6:10 p.m. ET: We’re getting down to the nitty-gritty folks. Finau/English are 1 down with three to play. DeChambeau and Scheffler are 1 down with five to play. Koepka and Spieth are tied with four to play, and DJ/Morikawa remain 3 up with six to play.
5:44 p.m. ET: Hatton drains a HUGE 33-footer to avoid losing the 14th hole. He and Lowry remain 1 up with four to play. Meanwhile, Koepka sank a clutch birdie putt to bring that match all the way from 3 down to a tie heading into No. 14.
5:25 p.m. ET: A DeChambeau birdie on 10 brings that match back to tied. Meanwhile, Finau and Harris finally won their first hole of the day with a birdie on 13, cutting their deficit to 1 down.
5:03 p.m. ET: A Brooks Koepka birdie on No. 10 cuts the Rahm/Garcia lead to 1 up. Meanwhile, Finau/Harris is now 2 down to Lowry/Hatton after a Hatton birdie on 11. Meanwhile, Scheffler and DeChambeau lost two straight to go 1 down to Fleetwood/Hovland, and DJ/Morikawa has now won three straight to go 3 up through 8.
4:32 p.m. ET: Another birdie on the par-3 7th puts DJ/Morikawa 2 up.
4:20 p.m. ET: Here comes some U.S. momentum! Both Koepka and Spieth had makeable birdie looks on No. 8, and Koepka drained his to shave one off the European lead. They’re now 2 down heading to No. 9. And Scheffler sank a clutch par on the par-3 7th to pull 1 up on the Europeans. Finally, Morikawa dropped an eagle 2 on the par-4 6th to go 1 up on McIlroy/Poulter. Meanwhile, all quiet on the Finau/Harris front. They’re 1 down and have yet to win a hole through 9.Let’s go!
3:55 p.m. ET: Poulter and McIlroy just got one back on DJ and Morikawa with a birdie on 5, so Europe now leads two and two matches are tied. And Spieth and Kopeka are in trouble, now 3 down through 7.
3:45 p.m. ET: A DeChambeau birdie on the par-5 5th brings that match back to a tie. Quick leaderboard update is below:
3:25 p.m. ET: Tensions running a little hot in the Rahm match on No. 5. There was some disagreement about where Rahm was going to take a drop after hitting it in the water and some heated words were spoken between Rahm’s caddie and Spieth. All since defused, the hole was tied. Europe still leads that one 2 up. Meanwhile, Lowry and Hatton are still 1 up through 6, Fleetwood and Hovland are 1 up through 4, and DJ and Morikawa are holding down Team USA’s only lead, 1 up through 3.
2:59 p.m. ET: Rahm drops a bomb for birdie on No. 4 to go 2 up on Koepka/Spieth.
2:51 p.m.: Fleetwood and Hovland go 1 up through 3 on Scheffler and DeChambeau. Rahm and Garcia win with a par on No. 3 to go 1 up, and Lowry and Hatton remain 1 up through four. That’s three early European leads thus far. Johnson and Morikawa won the 2nd to go 1 up on Poulter and McIlroy.
2:28 p.m. ET: Three of the four matches are currently tied, after Spieth eagled No. 2 to get one back on the Europeans. Menawhile, Lowry birdied the par-3 2nd to go 1 up — the lone European lead at this point.
1:57 p.m. ET: Europe takes the first lead of the afternoon, with Garcia and Rahm going 1 up on Koepka and Spieth with a Rahm birdie on No. 1. The Finau/Harris match remains tied through 2.
1:45 p.m. ET: Here we go! Team USA is 5.5 points from claiming the Ryder Cup, so Europe needs to have a HUGE showing this afternoon in order to get back in the game. Match 1, featuring Finau and Harris versus Lowry and Hatton, tied the opening hole with birdies.
1:13 p.m.: Afternoon fourball tee times have been announced, and they are as follows:
12:48 p.m.: And that’s it! A third consecutive 3-1 session win for the Americans after Spieth/Thomas and Schauffele/Cantlay close out simultaneously on the 17th and 18th holes. The U.S. leads 9-3 after three sessions at the Ryder Cup, needing only 5.5 points to claim its third Ryder Cup this millennium. Afternoon fourball pairings should be released shortly.
12:41 p.m.: Speith and Thomas appear to be closing in on a 1-up win, lying 2 on the apron just shy of the 18th green while Wiesberger/Hovland attempt to navigate a recovery from the water. Meanwhile, Schauffele and Cantlay lead by 2 with 2 to play approaching the par-3 17th.
12:22 p.m.: The U.S. is officially surging. Morikawa/Johnson closed out the second match of the day, 2-and-1. A HUGE eagle on 16 for Thomas/Spieth puts them 2-up with two to play, while Schauffele/Cantlay poured in a birdie on 15 to put their match at 3-up with three to play.
12:11 p.m.: In the remaining three matches in the field, the Americans are trending. Cantlay/Schauffele and Johnson/Morikawa are each 2-up with only a handful to play, while Spieth/Thomas are 1-up and surging in a red-hot back-nine.
12:07 p.m.: The Euros are officially on the board! Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia come back from 3-down after five holes to win 3-and-1 over Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger.
11:54 a.m.: A HUGE swing in the DJ/Morikawa vs. Casey/Hatton match. After winning three of four holes to cut the match to 1-down heading into the 15th, Hatton pulls his six-footer for par. DJ drains his, sending the Americans back into the driver’s seat at 2-up with three to go.
11:43 a.m.: A scoreboard update as the morning foursomes groups turn toward the home stretch. Huge drama set to unfold in the next hour.
11:30 a.m.: A rules situation developing in the Koepka/Berger match, which is back to 1-down. Koepka held an EXTENDED conversation with rules officials seeking relief for a ball trapped in a patch of grass with a drain nearby. Eventually, a handful of officials agreed the lie didn’t justify a drop — news that came much to Koepka’s chagrin, as he continues to rehab from a wrist injury suffered at the Tour Championship earlier this month. Eventually, Koepka got his team out of the area unscathed, and halved the hole.
10:59 a.m.: The fun continues back in Match 4, where Cantlay/Schauffele just nabbed a 1-up lead after rolling a long birdie putt. Up ahead, Rahm/Garcia move to 2-up over Koepka/Berger, adding cushion to the Europeans’ only lead of the morning session.
10:52 a.m.: Things are getting SPICY in the Thomas/Spieth Wiesberger/Hovland group, which is all even after Spieth deposited a 25-footer for birdie to win the 10th. Tensions started rising with Thomas’ emphatic celebration after a birdie putt to cut the match to 2-down. Then, on the next green, JT took exception to Hovland/Wiesberger’s lacking concession on a two-footer — contesting it by holding his putter to show his ball was “in the leather” after hitting the putt.
10:47 a.m.: The Spaniards finally break through thanks to a 10-foot make from Garcia on the 12th. Rahm/Garcia grabs a 1-up lead in the first match of the morning. At roughly the halfway point of the morning foursomes sessions, the Euros lead in 2 matches (Rahm/Garcia and Hovland/Wiesberger), are tied in 1 and trail in 1.
10:41 a.m.: After a 6-foot miss from Hovland on the 9th, the Spieth/Thomas comeback is nearly complete. The Americans are only 1-down in that match heading into the back-nine after jumping out to a quick, 3-hole deficit.
10:30 a.m.: Are you kidding me, Xander? Schauffele rolls in a 30-footer for birdie to give the Americans the hole and bring the match back to even. Europeans are up in 1 match, even in two and trailing in one.
10:25 a.m.: Rahm/Garcia have Koepka/Berger on the run, but the Americans aren’t letting up easily. After a Garcia chip left a conceded par, Koepka jarred a 25-footer to halve the hole and keep the match even through 10.
10:10 a.m.: Momentum is shifting. The Europeans now lead in two matches, and are tied in another. Westwood/Fitzpatrick and Wiesberger/Hovland both lead (1-up and 2-up respectively), while Rahm/Garcia have climbed all the way back from 3-down to bring the match back to even at the turn. Look out!
10:03 a.m.: Here come the Spaniards! They were down BIG early to Koepka/Berger, but have clawed back to cut the deficit to one. Elsewhere, Johnson/Morikawa and Hovland/Wiesberger are 3-up each, while Cantlay/Schauffele and Westwood/Fitzpatrick are all square through two.
9:33 a.m.: Rahm and Sergio not going away. After losing the 5th hole they come back and win the 6th and are still 2 down.
9:21 a.m.: Early update:
9:15 a.m.: A little life for Europe. Wiesberger and Hovland 2 up after three and the first two groups off both won the 4th holes to cut the deficits to 2 down.
9:00 a.m.: Morikawa gave Casey/Hatton a break when he missed the green short on the par-3 3rd, but Casey missed left (a much worse miss) and then Dustin Johnson chipped in for birdie. All U.S. right now.
