By Frank Pingue

FARMINGDALE, New York (Reuters) -Bryson DeChambeau carried an American flag to the opening tee and even fist-bumped U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, but the showmanship did not translate into results for the player tabbed with sparking the U.S. team’s Ryder Cup hopes.

The U.S. team had banked on DeChambeau’s talent and energy to help the hosts pull ahead against Europe in Friday’s opening matches, but the big-hitting American failed to register a point in either of his outings.

DeChambeau and Justin Thomas fell 4&3 to Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton in the morning foursomes and the afternoon brought little relief as he and Ryder Cup rookie Ben Griffin fell 1UP to Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose in fourballs.

“Experience was great. 0-2 today, pretty disappointed,” said

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