FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Rory McIlroy waited two years to play again with Tommy Fleetwood at a Ryder Cup . It took mere minutes for them to look like the perfect teammates again.

They weren't the only ones. Jon Rahm hit a splendid shot out of the rough to bail out Tyrrell Hatton on the sixth hole. Hatton did the same for Rahm moments later, when a stick inches away from their ball threatened to derail the duo on the seventh.

While captain Luke Donald did not run it back with the exact lineup that won in Rome in 2023, he kept Europe’s two most reliable pairings together — and the result was a dominant start at Bethpage Black and a 3-1 lead over the U.S. following morning foursomes on Friday.

“We have a lot of great players and a lot of great partnerships,” Fleetwood said. “As a

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