BALLS

TODAY’S SINGLES

RYDER CUP 2018: EUROPE 10 USA 6

11:05am Rory Mcilroy vs Justin Thomas 11:17am Paul Casey vs Brooks Koepka 11:29am Justin Rose vs Webb Simpson 11:41am Jon Rahm vs Tiger Woods 11:53am Tommy Fleetwood vs Tony Finau 12:05pm Ian Poulter vs Dustin Johnson 12:17pm Thorbjorn Olesen vs Jordan Spieth 12:29pm Sergio Garcia vs Rickie Fowler 12:41pm Francesco Molinari vs Phil Mickelson 12:53pm Tyrrell Hatton vs Patrick Reed 13:05pm Henrik Stenson vs Bubba Watson 13:17pm Alex Noren vs Bryson Dechambeau

And the whole European team will need to show their mettle today to hold off an American fightback in France.

From 3-0 down on opening morning, Thomas Bjorn’s battlers won eight consecutive points for the first time ever.

But Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas claimed the final morning fourball match against Ian Poulter and Jon Rahm yesterday – then beat Europe’s talisman again in the afternoon foursomes alongside Rory Mcilroy. Playing in the final match in Medinah with the Ulsterman, Poulter won the final point on Saturday to set up next day’s miracle. But yesterday it was Spieth who pumped his chest with pride Poulter-style after nailing a nerveless birdie putt on the 15th green to take the score to 10-6. The same as on Saturday night in 2012. The American said: “The performances that our team has put in individually this season gives us hope tomorrow.

“Team golf doesn’t say who is playing best individually. Individual match play does. Tomorrow, we need a big couple of points early on then the pressure really shifts solely on to them.

“If we can get two or three points early, it gets to be quiet and uneasy around here and that clearly is the goal.

“They had a six-point lead and now it’s four, so we are