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For the fourth session in a row, Europe are in desperate need of a fast start. Fourth time lucky, then? Well, if they’re to retain or win the 43rd Ryder Cup Matches, they’ll need to do something that’s never been done before in the entire history of this grand old transatlantic competition: recover a five-point deficit going into the singles.
If they manage it, they’ll knock 2012’s Miracle of Medinah and 1999’s Battle of Brookline into a cocked beanie. Hey, you never know, though perhaps they’d do better to set themselves a more realistic target: getting into double figures, which would ensure they at least beat Europe’s worst-ever total (9½ at Walton Heath in 1981) and better the performance of Hal Sutton’s corked 2004 vintage, who also went into the singles 11-5 down and only managed 4½ further points en route to the USA’s largest-ever defeat. Modest ambitions, but you’ve seen how the first two days played out against this stunningly talented American team.
