The Saturday afternoon fourball matchups have been released by Ryder Cup officials.
And down by five points, 8 1/2 to 3 1/2, the Americans desperately need to make up ground here.
U.S. captain Keegan Bradley made some adjustments from Friday fourballs, teaming Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau and shifting rookie J.J. Spaun from Scheffler to a new partnership with Xander Schauffele, who sat the first fourball session. Ben Griffin will sit a third session, joining Collin Morikawa, Harris English and Russell Henley on the bench.
The only change that the Europeans make is replacing Ludvig Åberg and Rasmus Hojgaard, the lone rookie for the visitors, with Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Fitzpatrick, who both sat Friday afternoon. Åberg and Hojgaard will sit along with Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland, who was scheduled to compete with Fitzpatrick but was a late scratch because of a neck injury.
Here’s a look at the final team session before Sunday singles at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York (click here to watch live coverage and the featured match of DeChambeau-Scheffler vs. Fleetwood-Rose; all times EDT).
- 12:25 p.m.: Justin Thomas/Cameron Young (U.S.) vs. Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry (EUR)
- 12:41 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler/Bryson DeChambeau (U.S.) vs. Tommy Fleetwood/Justin Rose (EUR)
- 12:57 p.m.: J.J. Spaun/Xander Schauffele (U.S.) vs. Jon Rahm/Sepp Straka (EUR)
- 1:13 p.m.: Sam Burns/Patrick Cantlay (U.S.) vs. Tyrrell Hatton/Matt Fitzpatrick (EUR)
Whoa, talk about team rotation! Shifting Spaun like hes a chess piece? And poor Viktor Hovland getting scratched last minute – talk about bad timing! 😅 Sounds like the Europeans are trying to mix things up, replacing Åberg and Hojgaard with Fitzpatrick and Hatton. Hope our US boys, like Scheffler and DeChambeau, dont get too comfy on the lead! Go big or go home, right? Cant wait to see the drama on Sunday! 🏌️♂️💥the prophecy deltarune