one to play. If he misses, it’s all to play for on the last. It’s 6 ft. And he’s putting from a pale shadow cast by the huge tree behind this 17th green. And the hole is in shadow as well. And there’s a patch of sunlight between his ball and the hole. And the putter head is behind the ball. Now it strikes it and into the darkness and into the hole. And that is what you get when you’re the world number one because Scotty Sheffer’s hold from 6 ft. He’s got a guaranteed half point for his country and he’s marching up to the 18th now. One up with one to play against Rory Mroy as we throw you ahead to 18 and Catherine DS. Matt Fitzpatrick’s second shot into 18 yesterday was absolutely glorious. It would have been glorious again today if the pin had been in the same position, but today it’s cut to the back left portion. Matt Fitzpatrick’s ball finding the front left portion, but he is safely on the green. And you were saying Sean McKill, Bryson Desambo looks to be in a little bit of trouble down the right hand side of the last hole. Yeah, he looks to be in a little bit of trouble, but it’s he’s got plenty of green to work with, you know, no problem there. But Fitzpatrick’s shot was there was dictated by being long there. Can’t afford to be long here, so he came up short. So Bryson Desambo with a shot from the rough down the right hand side. We can barely see him, just the very top of his red baseball cap. And he can see the the club flashing in the sunshine as he goes through his pre-shot routine. Now he’s ready to pull the trigger. He’s sending the ball up on the way. This one moving to the left as well. And just like Terrell Hatton’s ball did last night, it’s cozying up to Mass Fist Patrick. Where are we going next, John? And the cheers here at the 15th. Those are American cheers because JJ Spawn has just rolled in a put from six feet which takes him three up on Sep Strera with three holes to play. So you can mark this down as another guaranteed half point for the United States. Spawn three up on the Austrian Seps tracker. James Greg, where are you? Very well. Back of the 17th green weather has been a superb marker laid down by Ludvig Oberg towards this middle back hole location. Canlay’s ball on the way straight over the top of the banner. He’s going to be on the back fringe but actually inside Lig Obergs. He’s two up in this match. He cannot lose and it’s the only blue on the board. The Swede needs to dig deep here. If Canlay does not win this hole, Leviggoberg guarantees a point and makes it 13 points to Europe. Just one point they would be then away from taking that rider cup back on the flight across the Atlantic home with them. They need much more than that though, don’t they? They want to win this whole thing outright. Ludig Oberg though looks at the moment like he could lead the charge in terms of splashing some guaranteed blue on this leaderboard. Two up with two to play. He’s got 15 ft for Birdie. Kantlay has 12 ft. And let’s just go further down that leaderboard. JJ Spawn three up on Sept Striker as John Murray said. Russell Henley two up on Shane Lowry. Griffin and Hoygard have just gone through 14 in front of us. They’re all square. Moraua and Hatton are all square and Sam Burns remains one up on Bob McIntyre. And all of a sudden over the last half hour, we are properly focused on these bottom three groups because they’re becoming increasingly important from both sides point of view. Can Matt Fitzpatrick get something on 18? Bryson has been on a charge for about two hours. Cat, he has and it’s been glorious to watch. But the tension, oh my goodness me, Mark, it’s the kind of thing that makes your mouth feel dry as Bryson Desambo walks down towards the ball at the front edge of the green. This is about 45 ft or so for a birdie for Bryson Desambo. And this is going to be a putting contest between these two because Matt Fitzpatrick’s ball is just a foot or so inside the Americans. And this match of course all square as Bryson Desambo paces around this one. Quick update Ian. Yes, news of Rory Maroy. He’s driven into the bunker down the right hand side. That after Scotty Sheffller, who’s one up in this match on the 18th, has split the fairway with his T-shot. Bryson Desambo down on his hornes then. Big hand on the thick grip of his putter to steady himself, balanced on his tiptoes, placing the ball between his thumb and his forefinger on the line of the putt that he hopes will clinch a point. An unlikely point it seemed a couple of hours ago when he was five down on the eighth T. But here he is on the 18th green having battled back in swashbuckling style as only Bryson Desambo can to all square. And now they fight for the spoils on the final green. And Bryson Desambo just tucks that big thick putter handle into the crook of his elbow. Swings the club once or twice as he stands perpendicular to the line. And now he’ll swing it twice as he stands just behind the ball. And now sidling his toes into position, sliding the putter into position. 45 ft for a birdie at the last for Bryson Desambo. Has he got one last moment of magic in him? Ball on its way. This is borrowing slightly to the left. He’s missed the birdie putt and Matt Fitzpatrick has his to come. James Greg and Lud Goberg’s birdie putt is now ready to be sent on its way left to right down the hill to win the match and guarantee a point for team Europe. It’s tracking. It’s looking very good. Needs to travel. Don’t leave it short on line. He has done. It’s a foot short. It’ll be given. And now Patrick Klay has a 12-footer of his own from the back fringe to take this match up the last. Remember Kantlay can’t win. Cat downs. Back to you. But Matt Fitzpatrick can and this is the putt that would do it. This is the putt that would win the point. And what a battle he would have had to put in for it. 40 ft for Matt Fitzpatrick. Doesn’t waste time over it. Doesn’t look like he’s given it enough. He hasn’t. And just like Bryson Desambo, he leaves it slightly short. And Matt Bryson Desambo has given that one to Matt Fitzpatrick. But Matt Fitzpatrick is going to make Bryson Desambo see this one out. James Gray Kantlay stood over this put now if it misses. Leviggoberg has won a singles match for Europe here. Ice in his veins usually Patrick can play the ball trundling down the hill. This is looking good for line and it misses. It misses. Ice in the veins but fire in the game. The Swede Led Oberg stands supreme in the singles. Europe have 13 points on the board. Well done Ludvig Oberg. A stunning win over Patrick Can. Oh, finally we’re off and running. Mark blue on the board. Ludregoberg gets the point. It’s 138. Matt Fitzpatrick looks to get a half at least on 18 as well here on 14. Jamie Donaldson. Tier Hatton within what 4T. And the opportunity maybe to take this hole, the 14th, the par 34th from Colin Moro. They’re all square quickly. It’s an unbelievable shot from Tul. Yeah. But the best one we’ve seen so far. Stood in this hole for the last hour and a half. Hell of a shot. Bryson for the half cap. It’s just 2 and 1/2 ft, but it must seem enormous. Bryson Desambo’s been made to put this one out. He conceded the couple of feet to Matt Fitzpatrick. So the par already in the bank. Is this to share the spoils on the 18th for Bryson Desambo? Can he snatch something from this match? It is. It’s an unlikely half point for Bryson Desambo and he celebrates it as though he’s won the match by five and Matt Fitzpatrick will feel like he let that win slip through his fingers. Five up on the eighth T. But here we are on the 18th and they’re shaking hands having shared the point. So that means that the scoreboard over to my right reads eight and a half to the USA, 13 and a half to team Europe and that means they are just half a point away from retaining the RDER Cup mark. half a point from retaining it, one point from winning it and out on the course they have got one point and at the moment it comes from Rasmus Hoygard who is all square with Ben Griffin and they are playing 15 and it also comes from the half that Terrell Hatton is getting at the moment with Colin Morawa here on the par 34. Colin Morawa chipping off the green. He came short. Terrell Hatton has a 4 foot put for Birdie if Morawa doesn’t drain this. And he doesn’t. He leaves it short. Hatton has a chance to go one up here. Ian at the 18th. Rory Mroy looking to do a Fitzpatrick from yesterday. He’s in one of those bunkers down the right hand side. He missed a long way right with his T-shot and he’s backed off this shot. I think someone’s shouted yet another thing at him that really has annoyed him. He’s backed away. He needs to get this up to this back left hole location on the 18th. High elevated green puff of sand. The ball emerges, goes into the clear blue sky, heads over towards the hole, and the ball lands on the green, spins back to the front of the green. Let’s go to cap with Matt Fitzpatrick. Yeah, Matt Fitzpatrick who claimed a half point for Europe here. What a hard-fought match that was. Two US Open champions going head-to-head. And Bryson, what a comeback for him. How are you feeling, Matt? Yeah, obviously disappointing. You know, still half a point. That’s important, but um you know, obviously after where I had him after seven holes, it would have been nice to capitalize that on that a little bit more and uh and get the job done, but uh yeah, obviously disappointing, but still good half. And is this Sunday singles suddenly feeling a little bit more tense than we were anticipating last night? Yeah, of course it is. Obviously, you look at the scoreboard, it’s not ideal where we’re at right now, but um you know, got every faith in the boys that they can come out and, you know, get this thing over the line. Get out there and support Matt. Well done. Half point one, Ian. Back to you. And Scotty Sheffller’s second shot into the 18th one up on Rory Mackoy. This is much better. It’s right up to the hole. Spins back and sits down 15 ft from the cup. Mroy has got the whole of the green almost up to the flag. The flag located 21 paces on. So, he’s got the best part of a cricket pitch and he’s got to hold that putt somehow if he’s to stand any chance of snatching a half from this match. Yeah, he’s up against it right now. It was a pretty good bunker shot. 130 yds up the hill. Not too bad. Just couldn’t get it all the way back there with this back flag. Scottish Sheffler put the pressure on. It’s a very very uphill task for Rory of M. I know. He’s dug so so deep, hasn’t he? Mroy, but he does look a weary figure. and the misses. T- shot on 15 way right. T-shot on 18 way right. You know that’s the sign of a a tired swing. Yeah, we know from watching Rory so much when he starts getting that and he just can’t quite square the face or a little underneath. Just leaves it out to the right. It’s generally a little bit of fatigue and uh he’s just had so much to deal with on the from the gallery on this back nine. It’s been hard. I don’t know have any idea how he’s been able to play the level of golf he has throughout this last couple of days doing it. But he’s hung in there and there’s still a chance. is uh he does like the limelight so I wouldn’t put it past him. No. Three and a half points out of a possible four for Rory Maroy. He’s looking up there at the big screen. He’s looking at the scoreboard which shows Europe 13 12 the United States 8 and a half now. They have taken the first two matches. Schoffley’s won as well four and three against Grammar. Spawn’s going well against Straa. He’s three up and so the situation has a lot of red on the board. Europe should have enough to muster the one point that they need to get to 14 12. That’s the magic number. But Rory Mroy would love would love to hold this putt because if he does hold this putt then Europe will retain the RDER Cup if Scotty Sheffller misses his. So, uh, let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. Mroy is stalking this. It’s a good 55 60 ft. Yeah, this is a really tricky put. There’s a bit of break right to left on it, but it’s just hard to hit it to to get it all the way up to the hole. And the last thing you want to do is um, leave it leave yourself work to do. That being said, Scottish Heffler, pretty simple two put. So, this really has to go in. Mroy loves the big moment. They don’t come much bigger than this. He’s one down. He needs a birdie at the last. He’s putting from an inch off the front edge of the 18th green with the sun beating down on his back. He gives the ball a firm wrap. The ball accelerates up the slope. Has it got enough puff to get to the hole? Yes, it has. But it drifts just to the left of the hole and it looks very much as though Scotty Sheffller, the world number one, is going to edge it against his closest rival in the world rankings. It’s a really good effort. Really good for pace, but as we said, just a little too much work to do there. He’s uh he’s not been given it. So, this is still some some work going for both players, but pretty simple task I think from Scotty Sheffle, even given the fact that we’re on the 18th hole on the Sunday of the Rder Cup. Rory Mroy says the hardest thing in golf is to win the RDER Cup away from home. Certainly one of the hardest he’s had the year of his life. He say already told me it’s the most memorable year of his golfing life. Winning the Masters, winning the Irish Open, winning at Pebble Beach, winning the Players Championship, playing at Royal Port Rush and Open Championship in which he did pretty well in his native Northern Ireland. Winning the Rider Cup would cap it off gloriously, but it looks like he’s not going to add to the tally today. Scottish Heffler with two putts for victory in this match. He is now 15 ft away. Straight up the hill. He can be bold with this one. And he’s over it now. Looks down, sends the ball forward, borrowing from right to left. It cozes up to the whole side and Rory Maroy comes forward. The cap is off. There’s the handshake. Scotty Sheffller has delivered at last at this RDER Cup. A miserable Friday, a miserable Saturday, but a very, very good Sunday. He’s beaten Rory Mroy, Europe’s talisman, by the narrowest of margins. A warm handshake between these two golfing gladiators. And another point onto the tally for the Americans. They now move to 9 and 1/2 points. It’s 13 1/2 9 12 from somewhere. John, Europe have to find one more point to keep the trophy. Sebstraka rolls in a 4-footer at the 16th which keeps this match going. JJ Spawn for the United States. The US Open champion now two up with two to play. So USA guaranteed a half point from this match, but Straa is still alive. Well, also Shane Lowry is still alive. He’s won the 15th. So he’s now just one down against Russell Henley with three to play. Hoygard and Griffin are all square up ahead on the 15th green. We’ll give you some details on that shortly. Jamie Donaldson, RDER Cup winner in 2014 alongside me as we walk with Turl Hatton who’s on the tea, having had a fantastic opportunity on the par 314 to go one up on Colora and he missed a 5-footer for birdie. Yeah, he did. He didn’t break. He hit it just right at the hole and he just didn’t turn. Um but you know, it’s it’s great, isn’t it? This is so exciting. And for everybody watching at home and listening, uh it’s just epic this, you know, um hole after hole. They always just we’re always going to come back into it at some point. And these things happen when you’ve got a big lead. You’ve just got to weather the storm and crack on. I mean, it’s epic on the one hand. It’s uh it’s horrible on the other. Oh, yeah. It’s brutal for them. You know, they’re obviously going to see leaderboards out the corner of their eye when they, you know, you don’t want to listen, but it watch it. But it looks at you. You’ve got to ignore it. Play your game. Win your point. It’s 13 12 N 12 to Europe. 14 for Europe. And they’ll retain they’ll retain it. Win it. Get one to win it outright. They need 14 and a half out on this course at the moment. They are getting one more point thanks to the half from Hoygard and the half from Hatton. I wonder whether Shane Lowry will have a say in it. One down. He’s playing the par 416th against Russell Henley. Alli Shane Larry has just hit an absolute stunner. Cometh the moment cometh the man. He’s knocked it in to about 3 feet here on the 16th green. He won the 15th as well. He was two down on the 15th. He’s now one down. and he’s absolutely stiffed Andrew McGee there. Russell Henley has missed the fairway. He’s playing from the rough on the left hand side. You won’t find anyone more passionate than Shane Lowry about the Rder Cup. This might fall into his hands for Europe. Yeah, that’s a birdie right there. That’s a tap in two-footer. Give that to him. That’s all square coming. Let’s see what Henley does. Let’s see what Henley’s got. Good looking line on it. Is enough? Is it enough? Bounce up. And he’s got a chance. Good chance. Good chance for Russell Henley. He’s knocked that in to about 14 ft. I would say pin high on the right on the 16th green. So this is how it stands. 13 1/2 9 1/2 to Europe of the matches left out on the golf course. JJ Spawn two up with two to play against Seb Striker in this match. Shane Lowry one down. I’m pretty sure that birdie will be conceded. It’s two feet away. Maybe not. You’d expect him to pop it in. That could be all square with two to play. Hoygard and Griffin all square with four to play. Hatner Morawa all square with four to play. McIntyre and Burns all square with five to play. It could not be closer. At the start of the day, we were potentially talking Andrew McGee about a dominant European win trying to beat the record score. Th this has turned into an absolute dog fight. Yeah, I guarantee you Griffin, Morau, or Burns and English. Well, English is already finished. Those last three would never have dreamed of being in this situation where they could be in the balance here to to see who’s going to win this match, but there’s lots lots of golf left. Let’s keep on watching. Let’s make sure let’s watch this thing here. Let’s how we tap this in. See if Henley can make it. Good golf in front of us still. Yeah. Ryder Cup special this afternoon five live in BBC sound. Shane Lowry comes marching onto the 16th grade. Mark. Yeah, you mentioned Bob McIntyre had gone all square. He won the 13th in that final match against Sam Burns. So, he’s just added that extra half if everything was to stay as it is. We haven’t seen who that is, have we? Jamie Donson, but somebody here on 15 has gone way left. We’ll tell. Do we think that’s Lowry? Sorry, Hatton. Chris AB. No, Hatton’s on the tea. I think it’s uh Raasmus. I think from 16. Yeah, I can’t tell who it is. Somebody’s hit it a long way and deep into the forest. So, it’s a long way up the hole. I can always presume it’s Raasmus because it’s so far up there. Raasmus is coming down 16. So, we’ll check on that. Alli, right, Russell Henley has his little book out. He’s studying the notes. He’s got about 12 ft or so for Birdie on the 16th. He has not conceded Lowry’s little putt, Andrew McGee. But this is the Ryder Cup. This is getting very close. That is no surprise. They can be missed. Craig Stadler did it at the belfry in 1985. An absolute tidler. It’s a two-footer. There’s no way at this position, this point of the day, that Mr. Henley is going to give that putt. He’s only worried about his putt. Maybe he’ll give it after he hits his. We’ll see about that. But right now, it’s all about Russell Henley. Good putter as well. He’s a good putter. We I think he’s on this team because of his putting. And uh he hasn’t really done much until today. And can he still make this putt? Played a bit golf. Played a bit of golf with Scottish Sheffller. His face is on the big screen at the moment. He’s given his postmatch interview after beating Rory Maroy. Red splashed all over the big screen the way to our right hand side. A brilliant fight back by the American golfers this afternoon. And Henley is taking every care in the red, white, and blue. The ball just perched between thumb and forefinger as he places it on the smooth shiny putting surface of the 16th green. Shane Lowry 2 ft away looks on impassively giant of a man shakes his head, hitches up his trouser leg. And here comes Henley. Brushes the face of the putter with his left hand. Needs this surely for the half to stay one up with two to play on its way. You’ll know if it drops. Oh, it does. It does with the very last roll. Russell Henley makes the birdie on 16. He will definitely remain one up. He will see this in from Shane Lowry. Lowry’s got to knock it in from two feet to stay one down. And he needs everyone to just calm down a little. But that was a brilliant display of putting. He needs to calm down. He’s in a bit of shock right here. And now if he misses this, it’s the match. So he didn’t think of that a few few minutes ago. I’m one minute ago. And now if he misses this, two down, two down. guys are on this course. 18 still. Yeah, I’m used to not playing 18 this that’s what the RDER Cup can do to you. Right, Shane Lowry, this is serious. Good point by Andrew McGee’s got to make this now from two feet. Otherwise, it’s another guaranteed half point for the USA. Can he make it? Yes, he can. In it goes. And on we go to the 17th. Lowry one down with two to play. Brilliance from Russell Henley with the putter. Mark John Murray at 17. It looks as though JJ Spawn may be about to close out victory for another point for the United States against Seb Straer who put it for birdie from 30 ft but it never threatened the hole. So now Seb JJ Spawn from just off the green has two putts for the match. Katrina. Yeah, two putts for the match just as you say from 15 ft. He’s just off the edge but I expect him just to roll this one up. It was a great birdie from Striker on the last hole to keep the match going. So strikers par four has been conceded but Spawn I’m sure will be very very careful with this. He’s got two puts. He might as well use them. He crouches down behind the ball. This stocky little character. Powerful shoulders. Memorably winning the US Open in the summer against Bob McIntyre. bubbles this ball down the slope and misses it. But it’s right by the hole side that is conceded. The hole is halved and the match is won and it’s another red point for the United States. JJ Spawn a winner against Sap Striker 2 and one. And that means the match score now USA 10, Europe 13 and a half. And Europe still half a point from retaining the trophy. Yeah, half a point from retaining. But they really want that full point. They would feel like a just a a tied match would be a loss to them really. Sea embraces Justin Rose, but the the noise and the tide, the emotion around the the 17th with still people here thinking, could it be possible that we’re about to witness the greatest comeback ever seen to win in the RDER Cup? Russell Henley and Shane Lowry will go down 17 with Henley one up. Tier Hatton is only now taking his T-shot here on 15. He is all square with Colin Moraua back on 14. McIntyre and Burns are all square. The reason for the delay is there has been a buggy parked across the 15th fairway because Jamie Donaldson over on 16. We haven’t got eyes on it at the moment. We think both Hoygard and Griffin have been in trouble in the woods. Yeah, Griffin and Hogard have both hit big full hooks. They’re both deep in the forest. We can’t quite see exactly where they are. It looks like they might be getting drops. Whether they’re in the uh the stands, I don’t know, or if they’ve got a visual to the green. I’m not sure, but we’ll soon find out. We are in front of the hospitality here on 15 now going berserk. Terrell Hatton on the farewell with his T-shot. James Greg. Yeah. Well, I can tell you that Raasmus Hoygar had hit it into the hospitality that you’re just stood in front of left of the 15th. There’s a load of like generators and bathrooms, portaloo, that kind of thing. That’s where the ball was of Raasmas Hygar. He had to take it as far back in line as he possibly can and then drop it on the 16th fairway. Big wedge over the top and he’s just chipping up. I’m going to work out how they lie. John Murray, what news at 17? Well, on the 17th, Russell Henley and Shane Lowry on the tea. Lowry has played for Europe and he has found the green, but he is on the wrong level. He’s 50 ft away down the slope. So, now it is Henley who has a one-up lead. They like this. Oh, it’s right over the flag. It’s to within 10 ft. Great play from Russell Henley. Big advantage USA on this hole. Oh, that was just a fantastic shot there from Russell Henley. right over the flag stick the whole way and just spun back to about to say 10 ft. One up. And it might well be that Russell Henley can close this match out here on the 17th. If he did, that would take it to 13 12 11 12. James Greg, you’ll buy the 15th green. So Hoyard and Griffin are still on 15. Mount Olympus it’s called. Yeah, that’s right. and apologize for the slightly out of breath nature of this report. I’m going to just keep my voice down here cuz Ben Griffin has actually given himself a birdie putt despite the fact he was in the woods. It is some 50 ft away. He’s right at the front of this green. A bit of an ovalshaped affair. The pin just engulfed in shadow at the moment. Up and over a ridge it comes. Remember this match all square. It’s a good speed actually from the RDER Cup rookie for Team USA. It might well be given for a par four. It looks to me like Raasmas Huygar, who I’m told did get free relief from all that hospitality down the left hand side, will have around six feet for his par four. This is delicately poised. The young Dane, remember, has played one, lost one at this year’s Rder Cup. He’ll be feeling it. He’ll be having his heart pound absolutely pounded into his rib cage as he goes down on his hornes and lines this one up. This effectively, I think, Mark, for the half in this match. Okay, John Murray on 17. That’s pandemonium around here at the 17th. There are people coming and going in all directions. People on their feet down in front of us and the players have reached the green. Russell Henley is just marking his ball now. It’s a great shot that right over the fluttering white flag. And Shane Lowry will put first from 50 odd feet. James Par putt and on its way. No. And more more American cheers. He’s going to scoop the ball up. Ben Griffin goes one up with three holes left to play. More red on the board as Captain Keegan Bradley runs towards the big grand stand at the back of the 15th green here. The whole atmosphere has changed. US in the ascendancy. Griffin takes the hole with a par against Raasmas Huygar. Oh my word. 13 1/2 10 and 1/2 and there is more red on the board. Russell Henley one up and could close out his match on 17. Then Griffin goes to 16, one up on Raasmas Hoygard. And from a European point of view, you look back down the board and there are two grays now, all square. Tier Hatton and Colin Morawa who are on the 15th and Sam Burns and Bob McIntyre who are back on the 15th T job. Well, Europe needs something. The United States in the place the atmosphere around the 17th where people are packed 40 deep in places and it is absolutely vibrant. You are never going to get silence here now around this green. Shane Lowry is putting from 50 ft or more and he’s got a huge slope as well. Putting right towards us. Russell Henley just 10 ft away if that. Henley one up in this match. Lowry up over the slope. It goes down towards the hole, but it will curl short and left. And he’s actually he’s actually left himself probably 4T short. And so Russell Henley from 10 ft. He’s got a birdie chance, but a par might be enough. Par might be enough, but a birdie chance to win this match and take the Americans to 11 and 1/2 points. It is slightly downhill for Henley. Put downhill, but probably just downhill. Maybe just a little bit of break off the left hand side. So Russell Henley just he looks a little nervous, I must say. the world number three, don’t forget, but a rookie in the RDER Cup at the age of 36. He’s got his ball in his hand as he plays a couple of practice strokes along the line of this putt and he’s still got his ball in his hand while he plays those practice strokes. Now he’s putting it on the ground. Yeah, he’s just trying to get an idea of the line. And just a moment ago, his great buddy Scotty Sheffler just came around. So he’s sitting just behind him, watching, ready to bear hug him if he manages to hold this pot. So if he rolls this in, he will win the match. Somebody unhelpfully shouts, “Let’s go Russ.” So here he is now. He’s ready to go. This for a birdie to beat Shane Lowry. ever so gently trickling down towards the hole and missing. Just a little short. He did everything but hit it. He just left it probably half a oh 3 in short. He’s going to make Shane Lowry put out and I’m not surprised. I’m not surprised. As you I mean the the atmosphere around this 17th green, it really is electric and I’m not surprised he’s making him put this. Henley one up on the 17th green. Shane Lowry has got to roll this in. This is all a four feet to take this match down 18. If you’ve just switched on the match score now it is extraordinarily tight. 10 12 to the USA 13 12 to Europe. And that little half point down the bottle bottom that Victor Hovland got from his withdrawal this morning does look increasingly significant. So Lowry now this is a real nervy one and it’s in the left hand side wall. Yeah. Yeah. Caught the edge but it went in and that’s all that matters and he’s one down playing the last hole. Yep. So this match Henley against Lowry does go down 18. Russell Henley just squeezes past us here and so too Shane Lowry up the slope towards the 18th T. Big breath everyone here on 15 with the seconds from Morau and Hatton. Advantage Hatton just both have birdie opportunities. Jamie Donaldson. Yeah, it is advantage Hatton. He’s hit a great shot to about 8 ft. You’ve got Morocawa 18 ft. So it’s again it’s classic match play. Uh Morocawa going first. He’s there to put the pressure on. Let’s just get an update on 16 which is Raasmas Hoygard and Ben Griffin with Ben Griffin. One up Jame Craig. Yeah, big shouts of USA as we stride down the 16th hole. Raasmas Hoygar. Ben Griffin walking barely 5 yds apart. Both stonefaced, but the man with the aviators on has the advantage. Ben Griffin, a Ryder Cup rookie who’s been brilliant this year. It’s been a breakthrough year for him. And could the icing be on the cake for him, bringing home the riches of a RDER Cup red point here on this single Sunday? One up with three left to play. Both players have hit it slightly left, but they’re fine. We’ll go to John Murray for the T-shot on 18 very shortly. Jamie Donaldson alongside me here on 15. This is the 10th match. You were in the 10th match at Glenn Eagles when you beat Keegan Bradley 5 and three. You know, all Hatton very well. I wonder if you have to expect anything, don’t you? So, he would have had to have expected that this may be his. Yeah, I think it’s it’s looking like it might be. Um, you know, he’s playing some great golf here. A wonderful shot into last. He’s hit another fantastic iron shot. He’s got a great chance here from only 8 ft away. It’s getting very tense here. Uh, let’s go to John Murray on 18. Well, actually, uh, Mark, our orders are to stay on 17. So, we’ve hunkered down. Okay, let’s go to Ian on 18. Here I am. Here I am and in the distance I can see Russell Henley getting ready and Shane Lowry rather getting ready to hit his T-shot and he swipes through that looks pretty good bends down picks up the tea and the ball makes its way down to the fairway. That’s a fantastic T- shot from Shane Lowry into the right side of the fairway. Morocawa has a birdie putt here from 25 ft or so on the 15th up Mount Olympus. He’s put it into 25 ft. Till Hatton a little better. He’s gone beyond the flag and he has come to a rest 15t or so from the cup. So it’s going to be Morawa to pop first. Remember these bottom matches becoming increasingly vital. This one locked at all square with these final four holes to go. Moro, a slight figure with the red baseball cap. Looks like he sent this one out to the left. Will it curve round towards the hole? Oh my goodness me. It’s stopped right on the edge of the cup and the American fans are leaning over the barrier of the grand stand as though their energy can push it the final revolution and let it drop into the cup. It is going to be conceded because he doesn’t even need to touch it to make it fall in. Ian, out to you. Russell Henley’s T-shot has gone left and into the bunker down the left hand side. Fantastic T-shot from Shane Lowry. Remember, he’s one down in this match, but if he were to win this hole, then he’d get the half point, which would guarantee that Europe would retain the RDER Cup. Cap. So, Till Hatton then with a putt to go one up with four holes to play. Vital matches in the bottom half of the Sunday singles here at the 45th RDER Cup. America on the comeback. It is getting tight. It is getting tense. Europe looking to limp over the line. They’re just half a point away from retaining the RDER Cup, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult. Home side with their tails up. The home fans baying them to an unlikely comeback. So can Tirill Hatton just burst the bubble a little bit? Here he is. 15 ft or so this to go one up on Colin Moraua on the 15th green. Ball is on its way and it misses to the right and the American cheers will tell you everything you need to know and Tier Hatton lets out a barrage of exploitives. The hole is harved in pars. That was a great chance for Hatton and he knows it and they are all square with three holes left to play. Jamie Donaldson what I mean the Colum Moracawa put first of all I mean it hovered it hovered on the lip for three four five seconds until he went and picked it up. I honestly don’t know how it didn’t go in with directly down the line. Big swing fast left to right swinging beautifully. Look, I was going to drop in the middle of the hole and it stopped right on the edge. It was a uh go get it. We’re just going under a rope and we’re in the middle of everything. Alli, where are you? Yeah, Griffin and Hoygar on the 16th. Raasmas Hoygar in a better shape than Ben Griffin at the moment. Both balls on the green. Hygar about 20 ft away. Ben Griffin is a lot further than that. And Ben Griffin of course one up in this match with three holes to play. Very noticeable as well, Andrew McGee, that the European players have turned up here on the 16th to lend their support to the rookie. Tommy Fleetwood is here. Rory Maroy is here. Matt Fitzpatrick is here. Justin Rose is here. Luke Donald is here as well. And Huygar, that was a pretty impressive second shot under the pressure. He is going to he is going to be really feeling this. Yeah, he had a bit of tree problem on the left. There’s what one tree on this hole and he had to mess with it a bit but he got it around it and he’s about where Russell Henley made his birdie putt from from 15 18 ft right of the hole match situation then Mark Larry and Henley going down 18 Henley one up Griffin one up on a Hoyer on the 16th green Hatton and Morar all square Burns and McIntyre all square 13 12 10 and a half cheers from elsewhere on the course now it’s very difficult to tell where they’re from the moment could we come from hospitality quality people seeing replays or shots or it could be coming from the 18th. Ian. Yeah, we’re on the 18th now and Ben Griffin is looking at this fairway bunker shot having gone down the left. He’s on the up slope. He’s underneath a bit of a lip as well. Ollie Wilson. Yeah, we saw where it finished and it went up the lip and rolled back down, but it looked like it stayed up on the face. So, he’s got about 130 yards. Green way above his his uh height. So, he’s got a a really really awkward shot. Alli Ben Griffin first to go. 40 ft 16th green RDER Cup in the balance on its way from Griffin. Can he hold a bomb from here? Long range. Oh, the American fans have their heads in their hands. It doesn’t drop. Chance for Raasmus Huygar if he can hold a birdie to get it all squarey in. Russell Henley then here on the 18th against Shane Lowry. Henley one up. from the bunker down the left hand side. The Irishman in prime position down the right side of the fairway to attack a back left pin. Lowry needs to win the hole. If he does, Europe can’t be beaten in this RDER Cup. It’s got a whole lot tenser than anyone was expecting. Overall score 13 1/2 10 12 in Europe’s favor at the moment. And here’s Russell Henley now with his shot off the face of the bunker. It looks pretty good. It’s climbing into the sky. is descending near the flag. It’s a fantastic shot and all his teammates to the left of the green spring up and jump in celebration. High five between Scotty Sheffer and Cam Young. And that’s just brilliant from Russell Henley. Alli half a point for Europe to retain the Rder Cup. A full point somewhere from these last four matches. Maybe two halves will do it to win the match outright to become only the fifth European team to win on US soil. It looked a sure thing this morning. It is anything but right now. And here’s Raasmus Hoygar playing in his first ever Ryder Cup. 20oot birdie putt on the 16th. Time to step up and be a hero maybe. Here it comes from Hoygar for Europe. No. No. Two holes to play. He’s one down. The young Dane Ian Shane second shot. Got to get this in close from the fairway. The ball heads up towards the green. It lands close to the hole. It’ll spin back. It’s inside Henley’s. What a shot from Shane Lowry. And he’s still got a chance. He’s still alive in this. That’s a fantastic response. This very, very tough putt coming up with some left to right in this situation. But fantastic effort from Larry there. What an atmosphere here on the 18th. Everyone in these giant grand stands that horseshoe around the first tea in the 18th. Everybody is standing. There’s plenty of European support. There’s loads of American support. And this RDER Cup hitting fever pitch. I I have to say Henley shot out that bunker was incredible. I really didn’t know if he could get it all the way back there, but he flew it all the way. Amazing strike and controlled the spin beautifully to leave himself 10 ft to close out this game. It was almost as though they put a jolt of electricity through the American team. You know, they’re all standing there, Dambo, Sheffller, Young, Thomas, they all just leapt up as one. Well, they all walked down the edge of the fairway and they looked at the lie and they were all discussing how it was. Henley’s Caddy jumped in the bunker leaning down to see if he could actually get it over the lip. So, there was a lot of debate about that. So, I think that’s what they were thinking. It was an absolutely incredible shot under the circumstances. So, the players have arrived up here on the 18th green. Let’s quickly go to you, Cap. Yeah, on the 15th, Bob McIntyre missing the fairway with his T-shot into the long rough down the left hand side of the 15th. He’s missed the green with his second shot and he’s Oh, he’s hit an absolutely beautiful little chip up the steepsided 15th green, the banks of Mount Olympus and he’s popped it into three feet. Sam Burns though is 10 ft away. A birdie here would see him one up going to the 16th. Ian. So, here we are on the 18th and it’s a 10-footer for Russell Henley and it’s on a very close line to the one that Shane Lowry will have. Lowry will have a fivefooter 5 1/2 footer. If he if this doesn’t go in, if this does go in for Henley, then he wins the point and it goes to 13 1/2 11 12. Yeah, I thought Shane Larry would be getting into position on the other side here so he could actually watch Henley’s ball roll, but he’s staying in position. Maybe he doesn’t want to be uh put off by anything that he sees. So, um Henley just trying to figure it out. Walking from behind the hole, doing a little aim point halfway through the the uh halfway along his putt, trying to figure out if this thing’s going to move left to right. I think it is just a little bit, but not a whole lot. Larry standing at the back left corner of the green with his caddy, Baron Reynolds, slugging away at a bottle of water. Henley looks very calm beneath that crimson American cap. He’s going to have one last little adjustment of the line before removing the marker behind the ball. He does that. Pops it in his right pocket. Goes down on his hunches once more. One last look at the line. He knows where he wants to hit it. this for victory over Shane Lowry for Russell Henley of the United States. Sends the pup forward. Turns from left to right. But he’s left it short. He’s left it short. And now Shane Lowry has this five-footer. And if it goes in, Europe can’t be beaten. Well, that was nervy, wasn’t it? A little short, little jabby. Um, just, you know, you’re going to be very disappointed with himself. You cannot give opportunities away like this. But this put for Shane, he loves this situation. He’s more than capable. This is about as tough a put as you get. You’re going to be feeling every bit of nerves going through those fingertips right now. The weight of Europe on his shoulders. Behind this match, Ben Griffin is one up on Brazma Hoygard playing the 17th. And then the bottom three matches Colin Morawa and Tur Hatton. Sam Burns and Bob McIntyre are all square. And of course the very first points that were decided was the bottom match which was Harris English and Victor Hovland. Hland withdrawing with injury. So that was a half point as well. America 10 and a half, Europe 13 12. This for a birdie to finish for Shane Lowry. And if it goes in, Europe will retain the RDER Cup. Lowry hits it forward and in it goes. And he roars with delight. He leaps into the air. Great celebrations. The European players walk onto the green. They can’t be beaten. The RDER Cup remains in European hands. At the last, Shane Lowry snatches the half. That means it’s mission accomplished for Europe. The trophy will be going home on their flight. What a celebration from Shane Lowry. He’s being hugged by John Rob. who’s standing in the middle of the group and now he’s roaring in delight, shaking both arms. There’s Jose Maria Olaf. Tears in his eyes as he hugs him. Wow, what a finish. I can see Shane’s dad there. Oh, he’s as proud as punch. Oh my goodness me. And Shane is in fits of tears as he hugs his father. Great scenes here on the 18th green and Beth Paige. The Americans cannot get the trophy back. And Justin Thomas walks up and congratulates Shane Lowry. He is in absolute bits. What scenes do you think there’s some tension in there? I’ve never seen him jump so high. That was absolutely incredible stuff. You could just see the whole release as soon as the ball went in the hole. He’s still He’s still struggling. He can’t get his breath. It’s absolutely incredible. What a scene that was. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. John, on the 17th, Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley are here watching the Griffin Hoygard match and they’ve just shaken hands. They came together on the side of the 17th green. They’ve shaken hands. They’ve had a little word. Luke Donald has walked away and Keegan Bradley is standing with his arms crossed in the shadows [Applause] here on 16. Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rory Maroy roaring with delight at Shane Lowry’s put. And you go back to yesterday afternoon and everything that Shane Larry had to put up with. Everything he and Maroy had to put up with and somehow it’s fitting that the big Irishman gets the half point to retain the RDER Cup. Now I’m sure they want to go on and win it. And they are all watching Maroy, Fleetwood, and Fitzpatrick, Tierrell Hatton on the 16th green up ahead. Alli, it was really interesting to watch Mark because Rory Maroy came marching across the fairway having celebrated with those European players that had already finished their matches and came over to sort of celebrate with Tier Hatton, but Hatton not not a glimmer of a smile. Game face on this European team have retained the RDER Cup. They have come here with one mission. That is to win the match. To become only the fifth European team to win on US soil. They need another half point to do it. And at the moment that is all on Terrell Hatton because he’s the only one that’s all square. Hoygard one down playing the 17th. Cat Bob McIntyre has gone one down on 15. He has. He’s three putted from 4 feet on the 15th green. Painful to watch Mark. And that means that Sam Burns who himself missed a 10-footer for birdie. man who is supposed to be the best putter in the world. Really feeling the nerves here as the Americans look to close out uh this uh this European victory. They’ve retained the RDER Cup, but Samburns couldn’t find the bottom of the cup and Bob McIntyre is now one down after that three putt painful three putt for the Scotsman on the 15th. He’s just about to take his T-shot on the 16. John Murray on 17. Rasmmer’s Hoyard with a put from 25 ft. This was to win the hole and have the match, but he’s left it short. If that had gone in, that would have guaranteed a half point for Oh, no. I beg you pardon. No, they would have gone up the 18th all square. Getting ahead of myself, but uh Ben Griffin Katrina still has to hold this and this is all of six feet, but I with Shane Larry. Yeah. Yeah. We’ll be with him very, very shortly. He’s just finishing up his interview here with NBC, but we are told we’re going to be absolutely next. The scene here on 18 is absolute bedum. Of course, it’s all the Europeans fans who are singing the oles. Ole oles are going all around here very quickly to Alli. We’re going to have Shane any second. Yeah, with Shane Larry very shortly. Let’s see if Tier Hatton can make a birdie on the 16th to get one up against Colin Marawa. Europe looking to win this match overall. Speedy putt on its way. Doesn’t find the cup. The drama continues. in. Well, here we are with Shane Larry. He’s just getting another hug of congratulations here. Shane, Shane, Shane, Shane, Shane, Shane, what a moment. What a moment. What a smile on your face. Yeah. Look, uh, I didn’t think it was going to come down to me. Uh, and like going I was going down the six hole. The scoreboard looked amazing. Blue everywhere. And obviously the US team did a great job coming back. And it was hard out there like you know um it’s the whole week we had our teammates beside us when you’re out there on your own today it was incredibly difficult. Uh we knew the crowd were going to make it difficult for us and they did but uh yeah h look I played those last four holes I went two down lost lost 13 and 14 and then I just said to Darren I have to do something here. I saw the boys all, you know, we were struggling and I said, I have to do something. And I hit three of the best iron shots I’ve hit in my life. And obviously I hold that P like a like I’m shaking. I was shaking over it like, you know, and uh yeah, the Irish in the RDER Cup. Something about it. Love it. Yeah. What what what was the feeling as that ball disappeared? I mean, it’s an obvious question, but the way you celebrated being completely honest with you, I pulled it a little bit. Uh, but when I looked up and saw a catch on the left side, honestly it to be honest if I missed and things didn’t go my way, I’m not sure I would have ever lived it down. So, I’m happy I went in. And just a final word, just how much resilience has it taken? It has been super tough, hasn’t it? Yeah, like I haven’t had the last the best three months golf, you know, behind me. And I came here this week and I I I felt like I was playing really well. I struggled on the greens maybe the first day, but, you know, the last two days I felt great out there. And uh yes, I was nervous, but I felt like this is where I belong. And uh and look, this is like I’ve I’ve experienced some amazing things, but this is this is like God, I can’t believe it. Like, you know, that’s something that I’ll remember forever. My brother had a baby boy today as well, Little Freddy. So, like I be sitting at home watching this and it’s just Yeah, it’s unbelievable. So, your dad, I mean, you had an amazing home with him. What a day for him. Oh, yeah. Like, uh yeah, amazing. my dad, my wife, my sister and her husband are here. Uh my whole team, like look at all these people here. Like they’re the best people in the world. I love them all. I love them all like family. Honestly, it’s this is the best team in the world. I don’t care what anyone says. This is the best tournament in the world. This is the only thing I want to do for the rest of my life. The whole of Europe loves you too, Shane. Thank you. Beautiful. Beautiful. Three matches still out on the course. Griffin one up on Hoyard as they go down 18. Hatton and Morocco are all square as they go on to 17. Burns one up on McIntyre as they come down 16. If it finished now, it will be 14 12 13 1/2. John Murray on 17. Yes. All a question for Europe about who is going to get the half point. That means that the cup is won outright. If Rasmus Hoygard is able to squeeze something out of that match on 18, could be him. The match we’re watching just teeing off on the 17th. Colin Morawa and Tierrell Hatton are all square. Tier Hatton’s ball has landed back left of the green. That’s the first time we’ve seen one over there, but it is still a good 50 ft from the hole, but it is on the right level. And the former Open Champion Colin Marawa about to tee off. Katrina. Yeah, he’s about to tee off and he’s got to attack this pin. He’s got to try and get it in close and get this get a two here and try and go one up on Turl Hatton. He’s just struck it now. Looked like a a good swing, didn’t it? Lovely swish we heard. And it lands right towards the back of the green on the right level, but all of 25 ft away. Yeah, Pinheim probably half the distance of Turl Hatton. But it’s quite unbelievable sitting around this 17th green when Europe got that half point or point to retain the trophy. It’s as if a balloon just burst and the crowds are just going out. The atmosphere is all just kind of hushed. I would say as soon as it flashed up on the screens, Mark, Europe have retained the RDER Cup, there began a mass exodus and now I mean honestly people are streaming towards the the exits. We can see them heading off in all directions. James Greg is about 5 yards away from me. Are you are you are you talking or not? Yeah, I’m talking. All right. Does Matt Fitzpatrick want to talk on the radio? Do you want to talk for a minute? No, he doesn’t. No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t want to talk at the minute. I thought that’s what you were I thought that’s why you were looking. No, that’s not what I was looking over at all. No, not at all. He doesn’t want to talk at the moment. I think you’re you’re up. Just give me a nod if this is the case. They want to wait. Once it’s all finished up and they’ve got the cup, then they’ll all talk to us as much as we want. We’re waiting for put you in an uncomfortable situation there. Sorry about that. Um Ian Carter, I’m assuming the 18th has now calmed down a little bit. Only a little bit. There’s still celebrations with Shane Lowry going on. The camera crews still on the back of the of the green. They’re going to have to get out of the way because Raasmus Hoygard is coming down this 18th. One down against Ben Griffin. Griffin’s hit an excellent T-shot down the middle. Hoygard has lost his T-shot away to the right. Not sure whether it’s in the bunker or in the rough back down there on the 18th, but either way, it’s advantage to America as this match comes down with Griffin one up in that. But if Hoygard could win the hole, then Europe will win the Rder Cup for the second match running. So that’s the situation here on the 18th. There’s a all still loads of hugs and cheers for Shane Lowry. The smile is endless for him and what an interview that was. I mean the the outpouring of honesty and emotion was extraordinary. I thought Mark absolutely was. Cap. Yep. Just watched the second shots of both Bob McIntyre and Sam Burns. They’re the final match, the last match out on the course here. here and there are hundreds of fans streaming towards the exits, but many are sticking around just to see where all the final pieces fall in this jigsaw puzzle that’s kept us so enraptured all of this Sunday afternoon here at Beth Page Black. Bob McInty’s balls found the the front left edge of the green and Samburns can’t be seen at the moment. Um so I’m just having a quick look at to see where the marshals are standing. I think it’s gone through the back to the right hand side and into the the rough there. Uh but as the players walk up um I will be able to update you to to tell you where it is that they go. But Bob McIntyre awful threepart from five feet for the Scotsman on the 15th. And that means that Sam Burns the American is marching up to the 16th with a one-up lead. Ian, where are you? We’re on 18 here looking at Raasmas Hoyard as he goes into the bunker down the right. Very similar position to where Rory Maroy played his shot from when he arrived here at the 18th. and he takes one practice swing. His partner or his opponent rather is in the middle of the fairway and Hoygard one down here to Ben Griffin the American rookie. The two rookies here against each other and now here comes Hoyard ready to play to this left hand hole location on the 18th steeply uphill and the crowd watch as the ball emerges from the bunker. Really high trajectory. This looks a really good shot. is landing now and then spins back towards the front of the green. It was an excellent shot, but it’s spinning backwards all the way and he’s probably 50 ft away. John on the 17th. This match is all square. Colin Morawa and Turrell Hatton playing for Europe. Hatton is 50 ft away. Moraua approximately 25 ft away. It’s taken quite a while. His ball is on the greens, Terrell Hatton, but he actually has to ask people on the hill behind him to to crouch down so that uh the their shadows would not be in his way. He puts now Hatton from all of 50 ft. All of 50 ft. Still going. This could go. Oh, just by what a putt that was. Just by on the left to the 18th. Ian Griffin’s approach shot comes in and spins back even further back. Even further back. So he’s got the best part of 60 ft probably 50 ft for Hoygard and on almost exactly the same line. So that could help the Dane. He needs to win this as I can see Shane Lowry taking a huge slug of cider from a bottle. His work is done. But the next half point will decide it in Europe’s favor. If they can just get to 14 and a half, they’ll have won, not just retained the Ryder Cup. Well, now after Terrell Hatton missed but only just, Colin Morawa has a put from 25 ft. That could win the hole and see him go up the 18th one up. Yeah. And I got a very nice line from Tur Hatton’s one just running along from just on the left edge, I would say. That’s just going to drift into the right. Do not count out this dropping into the hole for Moraua. He’s touched it on its way through the sunshine and shadows. It’s not got enough. It pulls up short and he leans forward hanging onto his put ahead and the hole is halved and they will go up 18 all square to cap downs. Birdie part for Bob McIntyre here on the 16th. This to take back the uh or cut the advantage of Sam Burns. He’s one up the American as they play this 16th hole. 25 ft for Bob McIntyre. Curves around the back edge of the hole, refuses to drop for the Scotsman. And they both have a couple of feet for their pars here on the 16th, which means it looks like Sam Burns will retain his advantage as they head to the 17th T with two holes left to play. Both with a bit of tidying up to do though here on the 16th before we can settle the score. Mark, let’s go straight to Ian on 18. Here on 18, Ben Griffin is surveying this monster putt from the very front of the green with the hole located close to the back left corner of this comma-shaped green. And he’s down just putting the line on his ball on the intended route that he wants it to take. Raasmas Huygard standing next to Joseé Maria Olathble. And he’ll have a good look at this because it’ll give a good indication for the pup to come for the Dane. The American is one up here. He’s got to give this a firm wrap. Leaving the flag in the hole. Sends it forward. Has he given it enough to get to the hole? I’m not sure he has. It’s getting up there though. It’s getting up there. And it’s just come to rest. Couple of feet to the left. Griffin looks hopefully towards Hoygard to say, “Is that okay? Is that okay?” And it is okay. So, he’s got a par. This has to go in for Raasmus Hoygard. If it does, he snatches half a point and for the second match running, Europe will have won the Rider Cup and they’ll have won away from home for the first time in 13 years. Raasmus Hoygard has this 50-footer. 50 ft. Nothing to think about other than getting it on the right line and getting the pace. It’s uh pretty slow up there, but he’s had a great read off of uh Ben Griffin here. So really, he’s walking around. He’s giving it a a long long look, trying to gather his thoughts. He knows the stage is set. And now he crouches low behind the ball, bending at the hips for one last look beneath his white cap. This to win the RDER Cup for the last man in on the qualifying table. The man who said it was the most nervous round of his life at the Belelfrey to get into this team. Nothing compared with the nerves of this moment. The ball is on its way. This to win the Ryder Cup. Oh, and it shaved the edge of the hole, but it didn’t drop and instead it’s victory in this match for Ben Griffin. The rookie has delivered. Underused on the first two days, but Griffin came up trumps and won on the 18th. And that means the overall score now is the United States 12, Europe 14. As we make our way through the throngs of the crowd, I’ve got Jamie Donaldson with me just to my right, two yards to my right. Katherine DS also making her way through the throng. And Bob McIntyre has kept his game alive. Cat, as yet both of them tidying up their little tiddlers for par on the uh on the 16th there. And we’re heading to the par 317s. Just picking my way through all the discarded beer cans and Gatorade bottles that have been left by the crowds here. But yes, Samburn still maintains this advantage. One up with two holes left to play over Bob McIntyre. Mark Jamie Donaldson. It could come down to your friend Tier. It could indeed which would be wonderful. I mean in the end of the day it had to be like this didn’t it? Nobody likes to see a procession, but it would be wonderful it came down to to love that he’s had two or three opportunities, hasn’t he? I’m thinking 14, 15. He got annoyed 17 here. John Murray saw I mean, this was a bit more bit more difficult. I think it was 50 ft on on 17, but he keeps giving himself chances. He does. He’s hitting just magnificent iron shots. We were there on 14 all afternoon and he hit the best shot of the day. Beautiful shot. unfortunately couldn’t convert the pot but playing fantastic and Hatton and Morawa are on 17 and Sam Burns T-shot is towards us and lands on the left portion of the green hasn’t threatened the hole it’s probably 3540 ft away but the American one up in this final match out on the course against Scotland’s Bob McIntyre Scotland’s Katrina Matthew Yeah, this is probably quite a nice pin for the leftander Bob McIntyre. He can maybe just bring it in a little bit from well, what’s that? His left to right. Um, and keep it away from this bunker, but he’s got to attack this pin. He’s got to try and get it in close and give himself a chance of birdie. Old McIntyre two years ago when he made his debut, Justin Rose really carried him through, but he carried him through and he remained unbeaten there. And now two years later, a real world player now, Bob McIntyre, right in the thick of this Rder Cup. And on the tea at the 17th in a shard of sunshine down there, framed by the trees behind the ball now heading towards the green and towards the hole lands on the back portion, the right level and he is 25 ft away, maybe closer. Yeah, fantastic shot there from Bob. Just pin high. I would say probably about 18 ft. 18 to 20 ft and a very good chance. So, one down, but it is advantage McIntyre on the 17th. So, frazzled there with saying it was Hata Morawa on 17. It’s good to not I’m not playing. I’m all over the place at the moment. Let’s go down 18 then. This is where Hatton and Morawa are, Ian. Yes. And they have hit their T-shots. They’re just arriving at them. They’re both in pretty decent shape. Morawa in the fairway. Hatton has just got to his ball which is in the rough just to the left hand side. It’ll be Morawa who will play first. This match all square. So Hatton just needs to match Morawa and Europe will have won the RDER Cup. Hatton’s already pulled his club. So too does Morawa. and he bends down and places his ball as he’s entitled to do on the fairway and it’ll be Morawa to play first. 120 yd straight up to this elevated green. Really from this distance, he’s just got to control the spin. It’s the only way to get it close. We’ve seen quite a few balls rip back towards the front. So, a little bit easier for Tan coming out of the rough. I was going to say we’ve seen so many of these shots from the fairway spin back. Controlling it off the fairway is almost more difficult. It is. And that’s one of the things with the setup that’s been quite tricky. Hitting it further into the roof has actually been helpful, which has not been ideal for the Americans, but it certainly worked better today. Colin Morawa has to hold or has to win this hole to give America a chance of snatching a draw out of this RDER Cup. And he sends it up into the sky. The ball lands on the green. Will it suck back? Yes, it will. And it’s going back towards the front of the green. And he’s got 55 ft there. And that makes it ever so much easier, I think, for Tier Hatton. Hatton just needs to get this up onto the green somewhere near the flag, which is located in the back left corner. Tier Hatton of England. Such a dependable figure. He’s won all three of his matches so far this week. And he sends this up onto the green and it settles down 15 feet from the flag. It’s brilliant. That’s absolutely brilliant. Dead straight online, controlled the spin is in absolutely prime position to get this over the line. The applause led by Shane Lowry and Justin Rose as they stand behind this green. Tommy Fleetwood alongside Luke Donald climbs up onto the green level and a huge smile on the face of Luke Donald and Tommy Fleetwood. John on the 17th. Sam Burns one up on Bob McIntyre and the American has put it up short and right. He’s left out some distance probably 5 ft away. So the United States one up in this match but McIntyre from round about 18 20 ft has the chance here perhaps to bring this match all square. Back to 18 though first Ian. Yeah they’re just great great scenes here John. Uh huge hug for Shane Lowry from Tommy Fleetwood and now Matt Fitzpatrick. They know the job is basically done. They know that this Rder Cup match is going to be won. It has been way way more stressful than anyone could have imagined, but they’re all here now. I can see John Ram striding over to the back of the green as well. Europe brothers in arms are all together. They’re high-fiving because unless Colin Mong Colin Morawa holds this monster part, then it’s all over. Europe will have won the RDER Cup. They’ll have set out they’ll have managed to do what they set out to do, which is win away from home. Do what Rory Maroy called the hardest thing in golf. And my goodness me, it’s been really hard. John McIntyre over this 20footer. This for a birdie to win the 17th and bring this last match out on the course back all square. Rolling towards the hole and it misses on the right, but Burns still has to finish off here, Ian. Okay, we’ll keep us posted. Keep us posted. It’s the European fans who are jumping for absolute joy. I can see flags of Norway, of Ireland, of England. It’s a a football style atmosphere. They’ve been singing two more years, two more years, referring to Luke Donald since he’s arrived here at the 18th. But impervious to it all is Colin Morawa of the United States because he knows that if he holds this putt, he could potentially still win this match. It’s all square. This is for Birdie. And so he wants to render these European celebrations a little premature. And it’s Justin Leonard length this putt on its way from 50 ft on its way heading towards the hole. But it’s not got enough puff. And that means that Terrell Hatton Terrell Hatton just 13 14 ft away has two putts to win the RDER Cup for Europe. Yeah, that was a really bad effort for Moroa. I know it’s slow up there, but you got to give it a go in this opportunity, in this chance. So, really pretty straightforward for Tier Hatton here. This is the type of situation you’d like. Two putts from 12 ft straight up the hill. Um, I think he’ll be able to get the job done. Luke Donald stands there just adjust the earpiece in his left ear, hand on hip. He knows the moment of triumph is seconds away. Here is Turl Hatton on the 18th green. This to win his match and take Europe into heaven. This to win the RDER Cup for Europe. He’s got two putts for it and he’s over it now. Sends the putt forward towards the hole and just up to the side and that’s close enough surely. Colin Morawa hasn’t conceded it yet. and he has now and that means that it’s a guaranteed half for Terrell Hatton. Europe have won the RDER Cup and Moral wants his half point and so he is going through his routine as he’s absolutely entitled to do but it’s a guaranteed half for Tiro Hatton and it means Europe have won. Europe have won the Rider Cup here on the 18th. Colin Morawa with this 4 and 1/2 footer. This is for a half to make the score 14 1/2 as it stands. And he’s over it now. And he will just nudge this ball forward and into the hole. So it finishes in a half. But that half for Tier Hatton is enough for Europe to have won the RDER Cup. The players sportingly embrace and now just walking on calmly. The European players with Shane Lowry conducting the fans walk on bathed in smiles of utter relief and joy because it’s a combination of both. It’s been a stressful Sunday, but what they said was one of the hardest tasks in golf has been completed and Europe have won the Rder Cup for the second time running and for the first time away from home in 13 years. And guess what? Jose Maria Olathal is in floods of tears cuz he always is on these occasions. He’s embraced in a giant hug from John Ram. So emotional around here. You can just see it. Everybody’s just letting it come out now. That was a really stressful last few hours for the team. But what a scenes. This is unbelievable. All the players on the back of the green. It’s what it’s all about. One match left on the course. We thought it’d be all over with probably about seven matches left on the course, but it went the distance, but Europe edged home and Luke Donald is the triumphant captain yet again. What a job he has done. And my goodness me, what a rider cup we’ve witnessed here at Beth Paige Black here in New York. What a job. What a performance. And they made us worry and they made it very, very nerve-wracking. But Katrina Matthew, what a job Luke Donald has done. What a job. In the end, in the end, Europe had done. What a fantastic job. I’m so happy for them. Uh Luke Donald’s been a fantastic captain over the last two two RDER Cups and he deserved this. I mean they came in with such a lead but you got to give credit to the Americans. They really fought back and god it’s been exciting. Um it’s been quite the day. I’m sure Luke was a little bit nervous at some point during the afternoon there. Let’s get some reaction from the European team. Justin Rose live with Alistister Bruce B. Let’s get some reaction from a man who had a quite incredible Ryder Cup. An absolute humdinger of a singles as well today. Justin, you’ve done it. a European team that has won on US soil and you’ve been in two of those teams now. Just just try and explain what it means. Do you know there’s 10 more lads now who can say they’ve won a ride a cup away? You know, there’s not many of us. I think it was 37, now we’re 47. It’s incredible. Um the lads have been immense all week. Obviously, you could see the way it turned around today, which is gives you a sense of what a monumental task it was because as soon as momentum swung here, the crowd were powerful. They were a very powerful commodity for the US team and we negated that so well the first few days. Um but yeah, you can tell what happened today. It’s this was a hard place to play golf and but if you look at the quality of golf and you look at the leaderboard and you look at the scoreboard, I mean 10 out of the 12 matches I believe came up 18. Um that is actually incredible. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that in my life before. Do you know Tommy and I got on the wrong side of it? Both JT and Cam Young both birded 18. That momentum was huge for them. You know, they they they swung a couple of key matches and fair play to them. You know, they came out today with a lot of heart and uh and kept digging in. But I guess you got to look at this week in totality, you know, to get to 14 and a half is is all you’re trying to do. And um it feels a bit weird to have got there this way, but my god, we’re going to knock the doors off it now because um you know, for if it was 14 all, it would have been a strange one. Uh 14 12 um is so much better. Uh the message, the motto was our time, our place. It is your time and New York is your place. Yeah. Yeah, you know, obviously New York’s obviously it is the heartbeat of America, but also, you know, there’s a lot of international people that make it home and uh we wanted to come here and, you know, enjoy that, enjoy that as well. And it’s been a it’s been a very buoyant atmosphere and uh my my god, listen, it’s not been easy, but the prep the preparation that’s gone into this, I think, really showed itself. And but then the power of the US team and the power of the atmosphere showed itself today, too. Justin, congratulations. Have a great night. Well played, Ian Carter. And here we are with Turrell Hatton, the man who got the final half point for Europe. What a day. What a moment. How are you feeling? Um yeah, it was just the most stressful day. Uh the last six, seven holes were just horrible. Um I mean, I missed a fair few puts. I feel like I hit good putts. I just didn’t read the greens very well today. And I’m sure it’s frustrating a lot of people back home, but um I was trying my best and go and had that putt to win my match on the last, but I knew it was had two putts to to secure the half point for us to win the Ryder Cup. What was it like when all that red started to emerge on the board because you must have gone into it and no one’s going to be complacent, but even so, it was such a great position at the start of the day. No, we knew it was still going to be tough. like we knew that they were they’re amazing players um and they were always going to put up a huge fight and they certainly did that today. Um made it extremely difficult for us and yeah the atmosphere was was really hard cuz it just built and built um and yeah it was it was hard to hit good shots. I was but you did it. I I managed to hit good shots, but um sadly I couldn’t hold the putts. But um yeah, I thrilled. You must be I’m h I’m so happy, but I’m like my brain’s all over the place. It’s um it’s amazing that we’ve won, but wow, it was so hard for us today. Well done, TL. Many congratulations. Great job. Great week for you. Well done. Thank you, James. Yeah. Okay. Well, I’m here with Ludwig Goldberg at the back of the 18th green. First and foremost, you were the only blue on the board today. That was quite something, wasn’t it? Well played. Yeah, it was it was good. Um it was quite stressful coming down the last couple holes knowing what the score line looked like and so it sounded like someone turned the volume up a little bit last couple holes. So, it was nice to keep hitting nice shots and uh and get the point. So satisfying. And how satisfying is looking to your eye? Have you ever seen anything quite like this? So good. It feels like uh feels like the home crowd, doesn’t it? Uh it’s so good. All the support from the Europeans been all week’s been amazing. So, uh, we’ll enjoy this one. You had to dig so deep today, the whole team, but all the way throughout the week. How much of a party are you going to have tonight because it must be such a release after everything you’ve gone through this week in the buildup, being asked questions by people like me. You are going to enjoy it, aren’t you? I can see the smile on your face. 100%. 100%. It’s been a long week. It’s been a long uh buildup for this whole event and rightly so. Right. It’s the best event we have in golf and I’m so proud to be a part of this team and to be uh able to contribute the way that I’ve been and um yeah, it’ll be a good one tonight. I know how humble you are, but you are the only man on on the team to win in the singles today. Um were you aware of that when you were looking at the leaderboards? What was happening? Were you looking? Yeah, we’re definitely looking. We’re definitely looking at the scores all the time and um coming down 15 I could sort of see a trend of it switching around a little bit but um I’m glad I was able to keep hitting greens and keep hitting fairways and um I’ll um I’ll remember that for a while. You’ll remember this for a long time. Thanks so much, mate. Well, standing here behind the 18th green, there is still a little bit of golf to be played. The giant screen reads the match score 14 1/2. There is such a contrast away to my left hand side, the celebrating European players, all the journalists in amongst them getting that post-match reaction and then the disconulate Americans in the red, white and blue waiting for Sam Burns to finish the last match on the golf course. You can hear the joyous singing of the European fans who are packing that grand stand behind us as well. Sam Burns is one upon Robert McIntyre. And Robert McIntyre actually hasn’t cracked a smile since coming on the green. He’s concentrating on the golf. Wants to try and win this hole to get another half point for Europe to make it 1513 overall. Sam Burns sends the putt on its way. Everything falls silent. That is going to go a wee way by. That is going to roll 7 7 8 ft by to the back of the green. Doesn’t matter now. Europe have the Ryder Cup in their hands. They have won on US soil for only the fifth time. McIntyre slightly distracted for a second. Looked across to some of his European teammates. If he holds this, he halves the match. If he gets down in two and Sam Burns misses the sevenfooter, he halves the match. And that will be important to Bob McIntyre cuz he would have been out there for the last couple of hours thinking this is coming down to me. He was in a very similar situation in Rome a couple of years ago when it got a bit edgy for Europe for a while there and eventually Tommy Fleetwood got the job done. And this is a this is a bizarre situation really with the match over Robert McIntyre. I mean, they they putt and play under extreme circumstances at these Ryder Cups, but here we now have so many people crowded around the edge of the 18th green, the last knockings of the 45th Ryder Cup. And what an incredible day’s golf it’s been. What an incredible effort from the American team to push it that close to really put the frighteners on Europe. They have just got over the line. Here we go. McIntyre 25 ft. Lots of conversation bubbling around me as McIntyre the left-hander settles over the putt. If he holds it, he halves the match. It’s another half point. Here it comes on its way. I think that’s going to miss to the left hand side of the hole. It’s very good for pace. So that will be a four for McIntyre. Sam Burns scoops it up. Chucks in the ball. Bob McIntyre says thank you. still doesn’t catch eyes with any of his celebrating European teammates. And now let’s see just how much care and attention Sam Burns gives this because if he makes this putt, the match score will finish 14 12 13 1/2. One of the closest RD cups we’ve had in a long time. And it never ever ever looked like it was going to be like that this morning. Sam Burns yards away from me crouches down behind the ball with all his American teammates away to his right. So this for the full point for the USA in the last singles match on the golf course on its way. Will it drop? No. Bob McIntyre wins the last. It’s another half point for Europe. All square between Burns and Bob McIntyre. And McIntyre turns and comes towards Luke Donald and they both open their arms wide. They fall into a giant hug. It really is all over now. Europe have won the RDER Cup. They have won on US soil. They have won this match. 15 points to 13. That got very very close for a while there. But Luke Donald has done something as a Ryder Cup captain that only Tony Jacquine has done before him and that is win backto back Rder Cups. I have not heard the song yet. Two more years. Two more years. But it cannot be far away. What an incredible day’s golf. What an incredible effort from the American team. What an incredible win by Luke Donald and Europe Mark. And as I look at the big screen, Rory Maroy looks in tears. As I’m sure Ian, you can see something similar. He’s doing his first TV interview and there are tears in his eyes and that big screen then flashes to blue and in white letters says congratulations Captain Donald and then in big yellow letters and team Europe 1513 but Jamie Donaldson boy they made us work for it didn’t they just but in a way it was better to see it that way obviously we all it would been nice to see a record-breaking score but it wasn’t the they came charging back at us. They made it a great day of sport, you know, and it was just a wonderful uh way to win it again. Psych I mean I say this in virtually every event that I do and the psychology of sport is is something that no I know we have sport psychologist everything and we all talk about it and we all try and work it out but sometimes there’s something that you just can’t put your finger on and for a few for a couple of hours there we were thought we were in the middle of it isn’t it I think that’s why we all love sport and that’s the beauty of sport and that’s why we watch it because you just never quite know what was going to happen and we all thought coming into this today it was going to be a bit of I wrote for the Europeans. I’m just going to jump in. Rory Maroy with Ian Carter. Rory, many many congratulations. What a moment. Incredible. Um, you know, you think about the last away RER Cup and what people were saying um about decades of American dominance, whether it was home for them or away, you know, and to to be able to do what we’ve done in Rome and then here, you know, it uh it shut a lot of people up. Yeah. And you said it two years ago, we’re going to Beth Paige to win. So, how’s it feeling? Pretty surreal in fairness. You know, we’re here and this whole grand stand is just full of European singing. It is absolutely incredible. Um, so proud to be a part of this team. So proud to look the VCs, all the players. It’s it’s obviously the backroom team. It’s been a one massive collective effort over, you know, once we won in Rome, we turned our attention to this because we knew, okay, we have the bluepint for an a home rider cup. What do we need to do differently to to try to manage an away one? And uh we, you know, we we did the right things. We we we have the right collection of people and uh just so proud to be a part of it. You led the team out there. How tough was it personally out there for you? Yeah, it’s been a really tough week. Um, yeah, look, it’s been it’s been really tough. I felt I didn’t have much today. I didn’t feel like I put up much of a fight against Scotty. Scotty wasn’t at his best either. You know, I think if we were both at our best, the level of golf would have been better. But, um, look, you’re when you when you win a Ryder Cup, it isn’t about you, it’s about the team, and we did enough to get the job done. And just as a final thought, it caps the year of your golfing life. Yeah, you know, I you know, like I made my dreams come true at Augusta this year and then to do what we’ve done this week um there’s not going to be there’s not going to unless I maybe repeat at some point, but um I don’t think there’s going to be a better year in my golfing career. Well done, Rory. Thank you. Thank you, Katrina. Matthew still with us. I think I may have said it after the masters cuz I felt the same with Rory. just want to give him a hug. I It just I mean that just the emotion there. You can hear the emotion in his voice. It just shows what how much it means to them, doesn’t it? I mean, I’m just it’s just a fantastic scene. You can see them all down. They just saw Shane Larry and Bob McIntyre trying to do a jig down there in the 18th green, but um you know, they’re going to have a fantastic evening tonight and and what a competition today. Thank you for being with us. I know you have to rush. You’re very very busy. You’ve got other things to go and do, other other golf to watch and be part of. Thank you, Katrina. Thank you very much, Mark. Really enjoyed it. Thank you. We’ve enjoyed your company. Katrina Matthew Soulheim Cup winning captain. Uh Jamie Donaldson is still alongside me up here. I mean, he put it on himself two years ago. Rory, he said, “What we’ve got to do is go and win in Beth Paige.” And he carried he carried the abuse of the crowd. He carried everything else that comes with it. He’s got the green jacket. And there may have been times this this afternoon when he might have looked at the board and thought, “Oh, dear, dear.” And he’s done it. He’s done it. He’s won the Masters and he’s been part of a a Rider Cup team for Europe that have won away. Yeah. In a way, I don’t know how he does it. He’s been abused all week constantly, every shot, every hole. It’s so difficult to face that animosity and he just keeps hitting great shot after great shot. He looked physically exhausted today, but through all that he comes out on top and they’ve retained the RDER Cup. We’re up in the back of the stand at the moment. So looking down on the 18th green where at the moment they are going through uh what they call team handshakes. So long and it is a long line here because there’s vice captains and all sorts, but they’re are doing the handshakes at the moment. Alli, yeah, right in amongst the scrum down here. Mark Bedum on the 18th green. But a really nice gesture, the sportsmanship, the camaraderie at the end of it. I can just see Bryson Dambo and Mark Fulture actually in conversation exchanging a joke and a pleasantry. So yes, all the players, all the vice captains, all the support staff have walked along the 18th green. Bit like before kickoff in a Premier League football match. Everyone shaking hands. Should we see if we can get a word with Jan Franco Zola? Go for it. Should we try that? Come on. Let’s go over there. Let’s try and compare Ryder Cup to top level football. Let’s see if he’s up for a bit of that. He’s still got to do some handshakes here. Jan Franco. He’s got one last one to do and then I’ll see if I can jump in and get a word. Jen Franco, would it be possible to have a word for BBC radio? One one quick one. I No, not right now. You know, the question the question I wanted to ask was comparing trying to hold a winning put in a RDER Cup to scoring a winning goal in a European final for Chelsea. What do you reckon? What’s the feeling like? The feeling is that, you know, a golf ball is much smaller than the hole is is smaller. So I lost uh I think two kilos today and five years of my life but it was worth it. I think they put a fantastic performance. They they really came back strong but the the the boys have been amazing. Just finally Jer you have played in some amazing teams. What do you make of this team of team and what do you make of Luke Donald as a captain? No they’ve been amazing. They they they were cool. They perform they perform fantastically well today. He was expecting them to come back a little bit strong and uh but they hold on and it was important. Luke has been amazing. There’s a gentleman clever and he’s got everything. Jam Franco, you’re a star. Thank you very much for talking to us. Jan Franco on the 18th green at the Ryder Cup. Mark ridiculous. I know. I know. And and now players one by one are making their way onto the first tea. And they’ve set up there a little advertising plinth there. And there’s another plinth behind it. It says Ryder Cup 2025 on it. And the RDER Cup is on that plinth. And as we saw in Rome, every player has been given their national flag and it is wrapped around their necks at the moment. And they’re just waiting for these final moments when they will present the RDER Cup. Europe in the end, not only retaining it, but winning it by 15 points to 13. What moment, Ian Carter, as we stand here and brilliant with with Rory and Larry, but I mean just emotions dripping off them and no coincidence that they were the two yesterday afternoon who who bore the brunt. But when were you most worried this afternoon? I was I I think when when Matt Fitzpatrick’s put horseshoe out on 17. I’ve never heard a den like that on a golf course. but I genuinely haven’t. And the whole place exploded and I suddenly thought, “Oh my goodness me, this this could turn very ugly from a European point of view.” And they held their nerve. They really did. The likes of Hatton coming down the 18th there. And Shane Lowry, the way he played the finishing holes, that was real golfing grip. The Europeans leading a thunderclap and they’re waiting for the presentation to start down there. massive European fan base now behind them and to their left and to their right and in front of them as well. We’re waiting for Carl Banks to do the honors and do the presentation which we should hopefully be able to bring you on Five Live at just after 11:00. Here’s Car. Good evening and welcome to this incredible presentation for the 45th rider car here at Ben Page Black in New York. The European team have won their first RDER Cup in the United States since 2012. And they have done so in record-breaking fashion, winning four of the five sessions for the first time on foreign soil since 1979. Let’s hear it for the European America team and their captain, Luke McDonald. and scenes of great jubilation. All the fans that have stayed are European and there are thousands of close uh probably a little closer than you maybe expected and a few people watching. How are your nerves this afternoon as you watch red after red clock on that leaderboard? Uh it’s probably the most stressful 12 hours of my life. Um, and I must congratulate team US and and Captain Keegan for the amazing job they did in fight and the fight they showed. It was incredible. But, um, we got it done and that’s the most important thing. Um, I couldn’t be more proud of these guys. They gave everything. They gave it all. And, uh, to win in New York said probably couldn’t be done, but we did it. You did and you’re a big part of that and so is every single one of these 12 men. But let’s hear a word for Shane and what he did on the 18th green to claim that half point to obtain the captain for the European team. Shane is a legend. [Applause] Honestly, just so proud of each and every one of them. But you know, Shane, that part was dead center right at the end. Dead center. Luke, the motto this week was our time, our place. Can you tell all of us right now what those four words mean now that you’ve won the RDER Cup once again? We’d only won four away Ryder Cups. Our mission was to come here and win five. Only 37 players had ever won away. Now we have 47. This is for Europe. This is for the legends that came before us and this is for the future generations that’ll be talking about this team for a long time. Lastly, this team, you mentioned it, just the fifth team ever to win an Away Rider Cup. You yourself, Luke, are a legend. You’ve joined Tony Jacquine as the only Ryder Cup captains to win home and away. You have left no stone unturned in this preparation. Can you now tell us what is your secret? Having a great team. That’s the secret. And the chance of two more years are being led by the European players. And Luke Donald is shaking his head. It can take two more years. So that’s enough. You’ll see. We’ll see. Okay, you heard it here first. It’s hard to hear. So we’re going to move on because this is a very boisterous crowd. There are certainly some European [Applause] I’m now going to turn the microphone to the president of the PG of America, Don Ray Jr. to say a few words. Congratulations, Steve. You’ve retained the 45th RDER Cup. Luke Donald comes forward. He puts his hands on the gold trophy, the Ryder Cup, lifts it all off. And this fairy tale in New York is complete. Europe have done it. They’ve won the RDER Cup away from home for the first time in 13 years. These players have become legends. And Shane Lowry lifts it a loft. Then he hands the trophy over to Ludvig Gobear. He lifts it a loft. And now the trophy being passed to Tommy Fleetwood who won all four of his matches on Friday and Saturday. And he lifts it alough. And this will just continue now. The smiles are extraordinary. There’s Ludvig in there as he gets it. Oh goodness gracious me. Great scenes. And you know those statistics there 37 become 47. This has been a combination of heritage leading to legacy. That’s been the message as far as Europe is concerned, Mark. And they have delivered. They have come up with the formula to get the job done in the United States. Yes, it was more stressful than we expected on this final day, but nonetheless, a 1513 win. Sensational. Well, Jamie Donaldson is here. Hopefully Ollie Wilson is somewhere. No, Ollie. We don’t have Ollie now, right? So, we got Jamie Donaldson, uh, RDER Cup winner in 2014. The legacy point in some ways that you’re passing through. You’re you’re standing in the footsteps of those who have gone before you, and you’re going to leave it for those that come after you. And in fact, you’re standing here watching the ones that have come after you. Yeah, I have. And haven’t they just done so well two years in a row, unbelievable performances. This team is full of great players and they’re still quite young. So, they’re just going to keep getting better. These these guys, you’re going to see them playing for years to come and hopefully keep winning. Rider Cubs. John Murray is alongside us on this gantry watching these celebrations. I’m allowing Ian just to take a a sip of Pepsi or something just to do all of his hard work. And what strikes me actually when he mentions how they’re building for for for the future. He said it Ian gave that answer just as Bob McIntyre was lifting it and he’s now got two under his belt. The Hoygard twins have got one each under their Yeah. And Nikolai was here. Nikolai was here the whole time. I saw Nikolai one of the practice days, you know, and Rasmus was there in Rome. However hard it was that they missed out as the twin, they are still involved. Look at Victor Hovland there smiling with the Norwegian flag around his neck. That neck that stopped him playing the You never know what’s going to happen in sport, but you could see it being passed on. Said it there, didn’t he, about future generations are going to be talking about this team for a long, long time. But again, you you know, things can change very quickly in sport. And um four years ago, whistling straight, we were talking about how the Americans now had a great generation ahead of them and it might be very difficult for for Europe to actually get themselves back into the position that they are. So, you know, it’s all very well having that, but it can easily slip away, can’t it? It can. But under Luke Donald and who knows who may come next, Ian Carter, and whether it may still be him, you sense the past experience might trump current form when teams are selected. Yeah, a little bit. Absolutely. And but you look at the age profile of this this team, you know, Justin Rose at 45, but everybody else has got stacks of years ahead of them potentially. So, it’s going to be really hard. It’s going to be really special players that will force their way into the European team going forward. And what they have is a sense of continuity. They have a strategy. They know where they’re going and they have that depth of experience among the vice captains. It might be that Justin Rose steps up and replaces Luke Donald. Donald might continue. But whatever happens, there will be that sense of continuity. Whereas for America, the likelihood is I think they’ll turn to Tiger Woods. I think Tiger Woods will want to do that Ryder Cup at a dare manner. He’s big friends with JP McManus. It suits him. But does it suit America best? It might well do, but it might not. So, it’s it’s much more peace me peace meal from the Americans. And that’s why I think it’s more likely that you’ll get these European wins away from home. They’re so hard to achieve. But remember, America haven’t won away from home since 1993. So whatever happens, Europe have to be firm favorites at a dare Manner to go for three in a row. Alistister Bruce Ball, are you in the thick of it? Well, do you know what? I’m glad I’m not because the European players now are genuinely literally sharing this success with the fans. About a couple of minutes ago, Shane Lowry grabbed the RDER Cup. They’re standing there on the first te. He went tearing down the slope in front of that first tea and basically launched himself at the European fans who were all leaning over those railings. We’ve had the European players all lined up doing a thunderclap with the European fans where you are in the grand stand above and then three or four more players decided to do the Shane Larry as well and just piled down that slope and and you can see it was like it was like rock stars like crazed fans at a gig leaning forward trying to get a touch of these players that have done something very very special this afternoon. And now it’s got a little bit more orderly again. The RDER Cup is there. It’s in one piece. Luke Donald has it in his hand. Uh and they’re getting set for team photos. And national flags wrapped around a lot of the players neck. So Ludvig Oberg with the flag of Sweden, John Ram, you can see the red and yellow of Spain. Rory Maroy with the Northern Irish flag as well. And Luke Donald just trying to keep it calm, bending down on one knee with that precious, precious right up in his right hand. And um the plan came together. They are. Let’s uh bring in Andrew McGee and Shawn McKel who have have retreated back to the studio for this bit. Did you think Did you think a couple of hours ago, oh my word, this could happen? No, it got close. Look, it it was a it was a u it was a spirited effort by the United States. They they played they played great today and those first five matches were going out it was all blue and then they quickly changed and you know it just really became too too much of a hill to overcome I think with uh the great play that we saw in the forsomes. Um you know it just was just too much of an overcome. But but hats off to the European golf golfers because I watched a lot of a lot of the shots this week and they just played so well. I mean, a few mistakes today. You just didn’t see the first two days, but it’s just too far. It was just there were just just too many points to overcome. I I’ll get I’ll get Andrew’s thoughts shortly. Back to Alli. Yeah, Mark. Down by the railings. Down by the railings. I’m just trying to grab the attention of Ian Fittis, Tommy Fleetwood’s caddy, cuz I caught eyes with him a couple of times we were walking around today and he’s standing there with a beer in his right hand. I’m giving him a wave. I’m going to try and bring him over to have a chat with us. Jose Maria Olafar is there as well. Lots of clinking of glasses. Lots of size of relief as well as the team photos continue. I don’t really want to shout loud on the mic. I’m going to embarrass myself by getting that wrong. Come on, Ian. Look at me now. Look at me now. No, no, not at the moment. Come back to me, Mark. I’ll try and get him. Okay, Andrew McGee, how are you feeling? Oh, I just I just love today. It was just a beautiful day for golf. And I remember leaving Whistling Straight saying, “We’re going to win. We’re going to win a lot of RA Cups with this team.” how fast things the fleetingness of golf and and and how it comes and how it goes and and it was just a beautiful day with great golf today and camaraderie and color and I just absolutely love the the shots and the putts and the back and forth. Are you talking to me now? Yeah, I know. I’m just going to I’m just going to jump in because I can see Alli and I can see that Ian has come to join him with that beer in hand. Yeah, Mark Chapman can see you down here, Ian. And you’ve just said to me, you’ll only answer questions if they’re about Everton. No, no, no, not just Everton. Big game for Evans tomorrow. Talk to me. Talk to me. I walked the match today. Brilliant match between Tommy and Justin Thomas. Talk to me about what it was like there out today, particularly when it started to turn against Europe. What were you saying to Tommy? Can I repeat it on TV? Well, we just cut out the bad words. We need to find some you know what right now. And when he did and he did he he kept going. He barely did the part five. We were riding the match and then it was so close. So close in. We’re talking like one. How many matches have come down the last today? That could have been 12 12 away today. Every match was going down 18. And lots of people this morning say, “Ah, Europe are going to win it by a record margin. Look, Ian’s getting some stick from fellow caddies now cuz he’s doing a bit on the BBC.” What What did you think going into today? Did you Did you think it was going to be as tight as that? Surely not. I didn’t know it’s tight as that. No. But I knew it was going to be a roller coaster cuz there’s crowds. Once they get up, they get up. I’ll have to go somewhere. You got to go for your photo. Thanks. Have a great night. Thank you. Yeah, the caddies now join the players as well. And the thing with Ian as well, Alli, you I think you moved on from 17, but when I came on to 17 with Hatton and then with Bon McIntyre, Ian had come back out to watch and support. So, having lugged around with Tommy for five rounds, he come back out. He deserves that beer. They all deserve the beer, Mark. They’re they they are they are an incredible team, aren’t they? Because as as as he was just saying to me off, Mike, you know, winning away from home is incredibly tough and that performance by the USA today has proved that. And they found it tough out there today as individuals and I think we knew that was going to happen. This is going to sound wise after the event, but I said to you this morning, didn’t I? I put the clipboard down and I said, not sure. I think the USA will quite like this singles order. But what I think is those first two days they built the lead that was in the end impregnable and that was about team golf. That was about executing the plan. That was about playing as a team together. They found it tougher today playing on their own. Historically they do and that is tougher away from home but they had just enough to get over the line and I think 1513 14 12 13 and 1/2 however it had finished I think the win is so so important compared to retaining the trophy and you saw that in the difference in celebrations when the two moments happened. Yeah, absolutely. 1513 in finish that we mentioned seems a long time ago now that conversation that Alli and I had at breakfast when he put his clipboard down and went I can make a case for the states winning everyone here and to be fair Ian right at the start as some people are pointing out. You did say you did say it could happen and some some people some people mocked you. Yes, they mocked you. There there was there was mockery of foot but I took it in good heart. Um but no, you know that that’s where you know America are traditionally very strong in the singles. They win more singles than than Europe do, but Europe know how to fashion a team, forge partnerships and really set the tone on the Friday and the Saturday and that’s how they win Ryder Cups. There are a couple of things that stand out as well and they just keep flashing into your mind as you think about what’s what’s happened over the over the course of the afternoon, Jamie Donaldson, which is as Ian Finnish pointed out, so many matches went up 18. I’d be fascinated to know if more matches went up 18 today than in in previous rider, we probably not want to that we’ve got time to check at the moment. It felt like a lot did. Absolutely. And and what I would say is Madina was the same. Madina. So many matches finished on the 18th green. And the other one, well done Lviggo because he was the only one in the end who put blue on the board. Yeah. And you know as the week went on he played some wonderful golf and couldn’t quite convert on the greens. Today he did got the vital point which helped on the cause for winning back the RDER Cup. Lovely scenes at the moment. Katherine, where are you? I’m standing to the right just below you Mark watching the this team picture now. The wives and girlfriends of all the players have been brought in to to celebrate and to be part of this day. Luke Donald standing in the center with his wife Diane holding that little golden trophy aloft. In fact, when the fans started chanting two more years to Luke Donald to see if he will capt them through to the the cup in Ireland, she was the one who was standing next to me shaking her head violently. I think she’s had a tough couple of years, four years as well in the buildup to Rome and now the buildup to this and uh just goes to show how much investment from family and support team and everything goes into winning a cup. She’s got her arms around her husband’s neck at the moment and she is embracing him. And I think it was Luke Donald really who set the tone for this victory at the very start of this Rder Cup at this opening ceremony when he in his opening speech talked about the team and the legacy and the history and the brotherhood of this European side. Whereas Keegan Bradley’s was very much an individual speech. He talked about his personal motivations to be the Ryder Cup captain and and how it had been his dream to captain the side and be part of the Ryder Cup. And now here we’ve seen it played out. It was the Europeans who won the team element of this Ryder Cup. But what a talented and gutsy group of individuals the Americans are and they’re the ones who’ve made this such a compelling spectacle on this final day. I think that’s a great point from from Cap. Uh it was very striking in that opening ceremony just the different outlook that was at play. Incidentally, eight matches went to 18. That’s the most since 1993. Oh, we’re just watching the Europeans now start to just move away. The fans are not moving. They are going to stay and they are going to keep chanting. And for a lot of American golfers today, Andrew McGee and Katherine Katherine’s made the point talking about them even though they have lost. has been a huge day for so many of them. So important for them because if we talked a lot about the crowd and we talked a lot about New York fans, but but I would imagine there would have been a hell of a lot of sick coming their way had it finished 99 of of course a lot a lot of stick. I think I know what that means um in your language. But um 20 years from now, you know, history is going to see 15 to 13. they’re not going to really understand the story of the week of today. You know, the fans that were here, the fans that watched it on the telly. Um, we saw something uh that’s just historical and it’s just so much fun every time we wrap up an event like this and we get to talk about what we felt and what we see at the Masters last year with Rory winning was an incredible time. But just just this comeback by the Americans, I’m very proud. I’d written them off. I was saying bad things this morning on the radio and about the egotistical, arrogant Americans and here we go again. And uh but no, the fight proved a lot and I’m a proud I’m a proud American today to say that they made this a good fight, a good fight to the end. But Sean McKill, that comes down to the individuals on the American side today, does it? It doesn’t doesn’t it doesn’t really come down to Bradley’s captaincy today, does it? No. I mean, we talked about it yesterday that that Team USA was going to play for a lot of pride. Each player, they could only do what they could do, and that was to go out and play the best match that they can and that that they could. And um again, after after the first five matches were all blue, the somehow they summoned some strength to uh to make it a good uh a good run with with you know, for the last couple hours, I’m sure Luke was pretty stressed. But, you know, it was a great day for golf. We got to see some really good shot making, some some really good sportsmanship. I heard nothing today what I heard yesterday. And the fact that the fans and the crowd and the TV got most of the matches to end at 18 like it should. It really was just a great day for PGA Golf and European golf and and you know, like I said, a tip of the cap to the to the Euros for their outstanding play. The two players who were on the green when the cup was first retained, Shane Lowry and then one, Tierrell Hatton, were the only two players without a loss this week. Let’s hear from the winning European captain. Here’s Luke Donald. Luke, you are walking away from the first te here at Beth Page Black with that golden trophy in your hand. You’ve completed the hardest task in sport. You’ve won an away rider cup. How does it feel? It’s almost hasn’t sunk in yet, you know, just the the way things turned out the last few hours. America and Keegan, you know, you got to give them so much credit of how how hard they fought. They had a lot of support behind them and they made it very difficult, but uh I’m glad we got it over the line. Just how nervous were you watching all that red appear on the board on this single Sunday? It was so nerve-wracking. The most nerve-wracking I’ve ever been on a golf course. Um and I wasn’t hitting a shot. I can’t imagine what these guys felt, but they got it done. What a team. How have you created this? A lot of trust. Um they I gained their trust, you know, through really doing what I said I would do and that was be as prepared as I could for this for this challenge. And um just so happy that uh we were able to create some history today. Two more years. How about it? I’m going to enjoy it today. First, you’re going to enjoy it, Luke. Congratulations. Well done. Thank you. Lou Donald with Katherine DS live on Five Live. That trophy is still in his hands. It’s just been lovely to see how friends and family have reacted as well cuz sometimes you felt for them going round this week. You know, I’ve watched Bob McInty several several times and it’s lovely to see him down there just grinning. I watched him watch his son dancing a jig with Shane Larry and I thought you must be what what a feeling that must be for him as a father. Ian, absolutely. And um Shane Lowry’s dad down there as well. He was the one that was just hugging Luke Donald. And you know it’s it will sound very trit to say it but that whole rider cup European rider cup setup is one big family and it’s a transatlantic family cuz most of those players live in America and I think that’s one of the great triumphs that doesn’t actually get much recognition to be able to keep the whole spirit together on a global tour where most of the players play in America. They find a way and they do it very very impressively. Where have you scured off to alley? Oh, there you are. I can see you. Yeah, I’m I’m down to the right of the 18th green mark. I’ve just witnessed uh an incredible moment, incredibly emotional moment, actually. We always talk so much, don’t we, about the inspiration that Sebie Basteros continues to provide for this team. Jose Maria Olaf came past me. I asked him whether he’d have a quick word for BBC radio and he said he couldn’t talk right now. He then took himself away from all the celebrations and he walked out onto the 18th green entirely on his own to take it in to take in the moment to take in what it means playing alongside Sevy for so many years playing in that team in 1987 at Muerfield Village that won away from home for the very first time. He got down on his hunches. He looked down on the 18th fairway and he was in floods and floods of tears and he was there for quite a while and eventually he’s turned and wiped the tears from his eyes and disappeared down the players tunnel. But um that’s what it means. That is what it means. Luke Donald talk about you know playing for the legends that have gone before and the legends that are still to come. That is exactly what it means to the European team. John Murray, where have you headed to? Yeah, I’m just behind the grand stand now and there’s quite a scene here to describe because there is a bridge that takes the players from the 18th green over the top of the the concourse where all of the public walk and down into the clubhouse. And the European team are on that bridge now and they are enjoying the scenes of celebration with the European supporters down below. It’s a brilliant scene. in the clubhouse to the left with a red tiled roof. A lovely New York sunset beyond the trees in the distance and Europe celebrating this famous victory with their supporters. Jeremy Donaldson, thank you very much for being with us all week. Thank you for being with us all afternoon. You won it in 2014. Will you try and get into the celebrations later? Uh, no. I’ll leave him to it. It’s not my show. I’ve had my show. Well, you must be very proud of them. Absolutely. I mean to watch the way they’ve played this week, it’s just something else. I mean how Luke’s done that job for two two years uh two times two wins home and away leg. It’s just incredible. Uh will he do it again? I don’t know. But uh what a legacy he’s left here. Just one on that and then I’ll just sum up everything with you Ian. But there will be a huge clamor for him to do it again. And look he has been a phenomenal captain. He’s probably changed the role of the captain with some of the stuff that he’s done, building on the the work of Montgomery or McInley in in the past. There’s a there’s a sense that this is a role in the past that gets passed around that people deserve a go at it. This this feels like it’s become so much more of an event where somebody just gets a go. Yes, I think that there’s been a spell and there are occasions where someone gets it because they absolutely deserve it. They have been an icon of European golf. So Nick Faldo, Jose Maria Ola Tharble, Colin Montgomery to to to a degree. And then there are others who are the person that is best qualified to do the job the best. Paul McInley being one of those. He’s the strategic adviser. He’ll have a big say going forward as to what happens next. You know, Luke Donald, he he can he can walk away now having joined Tony Jacqueline in the pantheon of the greatest European Rder Cup captains. I thought Rory Maroy made a very astute point in our interview where he said, “We got so lucky that Luke Donald fell into our lap.” Remember, he was overlooked initially for the match two years ago. Then live happened. Henrik Stenson left the role effectively as captain. He went to live. Luke Donald stepped in and suddenly given that opportunity, he showed us how great he could be. I personally would be surprised if he goes for a third term. I think this is the moment to bow out. He’ll bow out a legend. Hard though, isn’t it? You know, we arrived here to a sea of red when the practices got underway. Scoreboards built in red, hospitality in red, and now as the sun sets over Beth Paige black, all the screens are shining blue with congratulations team Europe. And that sums it up. 23 miles of red banners on this golf course. Been waiting to get that statistic in all week long and I finally managed to do it. Well done. Uh and now there’s quite a lot of blue around here. And you know what? Eight of the previous 10 RDER Cups had been won by a margin of five or more points and the last five had all been won by the home side. So you could argue that golf needs it, that sport needed it, and at the end of it, if you wanted to go really cliched, you could say, well, thanks to the performance of the Americans today, golf is the winner. But then you’d be wrong, wouldn’t you? Because Europe’s the winner for the first time in America since 2012. Good night. We’ve been talking about this for a very, very long time, but now the talking is about to stop. [Music] There. It’s the Spaniard who is going to hit the first T-shot of the 45th RDER Cup. [Music] And it’s on its way. The Ryder Cup is on its way. The ball on its way and it disappears. It disappears below ground. And what an imperious performance this is from Maroy. A huge fist bump staring and it’s in. What a pop that was. Europe two upland two up that’s the dagger the Americans thought they’ve steadied the ship and in it goes for that fit Patrick and he gives an enormous swipe of the fist so rose for birdie on the 18th right in the middle Europe win and Beth Paige black is turning blue Tommy Fleetwood does the job again for Europe Maroy and Fleetwood were under pressure late on there so this for birdie for Shane Lowry he’s got it and he holds his pose. Fist raised in the air and the caps come off and Chef’s been beaten again. That is Ryder Cook entertainment. Rick Large. Another session won handsomely by the visitors. [Music] He’s down Justin Rose and the United States have their first point of the day. Scotty Sheffller has delivered at last at this RDER Cup. He’s beaten Rory Maroy. Here it comes. Get in the hole. They cry. It’s in. He drops the putter. He roars with delight. The comeback is on. Thomas has beaten Flewood. It’s an unlikely half point for Bryson Desau. And he celebrates it as though he’s won the match by five. America 10 12, Europe 13 12. This for a birdie to finish for Shane Lowry. And if it goes in, Europe will retain the RDER Cup. Lowry hits it forward and in it goes. And he roars with delight. He leaps into the air. Great celebrations. The European players walk onto the green. They can’t be beaten. The RDER Cup remains in European hands. I didn’t think it was going to come down to me. I was going down the six hole. The scoreboard looked amazing. Blue everywhere. That half for Tier Hatton is enough for Europe to have won the RDER Cup. It’s been a stressful Sunday, but what they said was one of the hardest tasks in golf has been completed and Europe have won the RDER Cup for the second time running and for the first time away from home in 13 years. [Music] [Applause] [Music]