Ryder Cup 2018 - as it happened: Team Europe take control over USA on day two
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Europe seized control of the 2018 Ryder Cup on a thrilling second day in Paris.
The hosts took the morning fourballs 3-1 before keeping that advantage in the afternoon foursomes to take what could prove a decisive 10-6 lead into the final day.
Here's how it played out:
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Preview
What time does it start?
It all gets underway at 7.10am on Saturday morning with the opening fourballs.
Where can I watch it?
The whole tournament is being broadcast on Sky Sports Golf. You can also stream it online via SkyGo. It is also available on NowTV.
For those without access to any of those The Independent will be live blogging the entire weekend.
Who's playing?
Some of the very best golfers on the planet. Tiger Woods leads the American team while new world number one Justin Rose is Europe's leading light.
Who's going to win?
USA Evens
Europe 5/4
Draw 11/1
Poulter & Rahm vs Spieth & Thomas (A/S)
No mistakes. Spieth follows up the tee-shot and the momentum is now with the Americans in this one.
Fleetwood & Molinari (1UP) vs Woods & Reed
Fleetwood just misses the green at the par-5 eleventh with his second. He can putt from there though and eases it into gimme range. Patrick Reed's second found the rough on the left and his chip came up a tall man short. It's a knee-knocker but Reed rises to it and plays provocateur to the partisan crowd.
Garcia & McIlroy (4UP) vs Koepka & Finau
It's a masterclass in wedge play up at the twelfth. All four men have around 150 yards into the pin which is tucked precariously in the back left corner of the green. McIlroy's ball has found a divot in the fairway but he carves it within 10 feet. What a shot.
Garcia & McIlroy (4UP) vs Koepka & Finau
Koepka and Finau both have birdie putts too and the latter holes. It's halved by birdies.
Jonathan Liew is trying to play peacemaker in the media centre
Back in the media room, the rumblings of an enormous hissy fit are beginning to take shape amongst the US golf press. The mood is, quite frankly, mutinous. Lots of moaning about Furyk's pairings, the decision to bench Koepka (winner of three of the last six majors) yesterday afternoon, Dustin Johnson's inability to make a putt, the decision to finish the Tour Championship five days before the start of an away Ryder Cup meaning half the team are sick, and much else besides. I've been trying to reassure a few of them by explaining that big deficits are hardly insurmountable in this competition, but to be honest it's not really helping. No team has ever lost nine consecutive matches in the Ryder Cup, but that's what the US are staring at right now. They might need a new task force to overhaul the current task force. It's been a fabulous morning so far for the Europeans, but first and foremost let's call this what it is: extremely, extremely funny.
Fleetwood & Molinari (1UP) vs Woods & Reed
Tiger Woods has just played a wonderful shot into the tenth. He's helped by the breeze which is blowing back toward him and his iron-shot drops dead. He'll expect to make that. Molinari and Fleetwood are both on the green but their looks at birdie are a lot longer.
Casey & Hatton (2UP) vs Johnson & Fowler
This match has really flown under the radar with what's going on elsewhere but it just got a little more interesting because...hold your breath...Dustin Johnson has actually holed a birdie putt on the eleventh.
Fleetwood & Molinari vs Woods & Reed (A/S)
Molinari thinks his putt is going to break to the left but he's hit it so firmly that it's taken the turn out of it. Now Woods has just a simple putt to follow up that great shot and he does. That's two matches now which are all square and, perhaps, the US media mutiny can now subside into a malaise.
Garcia & McIlroy (4UP) vs Koepka & Finau
McIlroy has found water with an iron off the thirteenth tee. He's played so well for the majority of this match but those loose shots could be really costly in the foursomes. Sergio's isn't much better and the Americans have a real look in here.
Fleetwood & Molinari vs Woods & Reed (A/S)
Butch Harmon has asked Patrick Reed to produce something a little bit different at the eleventh...and he has. A "semi-shank" as he describes it. A hilariously horrible strike. Fleetwood can't capitalise though, in fact, it's even worse.
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