Tyrrell Hatton is wild off the tee again veering off well right into the wilds. Paul Casey has a horrible second shot, which squirts out and off towards Lake Michigan.

Is that in the water or just on the rocks? Either way this hole looks to have gone for Europe.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Whistling Straits

Not many European fans here at Whistling Straits for obvious reasons, but those following Rahm and Garcia made themselves heard on the eighth.

A group of Spanish chicos waved their national flag at Rahm, accompanied with a traditional ‘Vamos!’ shout.

The Spanish world number one responded with a wave, then team-mate Garcia pleased them even more by sinking that crucial putt.

The putting gods are not with Paul Casey today.

The Englishman, who is playing in his fifth Ryder Cup, sends a measured effort from eight feet or so towards the cup. It turns right to left, rolling around the rim before staying up.

Morikawa rolls in for par to take the hole.

Since the third this contest has gone: Europe. USA. Europe. USA.

Patrick Cantlay with a good drive on the fifth, which means Xander Schauffele can have a decent go from the middle of the fairway. He goes for the green and his shot climbs and gets over the water.

It really does put Bryson DeChambeau's beast of a drive yesterday into perspective!

Matt Fitzpatrick looks to lay up and he does nicely and should leave a decent follow up shot for Lee Westwood.

At the start of this match I wrote that, on paper, this looked like a certain US win. Well, when have Ryder Cup reputations ever mattered?

European rookie Viktor Hovland has just rolled in a five-footer for a hole-winning birdie on the par-four sixth.

Oh hello.

Is this a chance for Sergio Garcia to pull another hole back for Europe in the opening match?

What a putt. Garcia responds to being left a 10-foot putt by Jon Rahm by rolling in after the Americans/Berger had been unable to drain a 40 footer.

Paul Casey is usually so consistent with his irons but that is awful by his standards.

He finds one of the small bunkers to the right of the green to leave Tyrrell Hatton with an awkward stance and shot.

Dustin Johnson by contrast has his putter out, with Collin Morikawa dropping one plum in the middle of the dancefloor.

Iain Carter
Golf commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live

At last something happens for Europe and something happens for Lee Westwood who drains a putt from about nine feet out.

Maybe now a little pressure for Patrick Cantlay on a three footer - not a gimme - but he sends it in.

That was a great hole - the cut and thrust of match-play.

Well done Paul Casey. The Englishman plays a super recovery shot to leave Tyrrell Hatton with a birdie putt.

Hatton takes his time over it before rolling in from 10 feet or so.

With Collin Morikawa’s second finding the fringe, the hole is blue.

Europe fail to take advantage of the Americans being in the water on the par-five fifth.

Justin Thomas hits a laser of an iron to six feet with their fourth.

Wiesberger from just 86 yards leaves his partner a 15-footer to win the hole, but Hovland's radar is slightly off. Par

Can Spieth atone for his wayward second? Yes he can. An unlikely half eked out.

That's a bit wayward from Sergio Garcia off the tee on the seventh hole. The Spaniard sprays his ball left into the collar of longer grass on the fringe of the green.

Daniel Berger blasts his in a similar direction but it holds on the fringe.

Now what can Jon Rahm do? The world number one clips a delicate effort down the slope, it looks good but then just keeps going and going on the firmer surface. Looks like Garcia will have a six or seven footer back up the ramp.

Brooks Koepka responds by nudging his ball to four feet.

This is tense and Garcia, a little jittery so far, doesn't hit his putt, with the ball resting a foot short of the hole. Remarkably though Berger lets him off the hook with a dreadful miss.

While the top two matches might not be going the way of the Europeans, this third match is about to go even more blue.

The fifth is a double dog-leg, 584 yards, over water with your first shot and then over the water again with your second if you're going for the green in two.

Jordan Spieth tries to go for the money shot after being put in a decent spot by Justin Thomas. But he pulls that. He knows instantly that he's never going to see that ball again. Splash.

Viktor Hovland. Sensible. Bunts an iron safely down the fairway to leave a wedge to the green.

As suspected, hole conceded.

Xander Schauffele from the rough shot past the flag and off the green settling into a bit of semi-rough over the other side.

Up steps Patrick Cantlay who plays the third shot - he chips with a lofted wedge - the ball trundles on to about nine feet by.

Meanwhile Matt Fitzpatrick is in the bunker and he also skirts by but is about five feet out - perhaps a cheeky advantage to Europe here?

We can but hope.

Well... Schauffele messes up his putt and the Europeans capitalise to claw back the hole. All-square once more.

Simply superb. Is Sergio Garcia getting into the swing of things?

He plays a wonderful approach into the sixth and his compatriot Jon Rahm holes the birdie putt to claw back the hole they had just lost.

Almost every time you see a television shot of Tyrrell Hatton and Paul Casey they are stood in the longer grass. So why change early habits...!?!?

Hatton looks like he has put his playing partner in trouble laying up on the 603-yard par five.

Did Casey have to drop there? Hatton faced with a long par putt cannot rattle it in leaving DJ and Open champion Collin Morikawa with three putts from 15 feet to win the hole.

We're not seeing much of match three. I wonder if that's because Europe are leading in it?

Here's Viktor Hovland, from about 25 feet for a birdie. Misses on the left but that's close enough for a conceded par.

Justin Thomas needs to knock this in from five feet for a half. No dramas.

What was I writing about not giving this hole up a few minutes back.

Someone press delete. Jon Rahm ends up needing to pitch in for par to give the Spanish duo a hope of halving the hole.

He can't and it would have mattered not with Brooks Koepka knocking in a birdie.

At the second - a putt for Eagle for Xander Schauffele - but he comes up about four and half feet shy for a birdie chance next up.

Lee Westwood with a 22-footer for a birdie ... oh it has the legs and it grips onto the edge (memories of the Solheim Cup here).

Patrick Cantlay is of course not going to fluff his chance - and the Europeans find themselves on the back foot early.

Oh dear dear, the scoreboard blinks red.