Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter off to nightmare start at Ryder Cup

Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter look over a shot on the second hole during their foursomes match at the Ryder Cup (Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Rory McIlroy and also Ian Poulter were battling to prevent a thumping defeat as world primary Jon Rahm led from the overlook the opening day of the 43rd Ryder Mug. Rahm remained in inspired form alongside Sergio Garcia in the first foursomes match at Whistling Straits, holing from practically 60 feet on the fourth hole as the European pair took control versus Jordan Spieth as well as Justin Thomas.

But it was an entirely different story in the last match as McIlroy and Poulter shed the initial five openings to Patrick

Cantlay as well as Xander Schauffele, who covered that stretch in 3 under the same level. That left the European set at risk of suffering the heaviest ever defeat in a foursomes suit, the biggest margin of victory of 7 and 6 most just recently achieved by Phil Mickelson as well as Keegan Bradley versus Lee Westwood as well as Luke Donald in 2012.

Westwood, that is making a record-equalling 11th look in the Ryder Mug, as well as Matt Fitzpatrick were one down after 10 holes against Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, with Paul Casey as well as Viktor Hovland two down after 11 versus Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa. Garcia currently holds the document for most points won in the Ryder Mug with 25.5, while an additional win here would certainly be

his 23rd victory, amounting to the document held by Nick Faldo.

A birdie on the 10th took Garcia as well as Rahm 3 up before their opponents birdied the 13th to close the space. Although the atmosphere on the very first tee had been somewhat suppressed, specifically when compared to Hazeltine in 2016 and Paris in 2018, Europe's players as well as backroom staff were booed when they arrived on the tee.

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