Ryder Cup 2012 Day one summary

Day one

Day one of the 39th Ryder cup at the Medinah Country Club, Chicago, between Europe and America. And day one of the Foursomes was good with all Europe going up in four matches in the early stages but then the momentum shifted towards the Americans. They came back in two games so the pressure was on Europe. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell won against Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker so it was down to Ian Poulter and Justin Rose to tie the match at 2-2 to take hope into the afternoon Fourballs. Ian Poulter delivered a putt to tie the points at 2-2 so the morning session finished honours even to both teams. 

The afternoon session of the Ryder Cup started badly for Europeans Paul Lawrie and Peter Hanson who were destroyed by Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson. The problems continued for Europe but things were going well for America. They went up in three of the four matches and it seemed that Europe were heading for a 5-2 score but towards the end of the Fourballs Europe got a point back with Lee Westwood and Nicolas Colsaerts beating the American pairing of Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker. The day finished 5-3 to the US team. This gave Europe hope of a come back on Saturday's Foursomes and Fourballs.