Ryder Cup 2018: Europe power 8-4 up on USA after day two fourballs – live!

Le Golf National: hole-by-hole guide to the courseThe Recap: sign up to our weekly email of editors’ picksAnd feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 2.56pm BST The standard of golf isn’t the highest right now. On 9, Dustin splashes onto the green from sand, only for his ball topples down the swale to the right. Koepka chips close to salvage par, though that shouldn’t be enough. But Rose sends a chip from the left of the green six feet past the hole, Stenson misreads the birdie putt, and that’s a half in par. Meanwhile back on 7, Noren is forced to take a drop from Sergio’s jungle, then sends a dismal third into further trouble down the left. Bubba is even able to get away with slicing into deep rough down the left from the centre of the fairway, so many shots do Europe take. The hosts have lost control of the second match, along with their mental equilibrium.1UP Rose/Stenson v Johnson/Koepka (8)Garcia/Noren v Watson/Simpson 3UP (7)3UP Molinari/Fleetwood v Woods/DeChambeau (6)Poulter/McIlroy A/S Spieth/Thomas (6)EUROPE 8-4 USA 2.49pm BST If Tommy Fleetwood wins his match this afternoon, he’ll be the first rookie to win his first four Ryder Cup matches since Larry Nelson in 1979. He’s well on his way to achieving that after events at 6. Molinari was able to lash from the rough to the green; DeChambeau could only whistle one through the back. Tiger then chunked a chip, Fleetwood lagged up wonderfully from distance, and DeChambeau couldn’t drain a long one for the half. It wasn’t so long ago Fleetwood was hooking into the long grass, but not only have Woods and DeChambeau been incapable of taking advantage, they’ve followed him in there and subsequently lost the hole. 1UP Rose/Stenson v Johnson/Koepka (8)Garcia/Noren v Watson/Simpson 2UP (6)3UP Molinari/Fleetwood v Woods/DeChambeau (6)Poulter/McIlroy A/S Spieth/Thomas (5)EUROPE 8-4 USA Continue reading…
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