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Ryder Cup 2018 - as it happened: USA take lead after Friday fourballs

Re-live all the action from Paris

Ed Malyon
Le Golf National
,Jonathan Liew,Tom Kershaw
Friday 28 September 2018 07:54 EDT
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Ryder Cup 2018 Footage of Le Golf National in Paris

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The 2018 Ryder Cup is underway at Le Golf National. Jim Furyk has selected Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka to lead the US team out in Paris and they will be up against Thomas Bjorn's strong opening pairing of Justin Rose and Jon Rahm.

Rory McIlroy and Thorbjorn Olesen will play match two against Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, Paul Casey and rookie Tyrrell Hatton face Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in match three, before the much-anticipated appearance of Tiger Woods alongside the fiery Patrick Reed, who play Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood.

Follow all the action from every hole in Paris with our live blog:


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Preview

What time does it start?

It all gets underway at 7.10am on Friday morning with the opening fourballs.

Where can I watch it?

The whole tournament is being broadcast on Sky Sports Golf. You can also stream it online via SkyGo. It is also available on NowTV.

For those without access to any of those The Independent will be live blogging the entire weekend.

The Ryder Cup is upon us
The Ryder Cup is upon us (REUTERS)

Who's playing?

Some of the very best golfers on the planet. Tiger Woods leads the American team while new world number one Justin Rose is Europe's leading light.

Who's going to win?

USA Evens

Europe 5/4

Draw 11/1

McIlroy & Olesen def. by Johnson & Fowler (4&2)

"We get along very well. Our demeanour is very similar on the course and we practice a lot together," Dustin Johnson tells the on-course reporter after his and Fowler's resounding victory.

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 11:58

Rose & Rahm vs Koepka & Finau (A/S)

Tony Finau is asking for a rules official with his ball bedded down in the rough on the right of seventeen. Nothing comes of it and he sends a flyer through the back of the green. Rose is safely on and he two-putts for par. Koepka has an opportunity to make it dormie down the last but he misses and this match can go either way.

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:02

Molinari & Fleetwood vs Woods & Reed (A/S)

Tommy Fleetwood misses a very makeable putt on 14 that would have put him and Molinari into the lead. It hasn't really clicked for him so far today but Woods and Reed are still scrambling to find some form.

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:05

Rose & Rahm vs Koepka & Finau (A/S)

Jon Rahm slices his drive down 18 and has to lay-up in front of the water on the par-4. It's all on Justin Rose now...Disaster!

Rose's shot looked bang on line from the fairway but he can't get the long iron to check in time and it trickles off into the water. Rose and Rahm should have won this match but with Finau on the green it might have just trickled away.

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:11

Rose & Rahm vs Koepka & Finau (A/S)

Finau steps up to the ball. If this drops the Americans will win the match...it's not even close. A poor misread and that won't be given.

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:14

Rose & Rahm vs Koepka & Finau (A/S)

Now Koepka's turn...this time it's close and that's the half secured at a minimum. Jon Rahm has a putt from about 15 feet to save the half...big moment

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:15

Rose & Rahm def. by Koepka & Finau (1UP)

It was a tricky putt and it slides by on the low side. That's gutting for Rose and Rahm who deserved to win this match. But they didn't take opportunities on fourteen and fifteen and with two matches played Europe are two points down.

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:19
Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:20

And this afternoons pairings for the foursomes have just been announced:

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:20

Ed Malyon at the seventeenth:

Wow, an incredible missed putt from Spieth gives the English pairing of Casey and Hatton another life. The best they can do is halve the match on 18 but it’s better than what seemed like certain defeat just minutes ago!

Ben Burrows28 September 2018 12:22

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