FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — A brief look at the opening round Friday of the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black (all times EDT):

THE LEADER: Europe 5 1/2, United States 2 1/2.

FOURSOMES: Europe went 3-1 and won the first three morning matches so soundly that none of them reached the 16th hole.

FOURBALLS: The Americans had a chance for a split until Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry battled to a halve against Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns.

MATCH OF THE DAY: McIlroy and Fleetwood were 5-under par through 12 holes in a 5-and-4 foursomes victory over Harris English and Collin Morikawa.

SHOT OF THE DAY: Tyrrell Hatton was right of the fairway on the seventh hole with a small branch near his ball. He blasted out onto the green for a par that wound up tying the match. Europe never trailed again.

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