Team Europe look to build on their commanding Ryder Cup advantage in this morning’s foursomes session. Luke Donald’s side had a dream opening day in Rome, preventing the USA from winning a single match, and have put themselves in charge with a 6½-1½ lead.
They swept yesterday’s foursomes matches and the challenge is to do something similar this time, with Donald unsurprisingly opting for the same four pairings. Rory McIlroy, who already has two point to his name, teams up with Tommy Fleetwood in the opening match, up against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. Viktor Hovland and Luvdig Aberg then take on Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka, who had to settle for half a point in the fourballs as they were left stunned by Jon Rahm’s magic.
Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka were impressive on the opening day and this time face Team USA pairing Max Homa and Brian Harman, before the fiery duo of Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton close the session out against close friends Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog, featuring expert analysis from Matt Majendie in Rome.
Live updates
This morning’s foursomes schedule…
Match 1, 6:35am: McIlroy & Fleetwood vs Spieth & Thomas
Match 2, 6:50am: Hovland & Aberg vs Scheffler & Koepka
Match 3, 7:05am: Lowry & Straka vs Homa & Harman
Match 4, 7:20am: Rahm & Hatton vs Cantlay & Schauffele
All times BST.
How to watch the Ryder Cup
TV channel: The weekend action will be broadcast in their entirety across Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf. Coverage gets underway at 6am BST this morning morning, ahead of the opening tee shot at 6:35am, and runs through all the way to the final shot of the day.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can stream the action via the SkyGo app.
Highlights: Full highlights from day two will be on BBC Two and iPlayer from 8.30pm. Day three highlights across the same channels, but at 7.30pm.
Live blog: You can follow every shot right here with us!
Good morning!
Here we go again…
Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of the second day of the 2023 Ryder Cup!
Yesterday could not really have gone much better for Team Europe – they have a 6½-1½ lead in Rome and already it looks as though the USA’s 30-year wait for a win away from home is going to be extended.
We’ll have all the latest reaction from the opening day’s play, before full build-up and coverage of today’s action, which gets underway at 6:35m BST from the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club. Stay with us!
