What are the Saturday afternoon four-ball pairings at the 2025 Ryder Cup?

The Ryder Cup pairings for Saturday afternoon’s four-balls have been announced, with Team Europe in a solid position over Team USA after Day 2’s foursomes at the Bethpage Black Course, leading 8.5 to 3.5.

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Saturday afternoon four-ball pairings:

Match 1: 12:25 p.m. ET

• Justin Thomas/Cameron Young vs Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry

Match 2: 12:41 p.m. ET

• Scottie Scheffler/Bryson DeChambeau vs Tommy Fleetwood/Justin Rose

Match 3: 12:57 p.m. ET

• JJ Spaun/Xander Schauffele vs Jon Rahm/Sepp Straka

Match 4: 1:13 p.m. ET

• Sam Burns/Patrick Cantlay sv Viktor Hovland/Matt Fitzpatrick

Team Europe on top

The Europeans have so far dominated the first day and the second morning of the tournament in Farmingdale, New York. They raced into a 3-1 lead in the foursomes yesterday morning and kept the pressure on to finish day 1 with a 5.5 to 2.5 lead.

This morning, DeChambeau/Young proved too strong for Fitzpatrick and Aberg in the opening match to pull a point back for the US, but McIlroy/Fleetwood, Rahm/Hatton and MacIntyre/Hovland all did the business to put Europe in a commanding position, five points ahead.

Saturday morning foursomes:

Match 1: Finished - USA win 3&2

• DeChambeau/Young (USA) vs Fitzpatrick/Aberg (EUR)

Match 2: Finished - Europe win 3&2

• English/Morikawa (USA) vs McIlroy/Fleetwood (EUR)

Match 3: Finished - Europe win 3&2

• Schauffele/Cantlay (USA) vs Rahm/Hatton (EUR)

Match 4: Thru 17

• Henley/Scheffler (USA) vs MacIntyre/Hovland (EUR) - EUR 1 up

Friday afternoon four-balls:

Match 1:

• Scheffler/Spaun (USA) vs Rahm/Straka (EUR) - EUR wins 3&2

Match 2:

• Griffin/DeChambeau (USA) vs Fleetwood/Rose (EUR) - EUR win 1-up

Match 3:

• Young/Thomas (USA) vs Aberg/Hojgaard (EUR) - USA wins 6&5

Match 4:

• Burns/Cantlay (USA) vs McIlroy/Lowry (EUR) - TIED

Friday morning foursomes:

• Match 1:

DeChambeau/Thomas (USA) vs Rahm/Hatton (EUR): EUR wins 4&3

• Match 2:

Scheffler/Henley (USA) vs Åberg/Fitzpatrick (EUR): EUR wins 5&3

• Match 3:

Morikawa/English (USA) vs McIlroy/Fleetwood (EUR): EUR wins 5&4

• Match 4:

Schauffele/Cantlay (USA) vs MacIntyre/Hovland (EUR): USA wins 2-up

2025 Ryder Cup: day one overall score

Team USA: 2.5

Team Europe: 5.5

Europeans break two-decade duck

This is the first time since 2004 that Team Europe has won the opening session of a Ryder Cup held in the U.S.

Luke Donald’s men, who are the defending champions after a 16.5-11.5 win over Team USA in Italy in 2023, are seeking Europe’s first Ryder Cup win on American soil since 2012.

Team USA last won the Ryder Cup in 2021, courtesy of a 19-9 victory at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.

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