2023-09-30 13:18:11
Following in the wake of what already began this Friday, Europe, with Rahm and Hovland in command, extended its dominance in the Ryder Cup with a new exhibition this morning in ‘alternating shots’ on Marco Simone in which it left the United States very touched (9.5 to 2.5), unable to match the local pace and weakened by the painful defeat of its leader, Scottie Scheffler, world number 1.
Rahm adds and continues. After this Friday’s exhibition in the ‘fourballs’ (four balls and the best is chosen) against Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka, with two ‘eagles’ in the last three holes that ended up frustrating the North American victory and which led to the attack from Koepka to Basque, whom he described as a player who behaves like a childthe ‘Lion of Barrika’ maintained the level and did not fail in the first turn.
Paired again with the Englishman Tyron Hatton, with whom he revealed to have a special connection – “it’s like being in the same brain,” he said -, knew how to handle the rebellion of Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele in the last holes to prevent even reaching 18 with a 2&1.
The European duo, with Rahm at the helm on a special day in which lThe prestigious competition honored Seve Ballesteros at the beginning of the daywon holes 2, 6, 8 and 11, 16 and 17, gaining an advantage of up to 3 points that disappeared after the effectiveness of those captained by Zach Jhonson in holes 12, 13 and 14, which reduced the distance and forced the Europeans to step on the accelerator at the end of the duel.
On the 15th hole, one of the determining factors of the circuit, Rahm left as if he did not feel the breath of the Americans on his neck after his rapid insurrection. A blow that, together with the poor start of the Americans, seemed to lead to a point that Hatton wasted with a putt that went to the left.
But in the 16th and 17th, Rahm avoided the American crush and with two strokes under par they secured the European point, which served to place 9.5 on the scoreboard before the ‘fourballs’ session.
Tears
Scheffler’s tears were a true reflection of what the United States is experiencing right now.. Very outmatched, the world number 1 ended up crying after the historic defeat he experienced along with his partner Brooks Koepka against the Norwegian Viktor Hovland and the Swedish debutant Ludvig Aberg, the largest in history in ‘alternating blows’ (foursomes) mode.
And it is that defeated by the Spanish Jon Rahm in the day this Friday, with whom he fell in the morning shift and tied in the afternoon shift, Scheffler does not raise his head in a Ryder Cup that looks very favorable for the European teamwhich with all the pieces well-oiled is being far superior to the team captained by Zach Johnson.
Hovland was a hammer against Scheffler and against Koepka who this Friday, frustrated after the tie in the afternoon shift, attacked Rahm by describing him as a player who behaves like a child.
With victories on holes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 and eleven, Hovland and Aberg dispatched the Americans, humiliated after conceding a hitherto unprecedented result in the history of this type of ‘foursomes’.
The other European point was achieved by the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy and the Englishman Tommy Fleetwood against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, in a match that ended 2&1 after an exchange of blows in which the Europeans won eight holes to the Americans’ six.
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The United States’ only full point came from the debuting pair. It was Max Homa and Brian Harman who, with a 4&2, clearly surpassed the Austrian, and also debutant, Sepp Straka and the Irishman Shane Lowry.
For the ‘fourballs’ this Saturday afternoon, Luke Donald, European captain, decided to rest Rahm, who in the last edition played all five shifts. Hovland and Aberg will face the Americans Burns and Morikawa; Fleetwood and Hojgaard to Homa and Harman; Rose and Macintyre to Thomas and Spieth; and Fitzpatrick and McIlroy to Cantlay and Clark
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