On day two of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, Team Europe delivered a virtually flawless display to extend their dominance over the United States, pushing the score to 11½–4½ after recording wins in both the morning foursomes and afternoon fourballs.
Total control from start to finish
Europe lost only two points all day. In the morning session, they claimed a 3–1 advantage in foursomes, then repeated the feat with a 3–1 margin in fourballs during the afternoon. Their performance was marked by precision iron play, ruthless putting, and a calm under pressure that left the home side scrambling.
The magnitude of the lead is historic under the current 28-point format: Europe became only the second team to win all four opening sessions at a Ryder Cup (since the current format’s introduction), and the first to take more than an 11-point lead heading into Sunday singles.
Key performances & defining moments
- Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose kicked off the afternoon fourballs with a commanding win over Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler, sealing the match 3 & 2. Their putting display was clinical under pressure.
- A tense moment erupted on the 15th green when Rose directed DeChambeau’s caddie off the line, sparking a brief exchange of words between teams.
- Scottie Scheffler’s collapse continued; after four sessions he remained winless, a startling reversal for the world number one.
- Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry battled through hostile crowd noise, responding by making five successive birdies to edge Justin Thomas and Cameron Young 2 UP.
- Tyrrell Hatton, stepping in for the injured Viktor Hovland, sealed Europe’s final point with a birdie on the 18th that gave him and Matt Fitzpatrick a 1 UP victory over Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay.
Implications & the road ahead
With Sunday’s singles matches looming, Team Europe is now just 2½ points away from retaining the Cup. The US side faces not just a massive task but likely a historic collapse if they fail to mount a comeback.
European captain Luke Donald acknowledged that despite the commanding lead, complacency cannot set in: “The job is never done till it’s done.” Meanwhile, US captain Keegan Bradley admitted his team must find answers quickly, especially in dealing with the red-hot putting from Europe today.
If Europe maintain their momentum in the singles, this Ryder Cup may very well go down as one of the most dominant away performances in modern history.
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What a display! Europes got the US so thoroughly outclassed its almost comical, like watching experts play beginners… but those beginners happen to be Bryson and Scottie! Schefflers winless streak is a stunner, and Roses putting was clinical – almost *too* clinical for this side of the pond, maybe a bit robotic! The crowd noise affecting McIlroy and Lowry? Classy! Europes 11½–4½ lead is staggering; theyre practically writing history before Sunday even starts. US captain Bradley is right, they need answers fast, maybe start using putters as clubs? Luke Donalds warning about complacency is sound – you dont want to be *this* dominant and then blow it! Sundays singles look like a high-stakes match of wits and maybe a few tears for the US side. Great stuff!laser marking machine