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Who can forget the big talking point from Rome two years ago, when Rory McIlroy had that incredible spat with Patrick Cantlay's caddie Joe LaCava - who took his celebrations of a putt too far.

After the handbags on the course we almost had a punch up in the car park. Although all parties have appeared together on a golf course since, you can bet the Bethpage crowd will mention it if they're paired together again this time around.

Stand by for fireworks...

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Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf news reporter at Bethpage Black

Now here’s the European terrace humour that I was talking about!

We’ve been telling you how the atmosphere does not feel as raucous or intimidating on the first tee as the last couple of Ryder Cups.

So the away fans wind up their hosts with a stone cold classic.

"You’re supposed… you’re supposed… you’re supposed TO BE AT HOME."

Now that’s good.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf news reporter at Bethpage Black

Rahm and Hatton have got out of jail there.

The European fans stood on the first tee grandstand, and watching Thomas’s putt drift by, know it.

Cheers from the yellow and blue-clad crew in front of us. Groans from the Americans.

That pierces the silence which falls when the first two groups are taking their shots - like they would if the players are here.

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Fleetwood Mac is back! Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood were perfect in Rome when winning both of their foursomes matches - and both against stellar USA pairings too.

The duo took down the Xander Schauffele-Patrick Cantlay partnership that's been so effective and they also beat Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.

Fleetwood just doesn't lose in this format, with a 4-0 foursomes record

It's a first outing for Collin Morikawa and Harris English - Morikawa has a 2-1 foursomes record and this is the first time English has played a foursomes match at a Ryder Cup.

Blue on the board?

Big error from Bryson DeChambeau as he finds a deep bunker off the green on the par-three third hole - but an even bigger error from Jon Rahm as he follows him in there!

That was begging for the Spaniard to just find the green and give Europe the advantage.

No mistake from Ludvig Aberg on the first green and Europe move one up in the second match.

A predictably muted response from this American crowd.

Who has the best fans? Thumbs up for Europe, down for USA...

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Russell Henley attempts to nail his putt but it drops short and now a chance for Ludvig Aberg to put Europe one up in the second match.

Tyrrell Hatton actually closer to holing his putt from 30 feet than Justin Thomas is from nine. Still that's an escape for Europe after the second shots.

The good news if that both Hatton and Jon Rahm have given two long range putts a great roll so far, they just need to knock it closer next time.

Now for Scottie Scheffler's first swing in the 2025 Ryder Cup.

A muted response from the crowd as he plants it on the green but a tiny bit of back spin takes it away from the hole.

Matt Fitzpatrick lines up his first shot and it's a stunner as he lands Europe a few feet shy of the hole.

Rory McIlroy tells BBC Sport that if Europe were to beat the USA in this week's Ryder Cup it would represent one of the "greatest accomplishments" of his career.

The five-time major winner is part of the European team for the eighth time.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf news reporter at Bethpage Black

Us Brits pride ourselves on witty terrace chants, don’t we?

So we generally sneer at American sports stadium ‘banter’.

But what do we think of this one from the New Yorkers then?

"Tuck. Your. Shirt. Innnnn," they sing at Ludvig Aberg.

To the tune of the ‘Let’s Go’ chant - omnipresent at American sport venues - they’re having a dig at the Swede’s course clothing etiquette.

Bryson DeChambeau from the second fairway hammers a wedge into the green that lands beyond the flag and has plenty of second bounce swazz on the ball to spin it back to 10 feet.

Jon Rahm gets an absolute ton of spin on his and with the green sloping back towards him, that rolls to about 30 feet away.

Advantage USA again.

Russell Henley opts for a different line than the previous three drives from the first tee and he ends up in the rough but it shouldn't cause world number one Scottie Scheffler too much trouble.

Here we go then.

Ludvig Aberg goes the way of Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm from match one and it's a lovely drive.

Last time we saw Scottie Scheffler in a Ryder Cup foursomes match in Rome, he was sobbing after being demolished alongside Brooks Koepka in a record 9&7 defeat by Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland.

Aberg is back but Scheffler is a different player now, completely dominant world number one and perhaps with the perfect partner in steady Eddie Russell Henley, with whom he won two and lost one match at the Presidents Cup last year.

There's a new foe for Scheffler too in Matt Fitzpatrick, who will be desperate to improve on his dismal 1-7-0 Ryder Cup record.

Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Bethpage

Huge cheer back up on the first tee as Rahm’s putt pulled up short and then an even bigger one as DeChambeau walked that birdie in.

And then the focus switches to match two… here comes Scheffler.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf news reporter at Bethpage Black

So far, and I know the sample size is small, the American fans have been well behaved.

There were a few cat-calls while Rahm addressed his ball on the first tee, but nothing which would have put him off too much.

I didn’t hear any ‘Ozempic’ shouts - the Spaniard laughed that the weight-loss drug was used as a heckle in the practice rounds.