Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry find some gentle rough on the left side of the 382-yard second hole with their opening drives. Pretty decent tee shots from Cameron Young and Justin Thomas, too.

Catriona Matthew
Captain of Team Europe at the 2019 & 2021 Solheim Cup on BBC Radio 5 Live

I don't think this partnership is perhaps one Keegan Bradley had planned on.

He just has to try something different - and he is throwing everything at it.

The atmosphere was electric when Bryson DeChambeau landed his ball close to the green.

Alex Miceli
US golf reporter on BBC Radio 5 live

If you’re an American fan, you realised at 11:56 eastern time this match became basically over. You assume at the very least that the Europeans are going to get another couple of points this afternoon which puts the at 10 ½ which in any vernacular would be insurmountable.

You look at Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Young and say ‘why didn’t we that have yesterday morning’. There’s so many points you can look to and say ‘Keegan Bradley, why did you do this, Keegan why did you do that?, Keegan why didn’t you change your plan?’

The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over again and assuming there is going to be a different result. There is no different result.

The bottom line is that the Europeans have played better at times. As Americans we’re saying ‘why can’t that be us’. We’ve got the number one player in the world and he basically can’t find the green with a wedge from the fairway.

It is Justin Rose to get this fourballs under way and he confidently strikes it just to the left of the fairway.

Up steps team-mate Tommy Fleetwood and he follows suit on the same side.

Scottie Scheffler follows a similar line but forces it a bit further up the fairway.

Now, what can Bryson DeChambeau do?

Hammer it 341 yards to just shy of the slope in front of the green - colossal.

Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Bethpage

Finally a song I know… Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club fills the air. I hope my daughter is reading and proud that I’ve picked it out!

Rory McIlroy rolls his putt at a snails pace but it just goes a fraction wide of the hole.

Cameron Young steps up with the best chance in the group, but he cannot bag a birdie to put the USA one up in the first match.

Sweaty palms and a touch of nerves, perhaps.

USA Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley has gone for a heavyweight pairing in this second fourballs match with world number one Scottie Scheffler joining the big personality of Bryson DeChambeau.

But, the European duo of Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose are unlikely to be fazed by that.

The Englishmen came out winners in their fourballs match yesterday afternoon against DeChambeau, while Scheffler is yet to win a point this week.

We could be in for a real ding-dong battle here...

Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Bethpage

Collin Morikawa is trying to orchestrate a "U-S-A" chant to sweep across this stand round the back of the 18th.

It sort of works but the Europeans respond with “one song, you’ve only got one song” before the forced fun of the DJ playing some country and western ditty overpowers everyone. A shame that.

Shane Lowry finds the green at the first hole with his approach shot, but a bit of backspin takes it a smidgen off while Justin Thomas goes beyond the pin.

Cameron Young's graceful iron has the best chance, but Rory McIlroy is not too far away either.

Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live at Bethpage Black

If the Americans come back from this they’re going to need heart and passion. And that’s all they’ve got. They haven’t got strategy. We’ve highlighted the deficiencies.

The 132nd best possible combination out of 132 has been put together and it has lost twice. Alright, it has lost against the best possible foursomes combination in the world in Fleetwood and McIlroy

But even so, you look at it and the cold analytical approach by Luke Donald and his time of vice-captains and his strategic adviser Paul McGinley - it’s not there for the Americans.

Try telling Viktor Hovland that.

Nothing boring about the Ryder Cup!

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USA need to win this session by a margin otherwise we're in for a boring Sunday tomorrow?

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Shane Lowry belts one straight down the fairway and is followed there by Rory McIlroy, who has determination and concentration etched on his face.

Justin Thomas and Cameron Young also hit strong tee shots.

We're off.

Here we go in the fourballs, then.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry up against Justin Thomas and Cameron Young. The players have just been introduced on the first tee.

Boos for the Europeans, as you would expect.

Lowry to tee off first.

All the momentum is with Luke Donald and Europe. USA are on the ropes.

Jon Rahm lost his two Ryder Cup matches, he's only lost one in 13 since!

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Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm remain undefeated in foursomes, and claimed another point for Europe. Both men spoke to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra a little earlier.

Hatton: "It feels amazing to win our point this morning. To go against two incredible players and ultimately, we’ve gone out there with a job to win for Europe and just so happy we were able to do that."

Jon Rahm on that chip on the eighth: "I was very excited, but you don’t want to obviously get too high, right. We hadn’t played our best golf on the hole before and besides that going in, it wasn’t looking too great for us because they had just squared the match. It was very nice, incredible moment but there was still so much golf ahead."

Rahm on being 6-0 undefeated in foursomes: "It’s a joy to be able to play with [Hatton]. We’ve shared a golf course for many holes and it’s absolutely incredible to watch him play and watch him do what he [does].

"What he did on the greens today was nothing short of spectacular."

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Jon Rahm was Europe’s top scorer on US soil in 2021 with 3.5 points.

The Spaniard has already banked three points from three outings at Bethpage so looks on course to eclipse that.

Tommy Fleetwood was dialled in earlier - so much so he hit the flagstick with this approach.

After this win today, Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy are now 4-0-0 in foursomes.

Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald are the only other European pairing to win their first four foursomes matches together (2004 and 2006).

Fleetwood has a remarkable career record of 10-3-2 at the Ryder Cup.