2025 Ryder Cup Day 1 results, scores: Europe in command, mounting 1st Friday lead on U.S. soil in two decades

Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy led a thorough beatdown of Americans on Friday at Bethpage Black

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Wonder no longer whether Europe can win another Ryder Cup stateside; the visitors are firmly in the driver's seat at Bethpage Black with three sessions and 20 matches to play. The Europeans took a 5.5 to 2.5 lead on the homestanding Americans after the first two sessions of the 2025 Ryder Cup, holding an advantage at the conclusion of play Friday in the United States for the first time since 2004 (when Europe went on to win 18.5 to 9.5).

Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood led their respective European pairings to two points apiece across morning foursomes and afternoon fourballs, while Rory McIlroy ran away with his match alongside Fleetwood in the early session, fueling Europe with his energy and leadership across 11 hours of play. McIlroy and pal Shane Lowry also split a hard-fought afternoon fourballs session. Rahm is now a commanding 7-0-2 in his last nine Ryder Cup partnerships with no signs of slowing down.

Though he entered Ryder Cup as the clear No. 1 player in the world playing his best golf over the last few months, U.S. star Scottie Scheffler posted the most disappointing performance of Day 1. He lost as the second foursomes pairing with Russell Henley and opening four-ball pairing with J.J. Spaun, going 0-2-0 when the Americans desperately needed him to set the tone by putting points on the scoreboard. In doing so, Scheffler became the first world No. 1 to lose both his Friday matches since Tiger Woods in 2002. He is now 2-4-3 all-time in the Ryder Cup.

Similarly off his game for the United States was Bryson DeChambeau, whose presence at Bethpage Black was supposed to be a boon for team chemistry and fan energy. Instead, DeChambeau and Justin Thomas got decimated by Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton in foursomes before losing a heartbreaker to Fleetwood and Justin Rose in fourballs. DeChambeau has fallen to 2-5-1 in the Ryder Cup.

Let's look at how each session of the Ryder Cup shook out with American captain Keegan Bradley clearly needing to regroup as European captain Luke Donald licks his chops seeing an opportunity to potentially close the door Saturday.

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2025 Ryder Cup results, scores: Day 1

Europe 5.5 | United States 2.5

Session 1 -- Foursomes

Match	Europe	Score	United States
1	Jon Rahm & Tyrrell Hatton	⬅️ 4 & 3	Bryson DeChambeau & Justin Thomas
2	Ludvig Åberg & Matt Fitzpatrick	⬅️ 5 & 3	Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley
3	Rory McIlroy & Tommy Fleetwood	⬅️ 5 & 4	Collin Morikawa & Harris English
4	Robert MacIntyre & Viktor Hovland	2UP ➡️	Xander Schauffele & Patrick Cantlay

The Americans got off to the ideal start to the morning session as DeChambeau blasted a drive just short of the green, going up-and-down alongside Thomas for birdie to take a 1UP lead on Europe's top pairing of Rahm and Hatton. However, that ended up being the high point of foursomes for the U.S. side as everything unraveled from there. 

The Europeans dominated the middle portion of the front nine and put blue flags all over the leaderboard as groups made the turn. At one point, more than an hour passed between holes won by the Americans. That early lull sucked all of the air out of the frenzied atmosphere at Bethpage Black.

Rahm and Hatton produced back-to-back miraculous shots on the 6th and 7th holes to stay attached to DeChambeau and Thomas before storming into a big advantage in the middle of the round to ultimately win 4 & 3. 

Behind them, Ludvig Åberg and Matt Fitzpatrick shocked Scheffler and Henley in a 5 & 3 win looked even more lopsided than the final score. Henley was a particular disaster in his Ryder Cup debut, making similarly poor performance from Scheffler. 

And then there was the McIlroy and Fleetwood pairing, which remained a buzzsaw of an alternate-shot duo. They mowed down a questionable American pairing of Collin Morikawa and Harris English, 5 & 4. 

The lone bright spot was the only established American pairing entering this Ryder Cup. Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele went 3UP on Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland early on the back nine, looking like they would cruise to an easy point. However, even the solitary U.S. point on the board was hard fought as the duo found itself tied up going to the 16th tee before eventually winning 2UP on the 18th green. 

Session 2 -- Fourballs

Match	Europe	Score	United States
5	Jon Rahm & Sepp Straka	⬅️ 3 & 2	Scottie Scheffler & J.J. Spaun
6	Tommy Fleetwood & Justin Rose	⬅️ 1UP	Ben Griffin & Bryson DeChambeau
7	Ludvig Åberg & Rasmus Højgaard	6 & 5 ➡️	Cameron Young & Justin Thomas
8	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry	TIED	Sam Burns & Patrick Cantlay

The failures in foursomes put ample pressure on the four-ball pairings that went out in the afternoon to put red banners on the leaderboard, and for a moment, it appeared as if the Americans would oblige.

The United States took early leads in three of the four matches; however, only Thomas and Cameron Young took true control of their showdown Åberg and Rasmus Højgaard. Luke Donald's gamble to pair his two least experienced players backfired in the first misstep for the European captain in two Ryder Cups as the pair got steamrolled by Young and Thomas, 6 & 5. 

That was just about the only thing that went truly wrong for Europe on Friday. Their other new pairing in the afternoon, Rahm and Sepp Straka, went out first and rolled a pairing that consisted of two players who won three of four majors in 2025: Scheffler and J.J. Spaun. The Europeans won 3 & 2 as Rahm has taken the throne as Europe's latest dominant Spaniard in this event.

Donald brought back two four-ball teams from Rome in McIlroy-Lowry and Fleetwood-Rose, and they did their job combining for 1.5 points to keep the Europeans comfortably in front. Both matches came down to the 18th hole where Rose buried a birdie putt to secure a full point against DeChambeau and Ben Griffin, while McIlroy and Lowry tied with Cantlay and Burns. 

Saturday will bring the same schedule with foursomes in the morning and fourballs in the afternoon, but it's hard to imagine American captain Keegan Bradley feeling good about whatever he had planned for his Day 2 pairings. He only had three sets of teammates score points, and two of those featured Cantlay. 

Cantlay will almost certainly play all five sessions given no one else has on the team has taken to the Ryder Cup stage as successfully. Young likely needs to play in both sessions Saturday after his performance in fourballs, while Morikawa, English, Ben Griffin and Henley are all major question marks. 

It's not a surprise that the U.S. side has some guys struggling, but that could have been mitigated if its stars were performing to their pedigree. A combined 0-4-0 day from Scheffler and DeChambeau could not happen for the U.S. side to remain competitive, and now, the Americans must figure out what Plan B looks like to get their top players on track for a Saturday charge.

Donald surely feels as if he can do no wrong at this point. Every button he's pushed, aside from the Åberg-Højgaard pairing, has worked wonderfully. The experience and comfort of this European side has created a cushion that it will try to expand upon, potentially taking the New York crowd fully out of the competition by the time singles competition rolls around Sunday. 

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[Sep 26, 2025 at 6:18 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Lowry, Burns and McIlroy all had good birdie looks on the 18th, but none could get the all-important putts to drop and the two teams walked off the 18th with a half-point each. That means Europe will lead 5.5-2.5 in points going into Saturday, their first lead on U.S. soil after the first day since a dominant win in 2004. 

It was quite the day for the Europeans, who battled through a mid-afternoon surge from the Americans to win the four-ball session. After a 3-1 morning, they won 2.5-1.5 in the afternoon and have taken full control going into Saturday. The U.S. will need to come out of the gates hot and put points on the board in a hurry on Saturday, but the challenge for Keegan Bradley is finding some pairings that work because there isn't a lot in the way of positives to take from what his pairings did in either session on Friday. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 5:59 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The tables were turned on the Americans on No. 17, but the result was the same. After they were the ones applying pressure with a long birdie on the 16th, McIlroy poured in a big putt on the 17th to make Sam Burns' 7-footer feel a bit longer. However, he calmly slipped it in the left side of the cup and kept the match tied going to the 18th, where the Americans desperately need to put another full point on the board with Europe up 5-2 currently. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 5:53 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

A birdie putt at the last from Rose gave him and Fleetwood a 1 UP win over DeChambeau and Griffin, as the Europeans shut out the top two U.S. players on Friday at Bethpage Black. 

DeChambeau played solidly (but not spectacularly) in both matches, but lost the opener with Justin Thomas and then in the afternoon with Ben Griffin. Fleetwood, meanwhile, remains a dominant force for Europe with a 2-0-0 day, while the veteran Rose came up with huge moments when they needed him to put another point on the board and guarantee a two-point lead going into Saturday. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 5:46 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After Europe looked like they had the advantage with two great approach shots into No. 16, Patrick Cantlay hit another big putt to apply some pressure. McIlroy and Lowry have struggled to hit big putts on the back nine, but McIlroy came up with one when he needed it most on the 16th to answer and keep that match tied going to No. 17, in what could be a vital point (or half point) for both teams. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 5:40 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The Americans needed to win the last two holes outright to scratch out half a point in the Fleetwood-Rose vs. Griffin-DeChambeau match, and they got the first part of that equation done thanks to a DeChambeau birdie on the par-3 17th. Now they'll need another on the 18th and hope the Europeans can't match them to get something out of that hard-fought match. While they do that, Burns and Cantlay are two holes behind battling in a tied match with McIlroy and Lowry. These will be pivotal matches for both teams, as Europe can take a commanding lead with full points in each, while the U.S. can stay within touch with a strong finish. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 5:23 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Fleetwood applied the pressure to Bryson DeChambeau with a long birdie on the 16th, and DeChambeau could not answer with one from a similar spot, missing on the low side. That guarantees Europe will take a half-point from that match as they're 2 UP with 2 to play, which means Europe is also a lock to be ahead going into Saturday's action. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 5:11 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The world No. 1 falls to 0-2-0 on Friday at the Ryder Cup, as Scottie Scheffler failed to put a point on the board for the Americans -- becoming the first world No. 1 to go 0-2-0 at a Ryder Cup since Tiger Woods in 2002. On the other side, Jon Rahm moves to 2-0-0 as he has been the stalwart for the European team in recent years and continues to cement his place as Spain's latest Ryder Cup great. 

As great as Rahm was on Friday afternoon, Sepp Straka held his own in his first match of the 2025 Ryder Cup, pouring in a few big putts including the clincher on the 16th, matching a Scheffler birdie to win the match 3&2 and put a fourth European point on the board. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 4:59 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After Cantlay rolled in a 12-footer for birdie, McIlroy had a full horseshoe lip out from 6 feet away to bring that match back to level footing. That is a huge swing for the Americans, who desperately need to get another point on the board in the afternoon. The first match is dormie for the Europeans at 3 UP with 3 to play and seems like a matter of time before that point goes up for Europe, but Fleetwood-Rose are just 1 UP on Griffin-DeChambeau and now Cantlay-Burns are tied with McIlroy-Lowry. 

Not only would getting a win in that last match be huge for points, but taking a point off McIlroy will feel even bigger for the Americans. That match is extremely tense with five holes to play, but the Americans (and in particular, Cantlay) are surging on the back nine. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 4:47 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Cameron Young might've cemented his spot as a two-session player on Saturday for the Americans, as he put forth arguably the best round of the day by anyone from the U.S. side in his debut match on Friday afternoon. Young spearheaded a dominant 6&5 win alongside Justin Thomas, who also improved his play from the morning but largely watched as his young teammate threw dart after dart at a Bethpage course he's extremely familiar with. 

With the win, the Americans now have 2 points on the board but trail in all three matches still on the course -- albeit two of those matches are only 1 hole leads. The U.S. needs at least one more point out of this session to stay attached, but Young and Thomas did their part on Friday afternoon to give them a chance. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 4:37 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The two matches that will swing the afternoon session are Fleetwood-Rose vs. Griffin-DeChambeau and Cantlay-Burns vs. McIlroy-Lowry. The first of those is tied up after 13 holes, while the Europeans lead has been trimmed to 1 UP in the last match. That's because after Lowry made a birdie on the 11th to put the Euros back up two, Cantlay stuffed one close on the 12th and converted his birdie to trim the lead down to one again. The Americans desperately need at least a full point from those two matches combined, if not 1.5 or the full 2 points. 

It looks like it'll be 4-2 soon enough, with the U.S. 5 UP in one match and Europe 3 UP in another. But the second and fourth matches on the course are going to be the ones that determine whether this is a tight Ryder Cup going into Saturday, or if Europe will have a commanding lead. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 4:23 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The Americans haven't had many bright spots on Friday, but Cameron Young and Justin Thomas have looked fantastic against an admittedly hapless European duo of Ludvig Åberg and Rasmus Højgaard. The young Euros can't buy a putt today, and Young and Thomas have made them pay and continue to apply constant pressure all day. They're now 5 UP thru 12 and will be putting a second full point on the board for the Americans soon, but the question now is whether they'll be getting any support from the rest of their teammates. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 3:51 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The most competitive match of the afternoon has been Fleetwood-Rose vs. DeChambeau-Griffin. It's featured the biggest moment so far with Rose and Griffin trading long putts on No. 7 as they've tied every hole but two now. The U.S. team held a 1 UP lead for most of the match, but it's back to all square now after a Fleetwood birdie on No. 11 from the collar. That's taken some red off the leaderboard and now the Americans only lead in one match in the afternoon session. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 3:42 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Scottie Scheffler can't buy a putt on the greens on Friday at Bethpage, and for the second straight session the world No. 1 is down big early on the back nine. After getting beat 5&3 in foursomes, Scheffler and J.J. Spaun are 3 DN thru 11 to Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka. The 11th hole went to the Europeans courtesy of a Rahm birdie where he got a teach from Scheffler after he left his putt well out to the right and seems baffled by the Bethpage greens. Rahm appreciated the info and used it to pour his in, giving the Euros a strong advantage in the lead match of the afternoon. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 3:29 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Luke Donald rolled the dice with his youngest players going out in the third match of the afternoon, and it has not paid off as they are getting steamrolled by Justin Thomas and Cameron Young. Keegan Bradley trusted Justin Thomas to put it together after a rough morning and he and the New York native have played better than any American duo all day to go 3 UP at the turn. 

Åberg and Højgaard cannot buy a putt at the moment and Young calmly rolled in a birdie on No. 9 to make that match a much-needed U.S. stranglehold. The Americans already trail 2 DN in a pair of matches, and cannot afford anything worse than a 2-2 split in this afternoon's session after going down 3-1 in the morning. Young and Thomas are doing their part, and we'll see if any of the other American squads can pick up the slack around them to try and even things up going into Saturday. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 3:17 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

It took six holes, but McIlroy finally figured out the changes in the greens as they've sped up just a touch in the afternoon and has rolled in two in a row to electrify the Europeans at Bethpage Black. After a birdie on No. 6, he backed it up with another on the long 7th to put he and Lowry 2 UP on Burns and Cantlay. 

The Europeans now have a pair of 2 UP leads, while trailing in the other two, and they'd gladly take a split in the afternoon to maintain a two point lead going into Saturday. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 2:52 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

It took six holes but McIlroy finally paid off a good birdie look with a made putt to put he and Lowry 1 UP on Burns and Cantlay. McIlroy has missed a couple today (most notably a really short look on No. 3) but finally saw one drop on the 6th and let the crowd know about it. 

It feels like Burns and Cantlay missed an opportunity to build a lead on one of Europe's top players and we'll see if that putt sparks something for the duo from Northern Ireland and Ireland. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 2:41 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

We haven't seen a lot of putts dropping in the afternoon from either side, with the Europeans in particular going cold with the putters after making a ton in the morning. However, both sides woke it up on No. 7 with the best back-and-forth of the Ryder Cup so far. 

Ben Griffin went first and poured in a 56-footer from the back of the green to send the crowd into a frenzy, erupting with a big celebration. 

However, just as the crowd and Americans felt they'd taken control, Justin Rose provided the answer from up top with a 41-footer to silence the U.S. fans and keep he and Fleetwood one back of DeChambeau and Griffin. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 2:19 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The lack of rough at Bethpage Black has allowed players to pull driver on just about every hole, and Bryson DeChambeau has enjoyed uncorking bombs wherever possible. His biggest of the day so far came at the 6th where he drove it through the fairway with a 362-yard blast that left him a chippy wedge from the short rough. 

Unfortunately for the Americans, DeChambeau couldn't convert a short birdie putt to win the hole and go 2 UP after this drive, as he pushed his putt out right and he and Griffin remain just 1 UP on Fleetwood and Rose. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 2:06 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

DeChambeau finally gave the home crowd a reason to get fired up with a birdie on the 5th to put himself and Ben Griffin 1 UP on Fleetwood and Rose. 

DeChambeau has been one of the best players for the U.S. team all day and is trying to will the Bethpage crowd into a frenzy after the morning session took the wind out of the American sails. In the afternoon, no one has taken full control of any of the matches on the course, but Europe leads the opening match 1 UP, the Americans lead the two middle matches 1 UP and the last match on the course is tied. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 1:31 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After Lowry and McIlroy both missed birdie putts on No. 1, Sam Burns made his to put he and Patrick Cantlay 1 UP early on one of Europe's top players. A hole ahead, with Justin Thomas in tight, Cameron Young poured in a long birdie putt to go 1 UP on the youngest European pairing thru 2. 

After a rough foursomes performance, the Americans are off to a better start in four-ball, but the real test comes in the middle of the front nine where Europe dominated this morning. They're only trailing in one match, as Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka lead Scottie Scheffler and J.J. Spaun 1 UP thru 4 in the opener. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 1:04 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After a J.J. Spaun birdie put the Americans in front on No. 1, Sepp Straka answered with a chip-in birdie from the collar on No. 2 to even things up and take the red off the leaderboard. Most anticipated some fireworks in the battle between Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler, but on the first two holes it's Spaun and Straka creating the roars. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 12:41 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Just like in the morning session, the U.S. takes a 1UP lead on No. 1 in the opening match of the afternoon. This time it was J.J. Spaun, who hung his drive well right but played a beautiful wedge from the light rough at Bethpage this week to just a few feet away for birdie. Neither Jon Rahm nor Sepp Straka could convert lengthy birdie putts to match Spaun, and the Americans put some early red up on the scoreboard to try and wake up the crowd after a rough morning. 

Spaun and Scheffler will hope their early lead holds up in the way the lead for DeChambeau and Thomas didn't in the early session, but they couldn't ask for a much better start to four-ball after the struggles in alternate shot. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 12:01 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After Europe took a 3-1 lead in the morning, the U.S. will try to claw their way back in it in the afternoon four-ball (best ball) session. Both sides will completely turn over the pairings from the morning, with all four players that sat out the morning session getting in on the action for the afternoon. 

Match 1 (12:25 p.m.): Scottie Scheffler and J.J. Spaun vs. Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka
Match 2 (12:41 p.m.): Ben Griffin and Bryson DeChambeau vs. Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose
Match 3 (12:57 p.m.): Cameron Young and Justin Thomas vs. Ludvig Åberg and Rasmus Højgaard
Match 4 (1:13 p.m.): Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay vs. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry

The only real surprise is that Justin Thomas gets sent back out, as he struggled mightily in the morning session. It's clear Keegan Bradley didn't want to put out a rookie-rookie pairing, but Thomas will have to improve significantly to pay off Bradley's confidence in him given how well the Cantlay-Schauffele tandem performed as a whole. Xander now heads to the bench and the U.S. will hope some new pairings bring more success. 

On the European side, the Fleetwood-Rose and McIlroy-Lowry pairings come as no surprise, as those were stalwarts in Rome. Rahm-Straka and Åberg-Højgaard are new pairings that didn't play in 2023, but Donald has had the hot hand so it's hard to question his choices right now. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 11:55 am ET · Robby Kalland]

It took until the 18th green of the final pairing, but some red is finally on the board at the 2025 Ryder Cup. Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay beat Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland 2UP to make it just a 3-1 deficit coming out of Friday foursomes for the Americans. What looked like a formality early on the back nine when they were 3UP became a dogfight down the stretch, as the Europeans tied the match going to the 16th. The U.S. pulled in front with a par on the par-3 17th and a wayward drive into the fescue from Hovland on No. 18 ultimately led to to a bogey and a concession from the Europeans. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 11:42 am ET · Robby Kalland]

A bad miss off the tee from MacIntyre on the par-3 17th opened the door for Schauffele and Cantlay to guarantee at least a half-point for the U.S. in the opening session. Hovland hit an incredible bunker shot from a fried egg to 8 feet, but MacIntyre couldn't hit the par saver. Cantlay coaxed a birdie putt to gimme range after a solid tee shot from Schauffele to send the Americans to the 18th tee with a 1UP lead as they try to salvage something out of the morning session. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 11:19 am ET · Robby Kalland]

After holding a 3UP lead thru 11, the most experienced American team has melted down in the middle of the back nine and there is no longer any red on the leaderboard. Schauffele and Cantlay have sputtered, while Hovland and MacIntyre have started to make key putts and suddenly they are tied going to the 16th tee -- becoming the first match to make it to No. 16, as Europe wrapped the first three matches on the 14th and 15th greens. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 10:48 am ET · Robby Kalland]

The Europeans are in full control after three dominant performances in the first three matches on Friday. The most shocking result came from the second match out, as Ludvig Åberg and Matt Fitzpatrick (who entered the day 1-7-0 in Ryder Cup play) torched world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley to win 5&3. Fitzpatrick put the exclamation point on the win with a long birdie roll on the 15th and delivered a big fist pump as they put away the No. 1 American. 

Now the U.S.'s hopes for a point rest on the shoulders of Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, who are 2UP thru 12 on Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland in the most competitive match of the early session. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 10:37 am ET · Robby Kalland]

Europe has the first two points on the board in the 2025 Ryder Cup thanks to their two top teams. Rahm and Hatton got off to a slow start against DeChambeau and Thomas, but roared into the lead late on the front nine and took full control early on the back nine to eventually win the opening match of the event on the 15th green at 4&3. 

Behind them, McIlroy and Fleetwood torched Morikawa and English on the front nine and put it in cruise control on the back, winning on the 14th green 5&4 to guarantee Europe wins the opening session -- with Åberg and Fitzpatrick 4UP with 4 to play. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 10:24 am ET · Robby Kalland]

There's not a lot of drama on the course right now, as every match features at least a 3UP lead. 

The Henley-Scheffler pairing finally showed some signs of life for the Americans the last two holes, but it appears to be too little to late as they are 4DN thru 15 to Åberg and Fitzpatrick (meaning the best they could do is tie the match). Rahm and Hatton are 3UP on DeChambeau and Thomas thru 15 as well, as they are close to closing out the Americans in the first match of the day. McIlroy and Fleetwood are also one win away from closing out Morikawa and English in the third match, leaving just one hope for the Americans to get a point. 

The good news for the U.S. is Hovland and MacIntyre are playing some dreadful golf and have let Schauffele and Cantlay take a 3UP lead thru 11. That's a must win for the Americans, and it seems like they at least will avoid becoming the first home side to get swept in the opening session since 1987. 

[Sep 26, 2025 at 9:50 am ET · Robby Kalland]

After struggling early in the match, the Hatton and Rahm pairing has woken up and hit the gas on DeChambeau and Thomas. They flipped the match late on the front nine and have pushed the lead to 2UP after Hatton buried a long birdie putt up the hill on No. 12 to create the first real cushion for either team in that match. 

With the two matches behind them being 4UP leads for Europe, if Rahm and Hatton can also put a full point on the board, there's a strong chance Europe puts three points up in the first session of the 2025 Ryder Cup. That means DeChambeau and Thomas have to find something on the final six holes to at least scratch out a half point and create some kind of positive momentum for the Americans.