It wasn't the start the Americans had hoped for in their quest to break their 30-year winless streak on European soil as Jon Rahm & Co. dominated Day 1. Here's everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's matches at the 2023 Ryder Cup.
overcame two early missed chances to then put some red on the board for the first time. There's opportunity for those players to bring some joy on Saturday.Jon Rahm credited the memory of the late Seve Ballesteros for propelling his standout Day 1 performance.
Viktor Hovland will look to build on his Day 1 success as part of an all-Scandinavian pairing with rookie Ludvig Aberg on Saturday. Donald's Europe team has put a huge emphasis on stats for this year's tournament, drawing on Edoardo Molinari's expertise and side business. They looked to the algorithms and saw Europe perform better in foursomes than fourball, so they switched the order around for Friday and it paid off brilliantly.
"So he spoke Norwegian; I spoke Swedish," Aberg said afterwards."It's very similar. I actually have two Norwegian roommates that I live with, so kind of got used to the Norwegian language. But yeah, it's a comfort." "Obviously Team USA is strong and will be strong and will come out strong tomorrow," Rose said."There's no complacency here.
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