Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf news reporter at Bethpage Black

The rowdiness has ramped up again in the seventh green.

A police man has a word with one fella wearing a Stars and Stripes golf polo shirt. Not sure what was said.

Others behind combine for a rousing rendition of the American national anthem.

Everyone goes wild when Young holes out. Even Thomas, who cups his ear and whips the fans up into a further frenzy.

Cameron Young drains in a monster putt on the green at the seventh to wrestle a hole back for the Americans.

Justin Thomas takes on the cheerleading duties as he cups his ears to the crowd, urging the home fans to turn up the volume again.

He's pumped.

Shaun Micheel
2003 US PGA Championship winner on BBC Radio 5 live

There are police now very obvious around this hole and are actually staying quite close to the players’ wives.

Been a complete shift in the way they are approaching security around this match.

Scottie Scheffler is not impressed with his drive off the tee as he has to watch it head straight into the trees on the right.

He will feel a bit better watching team-mate Bryson DeChambeau blast his comfortably up the fairway, however.

Good response from Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose as they land their shots safely in the fairway.

Another chance gone for Europe to edge ahead in this one.

Matt Fitzpatrick's right-to-left putt finishes an inch or two on the low side of the cup and that allows Patrick Cantlay to drop in a six footer for a birdie and share of the spoils.

Unlike elsewhere on the course this match is yet to ignite.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf news reporter at Bethpage Black

Shane Lowry’s dad Brendan seems unperturbed by the antics of the American fans.

He’s laughing as we discuss how tasty it was getting down in the sixth.

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Real spice out on the course as tensions rise at Bethpage Black.

Attempts by home fans to unsettle Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry on the greens have largely proved fruitless thus far, though.

And that is why he is world number one.

It felt like a must-make for Scottie Scheffler with Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose in closer and the putt lands straight in the middle of the cup.

Rose means business, though, and he is back on the birdie train to make sure Scheffler and DeChambeau don't stretch their lead.

That's a pearler from Matt Fitzpatrick who slings his second on to 12 feet on the par-five fourth hole.

Sam Burns is in the near bunker and Patrick Cantlay is off the back so the Englishman is the only player in this quartet to find the dance floor.

Can he convert this chance and help Europe forge ahead in this match?

That is more like it!

They may not hit it quite as far as their American counterparts, but Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose have the touch around the course.

Two lovely approach shots from the European pair to give themselves really good birdie looks.

Not to be outdone, Scottie Scheffler also has a chance around 10 feet.

Shaun Micheel
2003 US PGA Championship winner on BBC Radio 5 live

I'm not sure but I'm seeing a lot more visible presence of the police. A lot more police heading towards the crowd.

Every hole's the same - they're picking on Shane and Rory and it's getting out of hand.

Xander Schauffele crashes in an eagle at the fourth to draw the USA level with a long-range putt. It's almost a waste though as both Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka were out of the hole anyway.

All square here.

John Murray
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

Justin Thomas actually walked over to that side of the green and motioned to those people over there to quiet down with his hands – almost calming motion with his palms up and down. Justin Thomas has stepped up on that front.

He's shaking his head towards some of the spectators.

The third comes down to a putting contest between Sam Burns and Tyrrell Hatton again. Two of the very best, who at the moment cannot be separated.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf news reporter at Bethpage Black

More boos after McIlroy backs off.

"Can’t take it, Rory?" bawls a New York-accent.

The Bethpage crowd clearly think is fair game.

The New York State Police, decked out like grey Mounties, move in on one area of the crowd.

One officer tells me nobody was ejected, though.

Justin Thomas gestures to the crowd to calm it.

Rory McIlroy misses from distance but Shane Lowry rolls it in from about eight feet to halve the hole. Lowry might be fired up but he has ice running through his veins when it comes down to business.

McIlroy turns to the crowd and defiantly raises both his fists.

Shaun Micheel
2003 US PGA Championship winner on BBC Radio 5 live

The police are now organising and are heading in that direction. It wouldn’t surprise me to see a few of these people escorted off the property.

Rory McIlroy sits with his club on his chin waiting for the crowd to quieten down on the green at the sixth as the home crowd continue to heckle Europe's players.

He pulls away from the putt after a lone voice shouts something.

McIlroy shrugs his shoulders before a quick conflab with a Ryder Cup official.

Tommy Fleetwood can't get his to drop and Bryson DeChambeau steps up first from the American pair... and no mistake as he pumps his fist to packed crowd around the sixth green.

Pars do not look like they will be good enough today in this fourball.

Tommy Fleetwood is yet to really catch fire this afternoon after his impressive morning display, but he has given himself another slight look at birdie.

He might need to take it, too, with both Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler getting their approach shots to five feet of the hole.

Could this match be turning red soon?