Europe's Tommy Fleetwood celebrates after a birdie on the 16th hole at Bethpage Black.

Europe’s best showed Friday that points, not panache, is what matters in the Ryder Cup.

Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood helped Team Europe silence the crowd at Bethpage Black and reminded the Americans that playing at home won’t make it any easier to get their hands on that 17-inch gold trophy.

The Europeans won both sessions – before and after President Donald Trump was there – and had a 5 1/2 to 2 1/2 lead going into Saturday.

“It’s a great day for Europe,” McIlroy said. “We would have absolutely taken this.”

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Ryder Cup banter and blunders get started at Bethpage without a shot being hit

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