One day after the Centenary Course confounded its Ryder Cup competitors, they bit back with a wicked display of birdies in Saturday morning’s fourball matches.
Like many captains before him, McGinley had planned to play all 12 of his players on the first day. Like perhaps none before, he played them at the same time.
During the opening day Ryder Cup telecast on Golf Channel, analyst and former European team captain Nick Faldo offered some choice words in regard to Sergio Garcia.
After combining to earn a full point for the U.S. in their morning fourball match, rookies Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed were benched by captain Tom Watson for the afternoon foursomes session.