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

McIlroy backed off his tee shot early on this 10th hole and pointed to someone in the crowd. So the first moment or incident in this match.

Luke Donald has been here with him and walked along. McIlroy had a word with the referee after what happened there as well.

We’ll just keep a eye on the atmosphere around the more boisterous parts of the course.

Was sand actually. A good outcome. But that's another poor shot from Rory McIlroy. Work to do for his par.

Opening for Scottie Scheffler... but he urns that over long and left into the rough.

Really poor from the world number one.

Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Bethpage Black

It’s a tiring week. They’ve both got the weight of the world on their shoulders. Russell Henley said that Scottie is carrying the team, and you can tell that he’s carrying that pressure.

Rory is probably just fatigued. It’s been an incredible display of golf these last couple of days.

It’s impossible for them to be fully fresh. They’re just digging deep in energy reserves and adrenaline and trying to carry that through.

Some blue leaks off the board.

Still nothing like the miracle turnaround the US need - but a bit of a momentum shift here.

Rory McIlroy was put off by someone in the crowd while on the 10th tee and was pointing them out to officials. Likely they've seen their last golf of the day.

Their antics may have worked though because McIlroy hooks his drive into the reeds - or is it the bunker. Looks sub-optimal wherever it ended up.

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The pressure is on for Tyrrell Hatton as Collin Morikawa signs for an eagle on the fourth to draw level with the Englishman.

Hatton had a putt from 14 feet there, Morikawa from 10.

Two pars on the fifth, with Rasmus Hojgaard rescuing the situation nicely after going wide off the tee into the left rough.

The Dane stays just one down.

This was quite the moment from Justin Thomas earlier on the sixth.

Not enough to fully reel in Tommy Fleetwood at that point but a bit of cheer for the home supporters nonetheless.

He's trying to get some momentum.

Patrick Cantlay sticks on in nice and tight from the eighth tee and when he crosses the lake he has the simple task of tapping in from four feet to level the match.

Rory McIlroy makes four. Unlikely three in truth.

Scottie Scheffler has also played four times this week so is also likely weary. Just looks less like it.

And his energy will have been sapped a bit by that putt for three barely threatening the hole.

Another half.

Tommy Fleetwood's monster putt on the 10th whistles just past the hole, leaving Justin Thomas with a six footer to win the hole.

The American sinks it and the crowd roar with encouragement. Fleetwood back to one up.

A par for Cameron Young which Justin Rose can only match by hitting a five footer to stay just two behind after 11.

Shane Lowry was bounding around the greens roaring with emotion yesterday but he's a lot calmer today. Perhaps a reflection of where Europe are at.

The Irishman calmly putts in from about eight feet on the fifth to go one up.

Rory McIlroy is running on fumes here, I'm sure of it. Ideal world, Shane Lowry wins out in the country and can get out to support him.

The appearance of Lowry would do the trick I reckon.

Anyway, Scottie Scheffler is close on the ninth green. A putt off.

Bryson DeChambeau storms off the ninth green after dropping in a second consecutive birdie.

The American looks like a man on a mission and Matt Fitzpatrick needs to try and regain some momentum.

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That sound when you connect perfectly with an iron is delightful isn't it? And Jon Rahm has just heard it as he wins the nearest to the pin contest he Is having with Xander Schauffele on the sixth fairway.

The American is putting from 10 feet but that's not tracking at all and the Spaniard, who is in at half the distance, erases the lick of red paint on the score for this match.

Bit of a wait on the ninth tee for Scottie Scheffler as he has to whistle to a cameraman in the fairway.

Nails it down the middle.

Rory McIlroy climbs into that one. Semi-rough but lie is OK. He may look a bit weary but he launched that one.

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Birdie for Robert MacIntyre. Birdie for Sam Burns.

That's how we are rolling this afternoon folks.

Downhill putt for Rory McIlroy. Needs a good touch and that was a fine effort... while still leaving a bit of tidying up work to do.

Scottie Scheffler takes all the stress out by rolling his up stone dead.

So McIlroy to trickle this in for the half... yep. Makes that but walks off a bit wearily, it looked to me.