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Event
Ryder Cup

Date
Fri 28th September 2018 (UTC)

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League
PGA Tour

Season
2017-2018

Round
1

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Location
Le Golf National, Albatros Course

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Description

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. The event is jointly administered by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe.
Originally contested between Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, the first official Ryder Cup took place in 1927 at Worcester Country Club, in Massachusetts, US. The home team won the first five contests, but with the competition's resumption after the Second World War, repeated American dominance eventually led to a decision to extend the representation of "Great Britain and Ireland" to include continental Europe from 1979. The inclusion of continental European golfers was partly prompted by the success of a new generation of Spanish golfers, led by Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido.
The Ryder Cup, and its counterpart the Presidents Cup, remain exceptions within the world of professional sports because the players receive no prize money despite the contests being high-profile events that bring in large amounts of money in television and sponsorship revenue.

The 42nd Ryder Cup Matches were held in France from 28–30 September 2018 on the Albatros Course of Le Golf National in Guyancourt, a suburb southwest of Paris. It was the second Ryder Cup to be held in Continental Europe (rather than Great Britain or Ireland), after the 1997 contest, which was held in Spain. The United States were the defending champions, but had lost the last five matches in Europe, having last won there in 1993. Europe regained the Ryder Cup, winning by 17½ points to 10½.
The next contest will be on the Straits course at Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin, from 25 to 27 September 2020

Morning fourballs
The first point of the 2018 Ryder Cup was won by Team USA, with Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler winning 4 & 2 against Rory McIlroy and Thorbjørn Olesen. Despite being two up with six holes to play, Jon Rahm and Justin Rose lost out to Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau on the 18th hole, while Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas also won by one against Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton, putting Team USA 3–0 ahead. Coming back from two down, Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari defeated Tiger Woods and Patrick Reed 3 & 1 to secure Team Europe's first point of the tournament, and to end the first morning 3–1 in favour of Team USA.

Afternoon foursomes
Europe's first clean sweep of the afternoon foursomes in the history of the Ryder Cup saw Team Europe end the day 5–3 ahead of Team USA. Sergio García and Alex Norén won 5 & 4 over Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter came from two down after the first three holes to beat Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson 4 & 2, Fleetwood and Molinari repeated their morning success with a 4 & 3 win over Spieth and Thomas, while Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson beat Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler 3 & 2.

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Result List

Result Description
Day 1
Morning fourballs Results
United States /Europe

Koepka/Finau v Rose/Rahm/ United States 1 up
Johnson/Fowler v McIlroy/Olesen/ United States 4 & 2
Thomas/Spieth v Casey/Hatton/ United States 1 up
Reed/Woods v Molinari/Fleetwood/ Europe 3 & 1
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Afternoon foursomes Results
United States /Europe

Johnson/Fowler v Stenson/Rose/ Europe 3 & 2
Watson/Simpson v Poulter/McIlroy/ Europe 4 & 2
Mickelson/DeChambeau v García/Norén /Europe 5 & 4
Thomas/Spieth v Molinari/Fleetwood /Europe 5 & 4

0 Session 4
3 Overall 5

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