The Americans needed a spark heading into the Saturday afternoon session, so they paired Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau together in the second match. On the European side, Matt Fitzpatrick was supposed to pair up with Viktor Hovland in the last afternoon match, but Hovland’s neck injury caused Tyrrell Hatton to step in.
America’s Cameron Young was paired with Justin Thomas to go up against Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. A fired-up Lowry made an eagle on the fourth hole and birdied the fifth hole to give his team a 2 UP lead. Young fired up the American crowd when his 36-foot birdie fell on the seventh hole to cut into the Europeans’ lead. Thomas made his birdie putt on the ninth hole to tie the match. McIlroy made birdie on the 14th hole and Lowry made one on the 18th hole to win their match 2 UP.
Scheffler and DeChambeau went off in the second match against Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose. DeChambeau tied the match with an eagle on the fourth hole and then gave his team the lead with a birdie on the next hole. Rose birdied the seventh hole to make the match all square and then walked in a birdie putt on the eighth hole to give his team a lead. The Europeans extended their lead to 3 UP after 14 holes and closed the match out on the 16th hole to win 3&2.
Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka played together in the Fourball session for the second day in row, this time playing J.J. Spaun and Xander Schauffele in the third match. The Europeans went 1 UP after Straka made a birdie on the second hole. On the fourth hole, from 41 feet away, Schauffele made his eagle putt to tie the match. Straka birdied the seventh hole to go 1 UP in his match. Rahm birdied the 9th hole to go 2 UP, but Spaun answered with a birdie of his own on the 10th hole to cut the deficit to 1 DOWN. Spaun then birdied the 17th and 18th hole to win the match and put the only American point from the Saturday Fourball matches on the board.
The final match of the day saw Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay paired together again playing Hatton and Fitzpatrick. This match was all square through eight holes before Fitzpatrick birdied the ninth hole to go 1 UP. Burns tied the match with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole. On the 18th hole with the match all square, Hatton and Fitzpatrick hit their approach shots to two feet. Hatton tapped his in for birdie and won another point for Team Europe.
After four sessions, the Europeans lead the Americans 11.5 to 4.5. Team Europe only needs 2.5 points to retain the cup.
