‘Proudest I’ve ever felt as a golfer’
and Patrick Reed in the morning fourballs sparked the first ever whitewash of the Americans at foursomes, where they beat Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. Those four opponents dusted off by Southport’s Fleetwood have won 19 majors between them and spent more than 700 weeks at world No 1. ‘This morning was the proudest I’ve ever felt as a golfer and to get two points for the team, well, it’s everything you dream about when you take up golf as a kid,’ said Fleetwood, who was given an hour off by captain Thomas Bjorn to spend with wife Claire and the other Frankie in his life. Fleetwood will have no time to savour his triumphs. This morning, he and Molinari will be back on the course at the crack of dawn for a rematch with Woods and Reed. Europe were helped by some horrendously bad play from the Americans, who were an accumulative 11 over par. Paul McGinley, who captained Europe to victory in 2014, said: ‘The US side played with their heads down and displayed a lack of passion that can spread like a disease.’