PAIRINGS: DAY ONE FOURBALLS FOR HERO CUP
Great Britain and Ireland Captain Tommy Fleetwood will lead from the front after deciding to join Shane Lowry in the opening fourballs match against Continental Europe’s Alex Noren and Thomas Pieters at the Hero Cup.
The line-up for the opening session of fourball matches were confirmed at the pairings ceremony at Abu Dhabi Golf Club and both teams have opted for experience in the first match of the inaugural event.
The first pairing will tee off at 11.05am.
Belgium’s Thomas Detry and Frenchman Antoine Rozner will represent Team Continental Europe in the second match of the day, with English duo Tyrrell Hatton and Jordan Smith their opponents.
Match three will pit France’s Victor Perez and three-time DP World Tour winner Guido Migliozzi against another all-English pair in Callum Shinkwin and Matt Wallace, before Continental Europe Captain Francesco Molinari teams up with Denmark’s Nicolai Højgaard against Scot Ewen Ferguson and Richard Mansell, of England.
The only fourballs session of the week will conclude with a mixture of proven winners on both the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour, as Austria’s Sepp Straka and Poland’s Adrian Meronk face Irishman Séamus Power and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre.
The Hero Cup will see all 20 players tee it up in all four sessions, with two foursomes sessions taking place on Saturday and the final ten singles matches concluding the event on Sunday. The pairings for the opening foursomes session on day two will be announced following the conclusion of today’s play.
Continental Europe v GB and Ireland (Foursomes)
■ Thomas Pieters & Alex Noren v Tommy Fleetwood (Captain) & Shane Lowry
■ Thomas Detry & Antoine Rozner v Tyrrell Hatton & Jordan Smith.
■ Victor Perez & Guido Migliozzi v Callum Shinkwin & Matt Wallace.
■ Francesco Molinari (Captain) & Nicolai Hojgaard v Ewen Ferguson & Richard Mansell.
■ Sepp Straka & Adrian Meronk v Seamus Power & Robert MacIntyre.