The 45th Ryder Cup kicked off Friday morning, with Team USA captain Keegan Bradley sending out some of his best. Unfortunately for the Americans, things looked far too similar to what happened in Rome two years ago.

Team Europe jumped out to a 3-0 start, and all three matches were not even close to being competitive.

Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas were sent out early to give the team a spark. Instead, they got crushed by Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, 4 & 3.

It was then Scottie Scheffler 's turn to get embarrassed . He and playing partner Russell Henley were soundly defeated 5 & 3 by Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Aberg.

The next match saw Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood easily defeat Collin Morikawa and Harris English, 5 & 4. The Americans salvaged a point in the morning sess

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