FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler earned a dubious distinction when he and Bryson DeChambeau lost 3 and 2 to Englishmen Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose in Saturday afternoon fourballs at the Ryder Cup.
Scheffler became the first player in modern Ryder Cup history (since 1979) to play in the first four sessions of the competition and lose all four.
When a player starts poorly at a Ryder Cup, teams will often sit him for a session on Saturday, hoping for a reset. That was never an option for Scheffler, whose dominance of the sport since 2022 -- 19 PGA Tour wins, with four major championships and two Players Championships -- has prompted comparisons to Tiger Woods at his peak.
But also like Woods, Scheffler has been beatable in team play. He is now 0-6-2 across the past tw