***2016 Offician Ryder Cup fred***

Strange Europe pairings to start wiv.

It's only been on half an hour and I think I'm going to be thoroughly peed off with this monotonous uuuussssaaaa chant

victory to the US please!

Damn! I knew i should have put golfers only on the title.....

Westwood would have got a game in the singles only for me. In fact he would be at home in Florida if it was down to me..

he is there because of his record in the Ryder cup, but golf is a technical game and you cannot bluff your way around.

It's going to be a long 3 days....

McIlroy made a putt

westwood misses a short one

There's a shock

Westwood/Pieters looking like a horror pairing right now. I know he wasn't eligible but Casey would have been a great one to have, and I'd have had Knox too.

I'd have had the local window licker before Westwood..

Has mickleson changed his woods again..that was a horrific drive

OB and Fowler not far away..

Westwood mullered. And he's probably cost Tommyboy another hit before the singles..

Listening on the radio ......ffs every 3rd word is momentum . Dreadful stuff.

Joined about an hour ago.

US won about 7 holes to nil in that hour. Situation gone from tricky to disastrous

Taking my unlucky self away from the action

Better, but Mcilroy should be arrested for those shoes, Stella Artois and Frazzles steadying the ship at Chez Clarky.

Glad to see Tommyboy get another crack - one up to Clarkey. Surprised to see Kaymer back though..

Going better now and one can only hope that the old boy network doesn't raise it's head again tomorrow and Westwould is demoted to drinks boy..

Smash it Rory you dancer

Honestly Guinness, if WW plays tomorrow, I will lose all respect for Clarke. He has no claim to a place whatsoever. I feel sorry for Pieters. Showed his true worth on his own with Rory.

Yep, fully agree, i said earlier on ere that it might cost him his place but luckily Clarkey gave him another go. Can't see him splitting them up now. Westwood shouldn't have been picked but now Clarkey has to be tough. Let's see if he is..

Strong from Clarkey. Westwood tea boy and he's split the Vikings up to support the newbies. Kaymer dropped and the Armada boys left alongside Tommyboy and the midget.

3-1 would be fantastic...

If the Americans hadn't had most of the luck this morning it could easily have been 3-1.

Onwards and upwards.. Westwood playing is a blow and i feel mightily sorry for Woods and Rafa...

These recorded shot are getting right up my snotter! Ye knew Sergio had missed that 2 footer by fat arses comments. So if ye is gonna show recorded shots all the fecking time button yer 'pundits' up!

End of day 2....US 9½-6½ Europe


Europe captain Darren Clarke on Sky Sports: "Disappointed with this afternoon's result. Hung in this morning and had a few chances this afternoon but that's the nature of the Ryder Cup.

"We're going to have to work hard tomorrow. It's been done before from a worse position. We need to believe in ourselves. There is a precedent.

"This morning we holed the putts, this afternoon the US holed the putts.

Some sort of bottle jobs there by westwood some right tiddlers!!

Got an awful lot to do now especially with 2 points gone already in Westwood and Kaymer. Never felt so down after a fourball....

Wonderful finish by the US last night, let's hope they can maintain it today

Clerkmore • October 2, 2016 8:25 AM BST
This is what I wrote on 1st September.

Clerkmore • September 1, 2016 4:56 PM BST
The US are definitely certainties.

Westwood should have been named as vice-captain ages ago. He will be hoping to find a partner like Colsaerts in 2012 who carried him to a win. There is no chance he will stand up to the pressure as he has been dire all year when he's been in contention. If he had any honour he would stand down.

Kaymer is not the player he was either.

The Ryder Cup has always been an old pals act in Europe. Torrance, James, McGinley, Clarke, Westwood etc. Knox should have made the team for sure but he's not part of the inner circle.

I would have picked McDowell as at least he can putt and proved himself in the last two Ryder Cups.

Can't disagree with any of that Clerky.. I half expected them to wheel out Jacklin at some point..

Not looking good for Europe, I'll be absolutely astonished if we even get a tie let alone a win.

Rory desperately needs to draw first blood for Europe and I'm confident he will beat Reed.

whining Europeans!! Garcia is at it now. they really are unbearable.

Fancy Garcia to beat Leftie, God knows we need a point from him.

McIlroy / Stenson / Snedeker
Z.Johnson / D.Johnson / Kucher

My two trebles

Westwood wins the first, still highly unlikely a European win but here's hoping. Rory nice putt there.

Wow what a putt by Rory, shut the boo brigade up.

What a buckle he is in, Reed just wont go away.

McIlroy could lose his nerve? he's saying too much never a good idea.

Mickleson 10 birdies today, impressive stuff.

The USA regained the Ryder Cup after powering to a 17-11 victory over Europe at Hazeltine/

An emotional Patrick Reed led from the front as the United States won the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008, inflicting Europe's heaviest defeat for 35 years.

Clarke's selection of Pieters proved an inspired choice, but his other wild cards - Westwood and Martin Kaymer - produced just one point from seven matches and the decision to split the successful pairing of Garcia and Cabrera Bello on Saturday proved ill-fated.

What a hammering Mcilroy how embarrassing all the fist pumping and shouting and bottles it cringeworthy..