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Busy Bob MacIntyre went through the full repertoire as he worked across a meticulous Monday session at Bethpage. ‌

The Scottish star was the first European onto the scene at the New York venue with plenty of hard graft going into build-up on the first official practice day. ‌

Having undertaken a trip to the Ryder Cup venue last week in the wake of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Luke Donald’s dazzling dozen had a close-up view of the 18 holes on Long Island over their two-day reconnaissance mission. ‌

That plan was hatched to cut down on the amount of time needed on the course during this week with a key to the contest conserving energy beforehand.

With this in mind, as America’s 12 players played in three fourballs during the morning, there were none

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