If you win each session, you win the Ryder Cup. It doesn’t take a mathematical genius to figure that out, and with 12 of the 28 points now decided, Europe have built a healthy advantage and are now strong favourites for a first victory on U.S. soil since 2012.
Here are five of the crucial shots from the Saturday foursomes session where they not only consolidated the advantage they accrued on day one, they built on it.
5. The door opens, Rahm barges through
Playing against Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, the only Americans to win a foursomes point on day one, this was always going be a massive test for Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton’s unbeaten Ryder Cup partnership record.
This Rahm approach to the 12th – and Hatton’s subsequent putt – gave them their first 2UP lead of the match and broke the resistance of the American duo.
Rahm & Hatton increase their lead 🤝#TeamEurope | #OurTimeOurPlace pic.twitter.com/NmKEaPgtZs
— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) September 27, 2025
4. Young’s delicate touch
Cameron Young proved to be the brightest U.S. spark on day one, so it was no surprise to see him given a chance in foursomes action on Saturday morning. Playing alongside Bryson DeChambeau in the first match, with the deafening roars of the first tee gallery still ringing in his ears, Young’s first swing was a thing of beauty.
Ludvig Åberg may have cancelled it out by holing a clutch birdie putt of his own, but Bryson’s drive and Young’s delicate approach set the tone for the match.
C’MON CAM #GoUSA pic.twitter.com/wudrhvQ7Fh
— Ryder Cup USA (@RyderCupUSA) September 27, 2025
3. Flag-hunting Fleetwood
In a rematch from day one, Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy were ruthless again against Collin Morikawa and Harris English, putting an opening hole loss behind them and relentlessly hitting it close and sinking the putts.
Just when it looked as though the Americans were going to take one back on the 11th with Morikawa almost pitching it in the hole and spinning to within five feet, Fleetwood stepped up with ideas of his own. It would’ve been really close either way, but the ball wrapped in the flag and almost dropped straight into the hole.
Pinpoint Tommy 👌#TeamEurope | #OurTimeOurPlace pic.twitter.com/jsZKDPtj3R
— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) September 27, 2025
2. Rahm channels his inner Seve
Would it even be a Ryder Cup without a Spaniard doing incredible things around the green? Sky Sports’ Wayne Riley declared that Rahm would be doing well to get this chip inside 35 feet on the par-3 eighth, due his awkward stance and dangerous lie.
The Americans had just won the seventh to level the match, and though they too had missed the green, they had the easier chip and would’ve fancied their chances of hitting the front. But Rahm had other ideas. Even the late, great Seve Ballesteros would’ve been proud of this one.
UNBELIEVABLE 🤯#TeamEurope | #OurTimeOurPlace pic.twitter.com/QvAcINeoJV
— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) September 27, 2025
1. Rory shoves it down their throats
4UP with five to play, Rory and Tommy looked home and hosed before a three-putt and a superb birdie putt from English reduced the deficit to two. English then stepped up and hit one close on the 16th, heaping the pressure on McIlroy who was playing from the right-hand rough.
A chorus of jeers and heckles rang out as he addressed the ball, stepping off to tell the agitators to “SHUT THE F**K UP!” He stepped back in and proceeded to hit one of the best shots of his Ryder Cup career, sticking it to three feet. And when Morikawa missed his putt, it proved the match winner when Fleetwood rolled in for birdie.
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Rory McIlroy told a heckler to “shut the f*** up” before hitting a brilliant approach to close out another victory with Tommy Fleetwood at the Ryder Cup.
The fiery exchange fired up the crowd as Europe tightened their grip. #RyderCup #McIlroy pic.twitter.com/GtyC3J9YhK
— BPI News (@BPINewsOrg) September 27, 2025
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